MEDIA
The Voice to Parliament Referendum date has been announced! - Saturday, 14 October 2023 is the day!Confirmation of the referendum date, has focused people's minds on the task ahead, and the fact that voting decisions need to be made.For those who may wish to explore...
Motion Debate – Impacts of the Salmon Industry in Tasmania
Meg spoke in response to a motion (moved by the Hon. Member for McIntyre) on the impacts of the Salmon Industry in Tasmania, on Tuesday 12 September 2023. View Part 1 of Meg's speech below: View Part 2 of Meg's speech below: Read Meg's contribution to the...
Article-Voices Added to YES Campaign
Article | The Mercury | 12 September 2023; pg 2.Gutwein lends voice to Yes campaignTess Mccracken & Genevieve HoldingIt is up to Tasmania to help mainlanders see the way forward to a Yes vote, Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says.Mr Pearson met former premier Peter...
WIN TV News – Support Voice Referendum
WIN TV News | Monday, 11 September 2023View below the WIN TV news bulletin featuring a Yes23 awareness raising campaign intitiative featuring Aboriginal spokesperson and advocate Noel Pearson, supported by Meg, and former Liberal Tasmanian Premier Peter...
Motion Debate – The Matildas Inspire Near & Far!
Meg spoke in response to a motion (moved by the Hon. Member for Windermere) congratulating the Matildas Football team for their amazing and inspirational success during the 2023 World Cup.Meg was delighted to include a first-hand contribution from the Taroona Football...
ABC Radio Mornings – Panel Discusses how to ensure Child Abuse Commission of Inquiry Report is Implemented
Leon Compton on ABC Mornings hosts a panel consisting of the Tamanian Commissioner for Children and Young People Leanne Maclean, Meg Webb MLC and education consultant Malcolm Elliot, to discuss what needs to happen to ensure all recommendations made by the Commission...
Article-‘It can’t be a team at all costs’: rally told
Article | The Examiner | 28 August 2023; pgs 1 & 3.'It can't be a team at all costs': rally told; Battle against stadium at Macquarie Point far from overJoe ColbrookAnti-stadium cause still alive and kicking Politicians and ordinary Tasmanians took to Launceston's...
Speech – Yes Team-No Stadium Launceston Rally
Meg was invited to speak at the 'Yes Team-No Stadium' local rally, held in Launceston, Sunday 27 August 2023. View Meg's speech in the video below. Read the Examiner's news story covering the Rally here.
Article-Illegal Prison Recordings Review Set to Begin
Article | The Examiner | 25 August 2023; pg 14Illegal prison recordings review to startMatt MaloneyA REVIEW of police surveillance operations can now proceed, one year after it was revealed a botched operation at Risdon Prison secretly recorded privileged...
Article-Neill-Fraser turns over a new page
Article | The Mercury | 24 August 2023; pgs 1 & 5.Neill-Fraser turns over a new page; Convicted murderer steps out for book launchKatie HallConvicted Tasmanian murderer Sue Neill-Fraser has made a rare public appearance, almost one year after she was released on...
Article-Premier Refuses to Recuse Government from Commission of Inquiry Report Redaction Process
Article | The Mercury | 23 August 2023; pg 6Report 'won't be watered down'There will be no change to the government’s planned approach to the Commission of Inquiry final report, despite calls for it to ruleout redactions in the document.Legislative Council independent...
Article-Google Australia paid $22,000 to the Tasmanian Liberals, but won’t say why
Digital Article | The Tasmanian Inquirer | Bob Burton | 22 August 2023Google Australia paid $22,000 to the Tasmanian Liberals, but won’t say whyThe tech company extols transparency in the US, but its Australian arm is silent on lobbyingGoogle made a major financial...
Article-Government Shouldn’t be Involved in Redacting Commission of Inquiry Report
Article | The Mercury | 22 August 2023; pg 5Webb: Don't Cut Final ReportDavid KillickThe government should recuse itself from making any redactions from the Commission of Inquiry’s final report, an independent MLCsays.Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian...
