MEDIA
Liberals not rewarded for early election
2021 Tasmanian State Election | ABC News | May 1, 2021 Meg Webb speaks with Leon Compton in the Tally Room.
Poker machine spin rates and bet limit changes off the table for Liberals and Labor in gambling reform
Adam Holmes | Examiner | April 28, 2021 Neither the Liberals nor Labor would commit to slowing down spin rates or reducing maximum bets for poker machines as part of harm minimisation measures when gambling reform legislation comes before parliament later this...
Do elections bring out the worst in politics?
Comment | Kingborough Chronicle | April 27, 2021 Do elections bring out the worst in politics? It’s such a shame that at the time we are asked to choose our political representatives, they often provide us with a poor impression of their values and fitness for...
Pokies losses hit $180 million since Gutwein became Tasmanian Premier
Bob Burton | Tasmanian Inquirer & Guardian | April 26, 2021 Almost $500 million lost since the last state election More than $180 million has been lost on Tasmanian poker machines since Peter Gutwein became Premier in January 2020, according to data from the...
Clouds over election’s secret deals
Kingborough Chronicle | April 20, 2021 Tasmania is not having a free and fair state election, according to an associate professor of public policy at the University of Tasmania and a director of the Tasmanian Election Inquiry group, reported in the Tasmanian Inquirer...
Smokescreen of COVID – can Tasmania’s early election obscure the crisis in housing and health?
Adam Morton| Advocate Newspaper | April 1, 2021 Peter Gutwein, whose decisive approach to the pandemic helped soften his public image, aims to capitalise on the pro-incumbent mood, observers say. The afternoon before the Tasmanian premier, Peter Gutwein, announced...
Tasmanian Premier rebuffs calls to move election date
Matt Maloney| Advocate Newspaper | April 1, 2021 Premier Peter Gutwein has resisted a call from independent members in the Legislative Council to move the upper house election scheduled for May 1 - the same day as the House of Assembly election.Six independent MLCs...
Premier declines plea to change Legislative Council poll date
Helen Kempton| Mercury Newspaper | April 1, 2021 A call for the Legislative Council’s polling day to be moved from the same day as the Lower House election has been “politely declined”. TASMANIA’S Premier has “politely declined” a call from six independent MLCs to...
MLCs call for LC elections date change
Joint Independent MLC Media Release | April 1, 2021 Six Independent Members of the Legislative Council have written to the Premier yesterday to express our significant concern at his decision to set the House of Assembly election on the same date as the scheduled...
Labor’s pokies gamble – Hospitality deal under fire
David Killick| Mercury Newspaper | April 1, 2021 LABOR signed a secret deal with the Tasmanian Hospitality Association in February pledging its support for poker machines, Keno and other forms of gambling to continue in pubs and clubs.Opponents accused the party of...
Pokies deal puts profit before people
Alex Johnson | WIN News | March 31, 2021 The pokies MOU puts profit before the Tasmanian people. Meg Webb speaks on WIN News.
MOU proves poker machines are an election issue.
Lucy Breaden | ABC Drive | March 31, 2021 Meg Webb MLC speaks with Lucy Breaden on Labor's secret pokies MOU with the Tasmanian Hospitality Association. See more of Meg's media release on gaming industry donations
Secret gambling industry MOU is an election issue
Meg Sydes| 7 News | March 31, 2021 Labor secret signing of gambling MOU is unacceptable. Meg Webb questions what other secret deals have been made by political parties.
Tasmanian Labor pledges to ‘support the rights’ of pubs and clubs to operate pokies, three years after pushing ban
Emily Baker | ABC News | March 31, 2021 Tasmanian Labor has signed a deal with the state's hospitality lobby stating the party "supports the rights" of pubs and clubs to operate poker machines — just three years after vowing to have them banned.Key points:Labor...
Pokies back on agenda
Mercury Newspaper | March 30, 2021 PREMIER Peter Gutwein needs to release the tax rate for casino pokies during the election campaign, say independent member for Nelson Meg Webb and the Greens.Ms Webb, an anti-pokie campaigner, said if the government was still in...
Tax rate of poker machine takings works its way into 2021 Tasmanian state election campaign
Matt Maloney | Advocate Newspaper | March 29, 2021 Premier Peter Gutwein will not reveal whether the government has set a tax rate for poker machines in Tasmanian casinos ahead of legislation being released after the election.Federal Group are charged 35 per cent tax...
Casino pokies tax rate is a campaign issue
Imogen Elliot | WIN News | March 29, 2021 “Either Premier Gutwein knows what this tax rate will be and is refusing to release it to avoid criticism during the election campaign or the government and Federal Group are still in secret negotiations on it,” Read Meg’s...
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...
