MEDIA
Media Release – State Tax Review
Media Release | 1 September 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for an Independent State Tax and Revenue Review.Ms Webb will use her Budget reply speech to outline a model for a comprehensive review of Tasmania’s taxation and revenue...
Tasmanian budget’s lack of gender lens questioned by state MLCs
Brinley Duggan |Advocate | 30 August 2021 Last week's state budget has come under fire for its lack of a gender impact statement, something that has long been called for.A gender impact statement would raise awareness about the impact of the budget on women and men,...
Donations law alarm
Helen Kempton | Mercury | 27 August 2021 NEW legislation to change Tasmania’s political donation disclosure laws are open for public discussion and there are already concerns they contain a “sting in the tail”.The government says it is delivering on its commitment...
Future Gaming Markets deal known before election
Mike O’Loughlin | Tasmanian Talks | 26 August 2021
Political donation reforms need to be stronger
Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmanian Talks | 26 August 2021 Read Meg's Media Release on the proposed donation reforms here
Media Release – Political Donation Reform Fail
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the long-awaited and long-overdue proposed Tasmanian political donation reforms contain a disturbing sting in the tail.“The release yesterday of the political donations reforms for public consultation should be a...
Dark deals with donors
Kingborough Chronicle | 24 August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson, Meg Webb MLC has accused the Premier of Tasmania, Peter Gutwein MP, of withholding vital information on casino tax rates prior and during the May 2021 State election campaign.Ms Webb released a...
Joint House Committee Inquiry into 2021 Elections
Media Release | 23 August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson said the resumption of parliament provides the first opportunity for the Lower House to consider the Legislative Council’s request for a Joint House Committee into the conduct of the concurrent 2021...
Federal Group to receive a 57-per-cent tax cut on revenue from poker machines in 2023
Matt Maloney | Examiner Newspaper | 20 August 2021 Premier Peter Gutwein has stood firm that state cabinet did not finalise consideration over future gaming legislation, including a reduced tax rate for casino poker machines, until after the state election.Mr Gutwein...
Premier defends secret tax talks
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 20 August 2021 THERE was nothing untoward about secret negotiations with Liberal donors Federal Group over pokies tax rates before the election, Premier Peter Gutwein says.Mr Gutwein confirmed he acted alone as Treasurer, and did...
Media Release – Government avoids questions on pokies deal
Media Release | August 2021Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the Gutwein Liberal Government continues to dig itself a deeper hole over the secret Federal Group casino deal.“It’s been three days since Wednesday’s RTI revelations of a December casino pokies...
Premier knew poker machine tax rates in December
Leon Compton | ABC Radio Mornings | 20 August 2021Meg Webb speaks with Leon Compton.Read more recent media here
Where is the Premier?
Media Release |19 August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on Premier Peter Gutwein to defend his decision to keep secret at the May election his gift to the Federal Group of a quarter of a billion dollars. “Why was this crucial information...
Sure Bet – Liberal Party donor informed of proposed tax rate cut months before Tasmanian election campaign
Matt Maloney | Examiner & Advocate Newspaper | 19 August 2021Liberal party donor Federal Group was informed months before this year’s election campaign that the tax rate applied to poker machines in casinos would be cut by more than half in 2023. Right to...
Casino deal kept secret
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 19 August 2021 Tax rate a ‘gift to party donor’THE state government secretly negotiated “acceptable” casino tax rates with Federal Group last year but kept the details quiet until after the election, documents released under right...
Tas Govt plan to slash tax rates known before election
Alexandra Humphries | ABC News | 18 August 2021 Crucial information withheld from the state’s major stakeholders - the Tasmanian people - during the election campaign. Meg Webb on ABC News Hobart. Read Meg’s Media Release hereSee the RTI...
Tax rates for Casinos deliberately withheld
Win News | 18 August 2021
Tas Govt denies misleading votes on poker machine policy
7 News Hobart| 18 August 2021 Tasmanian government denies misleading voters even though RTI documents show pokies tax rate decided before State election.Read Meg’s Media Release hereSee the RTI decision hereFor more on Meg's pokies page
Premier hid casino tax rates RTI shows
Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | 18 August 2021RTI documents which show Premier Peter Gutwein cut the new deal for the Federal Group casino pokies tax rate months before the 2021 State Election. Meg Webb with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings. Read Meg's Media Release...
Casino tax rate deal exposed
Media release | 18 August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today released RTI documents which show Premier Peter Gutwein cut the new deal for the Federal Group casino pokies tax rate months before the 2021 State Election.“I call on the Premier to come...
Reducing pokies maximum bets has overwhelming support in Tas
Adam Holmes | Examiner Newspaper | 16 August 2021 The EMRS poll included 1000 respondents from August 7-9, with questions funded by Meg Webb MLC, former Liberal deputy premier Sir Max Bingham and HACSU state secretary Tim Jacobson.Tasmanians overwhelmingly support...
Pokies tax plan not popular with voters
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 16 August 2021 THE overwhelming majority of Tasmanians believe poker machines should be taxed at the same rate regardless of whether they are in pubs, clubs or casinos, new polling shows.Pollster EMRS surveyed 1000 Tasmanians...
Tasmanians support more Pokies harm minimisation
7 News Tasmania | 15 August 2021 An ERMS poll shows Tasmanians overwhelmingly support lowering the maximum bet limit on poker machines from $5 to $1, having harm minimisation included in gaming reform, and taxing hotels and casino pokies at the same rate. Read the...
Media Release – Tasmanians back safer pokies reform
Media release | August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb invites the Tasmanian media to the release of the EMRS Omnibus Poll Results into Poker Machines. “This polling shows that four in five Liberal voters and four in five Labor voters think casino poker...
Bid to cut losses on pokies
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 13 August 2021 MEMBERS of casino premium pokies programs will be required to put annual limits on their losses under a new scheme unveiled by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission. It is the first time in Australia that...
Tasmania to introduce mandatory limits for pokies players
Alexandra Humphries | ABC News Online | 14 August 2021 — but experts see too many loopholes Eleven years ago, Robert Kreshl was living on the streets of Hobart, sick with pneumonia and pleurisy, $17,000 in debt and addicted to poker machines."It was pretty rough, I...
Gamblers must set a limit
Isabel Bird | Examiner Newspaper | 12 August 2021 A pokie machine membership program, complete with benefits, will have a mandatory betting limit within its rules that is being touted as a harm minimisation measure by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission.The...
Tasmanian tax payers could lose millions
7 News | August 10, 2021 Economic modelling, funded by former Tasmanian Liberal Deputy-Premier and Attorney-General Sir Max Bingham, shows Tasmanian taxpayers missing out on at least $367 million to the poker machine industry. “Tasmanian taxpayers will miss out on...
Tasmania’s casinos to save millions on taxes under new proposed gaming laws
Matt Maloney | Examiner & Advocate Newspapers | 9 August 2021A former Tasmanian Attorney-General and serving parliamentarian have presented economic modelling which suggests proposed gaming legislation would result in a $367 million loss for taxpayers to the poker...
Sir Max Bingham – Anti-Pokies Support
Media Release| 9 August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb’s submission on the Future Gaming Markets legislation includes independent economic modelling showing Tasmanian taxpayers missing out on at least $367 million to the poker machine industry.The...
