MEDIA
Tasmanian privacy laws to be reviewed by Tasmania Law Reform Institute
Katie Hall | The Mercury | 3 May 2023Tasmania’s privacy laws will go under the microscope after it was found ‘multiple gaps’ in legislation would put personal and government information at risk.The Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) will conduct a major review into...
Media Release – Have Your Say In Reforming State Privacy Protections
Tasmania’s privacy laws have been described as a “fragmented landscape of protections under both legislation and general law” according to a recent Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) review.Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb, who referred the privacy laws review...
Caution urged on reform
Benjamin Seeder | The Examiner | 21 April 2023As the government progresses its controversial local government reform, which could see some smaller councils merged with larger ones, several independent Legislative Council members have urged it to consider introducing a...
Media Release – Support For Disclosure of Ministerial Diaries
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb’s motion calling for mandatory disclosure of Ministerial Diaries was supported in the Legislative Council today.Ms Webb said she welcomed the Rockliff Liberal Government’s commitment to publish Ministerial Diaries on a quarterly...
Media Release – Raise The Blinds on Ministerial Meetings
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb will this week move a proposal to develop a mandatory Ministerial diary disclosure regime and strengthen Tasmania’s integrity framework.“Tasmanians deserve to know who is in the room when Ministers and Government representatives...
Public Accounts Committee struggling to get details confirmed despite asking questions
Blair Richards | The Mercury | 25 March 2023MEMBERS of state parliament’s Public Accounts Committee have tried – mostly in vain – to pin down details about Hobart’s proposed new stadium.State Development, Construction and Housing Minister Guy Barnett used a public...
The Project – Pokies Story
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University of Tasmania ‘gagged’ its former employees
Isabel Bird | The Examiner | 3 March 2023Former employees of the University of Tasmania were prevented from speaking out about the institution or the circumstances of their employment under "gag-orders", a parliamentary inquiry has heard.The Legislative Council Select...
A ‘cultural shift’ is needed
Jess Flint | The Advocate | 25 Feb 2023A North-West councillor is crusading for better whistleblower protection, saying that the current systems are deterring public servants from coming forward."You have to be prepared to lose your job," Waratah-Wynyard councillor...
Calls for probe and reform
Sean Ford | The Advocate | 22 Feb 2023MLC wants full investigation as whistleblower case settlesAn MLC wants full investigation of the state's "failures" in an "appalling" workers compensation case involving a youth detention whistleblower that is settling after three...
Political lobbying in Tasmania is opaque — with little known about meetings with MPs — but that could change
Tasmanians currently have little information about who is lobbying their politicians & decision-makers, what their meetings are about, & who is trying to get specific policy outcomes — but that could be set to change.The Integrity Commission has made 14 draft...
Media Release – Community Services Funding Boost
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today supported the call by Tasmanian community services Network of Peaks for 9.5% indexation for funded services in 2023-24 and a commitment to an adequate ongoing indexation model to provide essential support to Tasmanians.“I...
Bartlett scoffs at Rockliff’s ‘rubbish’ whistleblower claim
A former premier has scoffed at the state government's claims it cannot intervene in the long-running workers compensation case of a youth detention whistleblower.Ex-Labor premier David Bartlett on Thursday tweeted that the Ashley Youth Detention Centre whistleblower...
ABC Mornings – Political Donation Reform
Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | 2 February 2023 Read Meg's media release and Submission to the Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill 2021 Exposure Draft See more of Meg's recent media.
Time to open up on party political donations
Editorial | The Mercury | 2 Feb 2022TASMANIAN political leaders Jeremy Rockliff and Rebecca White need to lift their games when it comes to transparency around political donations.On Wednesday the Australian Electoral Commission published annual financial disclosure...
Media Release – Hidden Money Increases Pressure for Stronger Donations Laws
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb will seek to strengthen the Tasmanian Government’s Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill 2022, which passed the Lower House last year, in light of the latest Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) 2021-22 data released today.“The...
Tasmania needs its own Human Rights Act
Comment | The Examiner & The Advocate | 7 December 2022THIS Saturday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day, celebrating the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Universal Declaration was overseen by the then president of the...
Moment in History to Enshrine our Humanity
Talking Point | The Mercury | 7 December 2022THIS Saturday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day, a global anniversary celebration of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.On this date in 1948, overseen by the then-Australian president of...
Media Release – Parliament Calls for Progress on State Human Rights Act
The Legislative Council today voted to support progressing a Tasmanian Human Rights Act, as proposed by Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb.“It is a fitting commemoration of the upcoming International Human Rights Day next month for the Legislative Council to vote...
‘Missed chance’ for seats
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 17 November 2022An inquiry process on a parliamentary model that provides for dedicated seats for Tasmanian Aboriginal people should have been included within the government's House of Assembly restoration bill, Nelson independent...
Police surveillance review deadline to be extended
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 11 November 2022A deadline for a review of Tasmania Police's use of surveillance devices in prisons has been delayed due to the need for legislative amendments.Police Commissioner Donna Adams said since the announcement of the independent...
Media Release – Government Backflips on O’Farrell Review
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the Rockliff Liberal Government today did an embarrassing backflip on the O’Farrell Review into Tasmania Police Surveillance.“On October 6, I wrote to Premier Rockliff asking that he confirm the O’Farrell Review into illegal...
No support for additional review of council elections
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 9 November 2022The Legislative Council has voted down a proposal for a review of the impact of compulsory voting in the recent council elections.A motion brought by Nelson independent MLC Meg Webb called for the review to invlove public...
Media Release – Review of Local Government Election Disappointment
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today stated her disappointment at the State Government and Labor Opposition’s position in regard to post-election evaluation review of the transition to compulsory voting in the recent Local Government elections.“Despite furious...
Media Release – Review of Compulsory Voting Local Council Election
The Legislative Council will today debate a motion from the Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb calling for the State Government to hold a comprehensive evaluation review of the impact of compulsory voting for the first time in local government elections.Ms Webb...
Tasmanian MP under investigation by corruption watchdog over alleged conflict of interest
Adam Holmes | ABC News | 28 October 2022Tasmania's Integrity Commission is investigating a state member of parliament over allegations they failed to declare and manage a conflict of interest in policy and expenditure decisions.Their identity has not been publicly...
Media Release – State’s First Compulsory Voting Council Elections Evaluation
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for an evidence-based evaluation review on the impact of the State’s inaugural compulsory voting in local government elections.“Now that these unprecedented local council elections have occurred, I am calling on...
Media Release – Salmon Farming
Independent Member for Nelson today called on the Rockliff Liberal Government to listen to the call from Tasmanian communities to adopt Recommendation 3 of the Legislative Council Inquiry into Fin Fish Farming.“I encourage the Rockliff Government to introduce a plan...
Petition calls for fish farming halt
Isabel Bird | The Advocate | 20 October 2022Clean ocean advocates continue to protest against fish farming in Tasmania, calling on the government to instigate a moratorium on the industry's expansion across the state.Two separate petitions against fish farming were...
Housing loss ‘shocking’
THERE has been a net loss of social housing in Hobart over the last five years, according to “shocking” new figures released by the state government.However, Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds says the statistics don’t paint the full picture and that there are 76...
