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ABC TV News Tasmania – Rising Concerns Premier will Abandon AFL Stadium PoSS Assessment Process
Watch the ABC TV News report of 9th April 2025, reporting on growing concerns the Premier will remove the AFL stadium project from the PoSS assessment process, as well as the missed opportunity by the Legislative Council to support the motion brought on by Independent...
7 News Tasmania – Keep AFL Stadium Project in PoSS Assessment Process Warnings
Watch the 7 TV News report of 9th April 2025, reporting on rising concerns the Premier intends to pull the AFL stadium project from the independent Tasmanian Planning Commission assessment process and instead bring in enabling legislation..
Media Release: Missed Opportunity to Seek AFL Renegotiations to Insulate Team
Missed Opportunity to Seek AFL Renegotiations to Insulate Team9 April 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC described the Upper House failure last night to support her motion calling for the Rockliff Government to reopen negotiations with the AFL as a missed...
ABC Digital News-Meg Webb’s call for AFL contract renegotiation a litmus test of stadium support in Tasmanian parliament
Lucy MacDonald and Meg Whitfield | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 8 April 2025 Meg Webb's call for AFL contract renegotiation a litmus test of stadium support in Tasmanian parliamentIn short: The proposed stadium at Macquarie Point, a project that has divided opinion in...
ABC TV News Tasmania – Upper House Debates Call to Renegotiate AFL Stadium Project Deal
Watch the ABC TV News report of 8th April 2025, reporting on debate underway in the Legislative Council on the motion brought on by Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC calling on the state government to seek to renegotiate the AFL stadium project, particularly...
7 News Tasmania – Renegotiate AFL Stadium Project Deal Motion Debate Underway in Upper House
Watch the 7 TV News report of 8th April 2025, reporting on progress of the Legislative Council debate underway on Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC's motion calling on the state government to seek to renegotiate the AFL stadium project, in light of serious...
7 News Tasmania – Call for Government to Renegotiate AFL Stadium Project Deal
Watch the 7 TV News report of 7th April 2025, during which Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC, discusses her motion to be debated in the Legislative Council calling on the state government to seek to renegotiate the AFL stadium project, particularly in light...
ABC Mornings Radio Interview – Renegotiate AFL Stadium Call
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC speaks on ABC Mornings Radio with Leon Compton on Monday 7 April 2025, discussing her motion calling on the Tasmanian government, in order to secure the long-term future of Tasmania's AFL team, to seek to reopen negotiations...
Article-Webb’s Push for New Deal With AFL
The Mercury | 7 April 2025; pg 6. Webb’s Push for New Deal With AFLA responsible government would negotiate a new deal with the AFL, independent MLC Meg Webb says.Ms Webb is set to table a motion to call for the state government to renegotiate the deal, which requires...
Article-MLCs set to take vote on Macquarie Point stadium
The Advocate | 7 April 2025; pg 3. (and pg 4 of the Examiner newspaper, 7 April 2025)Â MLCs set to take vote on Macquarie Point stadiumSean FordTASMANIA'S fledgling AFL club faces a new threat. MLCs are set to vote on a motion aimed at asking the state government to...
Media Release: Upper House to Vote on Call for Government to Renegotiate with AFL
Upper House to Vote on Call for Government to Renegotiate with AFL6 April 2025The Legislative Council will this week vote on whether the Rockliff Government should seek to reopen negotiations with the AFL over the Macquarie Point stadium project location and...
Media Release: Premier Must Resolve Stadium Process Uncertainty for Community
Premier Must Resolve Stadium Process Uncertainty for Community3 April 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Premier to either commit to allowing the current Project of State Significance assessment of the Macquarie Point AFL Stadium to proceed...
Talking Point-Lessons We All Must Learn from UTAS
Talking Point | The Mercury | 1 April 2025; pg 25Lessons We All Must Learn from UTASIt Is Essential for Development the University Successfully Delivers, writes Meg Webb MLCThe University of Tasmania is a beloved Tasmanian public institution and is of primary...
Media Release: We Stand Together Against Racism Campaign Welcome
We Stand Together Against Racism Campaign Welcome21 March 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today marked International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by calling for leadership across all tiers of government to tackle deliberate and casual...
Media Release: Did Tatarka Inquiry Report Recommend any Repayment of Taxpayer-Funded Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants Before the Commission of Inquiry?
Did Tatarka Inquiry Report Recommend any Repayment of Taxpayer- Funded Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants Before the Commission of Inquiry?18 March 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today confirmation the State Government has received the final report...
