MEDIA
Release the pokies tax rate
Media Release | March 29, 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on Premier Peter Gutwein to release the tax rate for casino pokies now.“Either Premier Gutwein knows what this tax rate will be and is refusing to release it to avoid criticism during...
Gaming reform delayed
Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | March 29, 2021 Meg Webb on delayed Tasmanian gaming reforms with Leon Compton ABC Mornings.Read Meg's media release on gaming donations
Media Release – Early Election and Gaming Donations
Media Release | March 26, 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Gutwein State Government and all Tasmanian political parties to rule out donations from gaming interests if an early election is called.“In the past week we have seen major...
Anti-protest laws voted down in upper house
Rob Inglis | Advocate Newspaper | March 25, 2021 The state government's anti-protest bill has been defeated in the upper house. The state government's proposed anti-protest laws have failed to garner support in the Legislative Council, with Labor and progressive...
Workplace protest bill not fit for purpose
Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | March 22, 2021 The Workplace (Protection from Protestors) Amendment Bill 2019 will be debated in the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the 23 March 2021 parliamentary sitting. Meg Webb speaks with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings about this...
Check in TAS app soon to be only contact tracing system in Tasmania
Matt Maloney | Advocate Newspaper | March 19, 2021 The Check in TAS app will be the only system used for collecting contact tracing information in Tasmania from May 1.To date, the app has been used by visitors to businesses as well as paper-based records.Small...
Check in TAS app to become mandatory for all businesses
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | March 19, 2021 THE use of the government’s Check in TAS app will be mandatory for business premises in Tasmania from May 1.The app will replace a mix of third-party apps, paper sign-in forms and will help address privacy concerns...
Letter to the Editor – Need for Activism Clear
Letter to the Editor | Mercury | March 17, 2021 As submitted If ‘be grateful you’re not being shot by your government’ is the best response our Prime Minister can make to the massive and vocal March4Justice rallies, the urgent need for such activism is crystal...
Gender equality should be the budget bottom line every day
Gender equality should be the budget bottom line every day
Tasmanian parliament should ensure a safe workplace
Martyn Agatyn | 7AD | March 4, 2021 Tasmanian parliamentarians asked to jointly support an independent review of the parliamentary workplace. Meg Webb speaks with Martyn Agatyn on 7AD.
Independent MLC calls for an independent review of parliamentary workplace
Meg Webb | 7 News | March 4, 2021 Meg Webb speaks on 7 New Hobart, calling for an independent review of the Tasmanian parliamentary workplace.
Call for an independent review of Tasmania’s parliamentary workplace
Piia Wirsu | ABC North | March 5, 2021How safe is the Tasmanian parliament workplace? Meg Webb speaks with Piia Wirsu, ABC North about her call for an independent review.
Nelson MLC Meg Webb requests Tasmanian parliament workplace culture review
Daina Oliver | Examiner Newspaper | March 4, 2021Nelson MLC Meg Webb has called for an independent review into the Tasmanian parliament workplace culture.It comes in response to the "distributing revelations" in other interstate parliaments, she said.While her call...
Media Release – Call for independent review of Parliament workplace culture
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for an independent review into the Tasmanian Parliamentary workplace.
A return to pre-COVID normal isn’t enough
Opinion | Kingborough Chronicle | February 16, 2021 As we start this new year of 2021, many of us have a sense that life has mostly returned to normal.The kids have returned to school, our borders are mostly open to the rest of the country, there’s plenty of toilet...
Tasmanian gambling reform a sticking point between profit and purpose
Brinley Duggan | Examiner Newspaper | February 6, 2021 The future of gaming in Tasmania has sent stakeholders into a spin.The state government's future gaming policy was released for comment in February last year.The policy proposed limiting the number of pokies in...
Fresh spin on pokies
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | February 3, 2021 Resumption of reform process draws renewed flakCHANGES to Tasmania’s controversial gaming machine regulations are back on the agenda.Key elements of the reform process include allowing pubs and clubs to own and...
Media Release – Future Gaming Markets
Media Release | February 2, 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Gutwein Liberal Government to respond to the multitude of unanswered questions raised in submissions to its own Future Gaming Market (FGM) legislation.“The Gutwein...
Gaming Overhaul
Alexandra Humphreys | ABC News | February 2, 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC says the Gutwein Liberal Government must respond to the multitude of unanswered questions raised in relation to its Future Gaming Market (FGM) legislation.Read more on Meg's...
Poker Machine Reforms Must Protect Tasmanians
Lucy Breaden | ABC Drive | January 29, 2021 Independent Member for Nelson, Meg Webb speaks with Lucy Breaden about the future of gaming in Tasmania and options for minimising harm on Poker Machines.More information on Pokies
Tim Costello urges Tasmanian Government to consider better consumer protections for poker machine use
Mat Maloney | Advocate | January 29, 2021 The government is being urged to embed more effective consumer protections into its future gaming reforms legislation.Alliance for Gambling Reform chief advocate Tim Costello on Friday said Tasmania could lead the nation...
Media Release – Consumer Protection – Tasmania Can Lead The Nation
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb and Chief Advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform Tim Costello invite the Tasmanian media to discuss Tasmania’s new licensing model for poker machines at Parliament House at 1.30pm, Friday, January 29.Mr Costello said...
Talking Point – Investing in a Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Tasmania
Talking Point | Mercury Newspaper | December 28, 2020 When the world faced the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, Rahm Emanuel stated “you never want a serious crisis to go to waste”. The Barack Obama chief of staff and later Chicago mayor urged public and private...
Aurora Energy’s chairwoman Mary O’Kane holds fears for company’s financial position in 2021
Matt Maloney | Examiner Newspaper | December 14, 2020 Aurora Energy will face further financial headwinds next year, its chairwoman says.Mary O'Kane told a government business scrutiny committee on Monday the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic was yet to be...
Media Release – Scottsdale losing $100,000+ a month to Pokies
Meg Webb | Media Release | December 1, 2020 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the latest figures showed that the North-East town of Scottsdale is losing more than $100,000 a month to poker machines. “There are three venues with pokies in the Dorset...
Tasmanian Government urged to apply gender impact statements to future budgets
Matt Maloney | Advocate Newspaper | November 26, 2020 Womens' Minister Sarah Courtney says she will look at the resourcing required for a gender impact statement to be applied to future state budgets.Nelson independent MLC Meg Webb last week made the suggestion in...
To-be-formed child sex abuse commission to be given ‘all the powers’ it needs
David Killick & Helen Kempton | Mercury Newspaper | November 24, 2020 The Commission of Inquiry into child abuse in Tasmanians government agencies will be given all the powers it needs to do its job, Premier Peter Gutwein said in the estimates.THE Commission of...
Tasmanian parliamentarian calls for gender impact statements to be applied to future state budgets
Matt Maloney | Advocate Newspaper | November 21, 2020Future state budgets need to contain a gender impact statement, independent upper house member Meg Webb says.Ms Webb said in a speech before the Legislative Council on Thursday that the 2020-21 state budget was...
Wait goes on for vote on voluntary assisted dying in upper house
Rob Inglis | Advocate & Examiner Newspapers | October 30, 2020 A final vote on a bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying in Tasmania won't take place for another two weeks, with the upper house resolving to further consider the amendments that have been made to...
Private contact tracing information used for promotional purposes
Isabel Bird | Examiner & Advocate Newspaper | October 29, 2020 Independent MP says private contact tracing information used for promotional purpose by hospitality businessThe collection of personal data by private businesses for coronavirus contact tracing is...