Article-Kingston Red Bench Starts the Conversation
Kingborough Chronicle | 18 March 2025: pgs 1 & 6.Kingston Red Bench Starts the ConversationKingston Neighbourhood House (KNH) has launched the Red Bench, the first of its kind in southern Tasmania.The Red Bench is an initiative from Red Rose Foundation, a national...
Article-MLC Wants Legal Payments Report Released
The Mercury | 18 March 2025; pg 4.MLC Wants Legal Payments Report ReleasedDavid KillickAn independent MLC has called on the government to release a report into whether any public officers who received legal help at the Commission of Inquiry should be required to repay...
Article-Harmony Week: A timely reminder for all
Kingborough Chronicle | 18 March 2025: pgs 15.Harmony Week: A timely reminder for allWe can all attest to the importance of belonging.To the feeling that we are seen, heard and are accepted, and also that we have a fundamental right to be seen, heard and...
Media Release: Where is Overdue Tatarka Review of Commission of Inquiry Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants?
Where is Overdue Tatarka Review of Commission of Inquiry Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants?17 March 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today demanded the Rockliff Government provide an immediate status update on the independent Tatarka Review of the legal...
Talking Point-Plenty of gains for women, but global events show us this is no time to take our foot off the progress pedal
Talking Point | The Mercury | 3 March 2025; pg 18-19Plenty of gains for women, but global events show us this is no time to take our foot off the progress pedalPolarising political trends are making life harder not just for women, but for human rights at large, writes...
Media Release: Shutdown of Promised Independent Review of Integrity Commission Raises Further Questions
Shutdown of Promised Independent Review of Integrity Commission Raises Further QuestionsIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the State Government to disclose any advice received identifying the legislative obstacle preventing the independent review...
ABC Digital News-‘Legal issue’ stops independent review into Tasmania’s Integrity Commission
Adam Langenberg | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 28 Februrary 2025Â 'Legal issue' stops independent review into Tasmania's Integrity CommissionIn short:Â The Tasmanian government signed a supply and confidence deal with the Jacqui Lambie Network in April last year,...
ABC News – Independent Review into State’s Integrity Commission Abandoned
Watch the ABC News TV report on Friday 28 February 2025, following the Tasmanian Government's announcement that it cannot conduct an independent review into the state's Integrity Commission due to a legal issue. This was a commitment made by the government in a supply...
Article-RESIDENTS VOICE CONCERNS FOR VILLAGE DRIVE: Pinnacle Village Plans Draw Discussion
Kingborough Chronicle | 25 Februrary 2025: pgs 1, 6 & 7.RESIDENTS VOICE CONCERNS FOR VILLAGE DRIVE: Pinnacle Village Plans Draw DiscussionChristian Homes Tasmania (CHT) has submitted plans for Pinnacle Village, a new ‘lifestyle’ village in Kingston offering not...
Article-Women’s Day Dinner to Feature Flakemore
Kingborough Chronicle | 18 Februrary 2025: pg 4.Women's Day Dinner to Feature FlakemoreKingborough and Huon Business Enterprise Centre is preparing to host their eighth consecutive International Women’s Day Gala Dinner, this time on Wednesday, March 5 in the Jacaranda...
Win News Tasmania – Government Apology needed for Coronial Project’s new Family Trauma
Watch the Win News TV report on Thursday 6 February 2025, during which Independent Member for Nelson, Meg Webb MLC calls for a State government apology for the handling of the Coronial Projects process seeking to identify next of kin of deceased family members who...
ABC Drive Radio Interview – State Apology Needed for New Hurt Caused by Coronial Project Identification Procsses
Independent Member for Neslon Meg Webb MLC speaks on ABC Drive Radio with Kylie Baxter on Thursday 6 February 2025, calling for a State Government formal public apology to all those affected by the Coronial Project process currently underway, which are intended to...
Media Release: Government Must Provide Public Apology to Families Impacted by Coronial Project Inquiry Advert List
Government Must Provide Public Apology to Families Impacted by Coronial Project Inquiry Advert ListIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the State Government to issue a formal public apology to those Tasmanians who discovered via a newspaper advert...
Talking Point-Coronial Project: Families hurt and shocked by this lapse
Talking Point | The Mercury | 6 February 2025; pg 21Families hurt and shocked by this lapseImagine finding out in a newspaper ad about a loved one's remains, writes Meg WebbI wish I didn’t need to write this. But in the past week I’ve been contacted by too many...
ABC Mornings Radio Interview – Renewed Calls for Stronger Donation Disclosure laws
Listen to Meg Webb MLC's interview with the ABC Morning Radio's Leon Compton, where she discussed the annual Australian Electoral Commission political donations disclosures which reveal that less than 10% of the income received by the Tasmanian Labor Party for the...