Media Report-Still Fighting for Sue
Sue Bailey | Sunday Tasmanian newspaper | August, 20, 2023Still fighting for Sue: Call for independent inquiry into murder convictionA Tasmanian MP has added her voice to calls for an independent inquiry into the conviction of Susan Neill-Fraser, saying "concerning...
7 Nightly TV News – Call for Inquiry into Sue Neill-Fraser Case
 The 7 Nightly TV News | Saturday, 19 August 2023View below the 7 Nightly TV news bulletin featuring an interview with Meg, following her call made at the justice for Sue Neill-Fraser rally for an independent inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser.Â
Sue Neill-Fraser Rally Speech: Independent Inquiry Needed
Meg spoke at the Justice for Sue rally, held on Saturday 19 August 2023 at the Parliament House Lawns, Hobart. Read Meg's speech below (noting minor spoken variations to the written version may have occured during speech delivery on the day), or view as a downloadable...
Media Release – Calls for Independent Inquiry into Sue Neill-Fraser case
Independent Member for Nelson, Meg Webb MLC today called for a State Commission of Inquiry into the Sue Neill-Fraser case, to put to rest the the serious questions raised over a possible miscarriage of justice. Ms Webb, who will address a Hobart rally today in support...
ABC Radio Mornings – Government must prioritise Political Donations Reforms
Meg Webb MLC discusses with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings why the stalled and long-overdue state political donations disclosures reforms need to be prioritised during the Legislative Council's Augst sitting weeks, Monday 14 August 2023.
Media Report-Are Weak State Donations laws About to Change?
Adam Holmes | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | August, 14, 2023Weak laws mean most political donations in Tasmania remain a secret — that could be about to changeVery few Tasmanian political donors are known – but they could soon be brought into the public eye.As a small...
Article-Delayed Political Donation Law Reforms
Article | The Examiner | 14 August 2023; pg 5Dragging feet on donations lawThe government's Project of State Significance Amendmnemt Bill will be debated in the Legisaltive Council this week, but much-delayed political donations reform will have to wait a bit longer,...
Media Report-Conversations live-streamed from bugged Risdon Prison room
Adam Holmes | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | August, 10, 2023Potentially hundreds of conversations live-streamed from bugged Risdon Prison room, Tasmanian government revealsTasmania Police secretly recorded potentially hundreds of private and legally privileged...
Article-MP Calls for Release of Diaries
Article | The Mercury | 7 August 2023; pg 3MP calls for release of diariesUpper House MP Meg Webb has called on state government ministers to release their ministerial diaries, somethingshe says is overdue.Ms Webb asked for the April, May and June diaries to be made...
ABC TV News – Why the Delay in Release of Ministerial Diaries?
Adam Holmes | The ABC TV News | Sunday, 6 August 2023View below the ABC TV news bulletin featuring Meg's query over the delayed public release of the April - June quarter instalment of Tasmanian Ministerial diaries, in accordance with the commitment provided to the...
Media Release – Where are Latest Ministerial Diaries?
Government Fails Disclosure Commitment Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Liberal government is not living up to its own transparency standards by continuing to fail to disclose ministerial diaries in a timely manner.“On the 20th of July I called...
Comment-Tasmanians Can Come Together to Reshape Governance
Comment | The Examiner | 27 July 2023; pg 11andComment | The Advocate | 27 July 2023; pg 10Opportunity looms for a shared approach writes Meg Webb MLCSpeculation is swirling about an early state election. However, the most interesting thing about the next election...
Submission to the Proposed Model for Reform of Lobbying Oversight in Tasmania
Since the 1st of July 2022 the Tasmanian Integrity Commission has been responsible for administering the Tasmanian Register of Lobbyists and Lobbying Code of Conduct (previously administered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet since the Code's...
Talking Point-Opportunity to Reshape Parliament
Talking Point | The Mercury | 25 July 2023Â OPPORTUNITY TO RESHAPE PARLIAMENT: The Next Election Offers Community Chance to Transform Governance, writes Meg WebbSpeculation is swirling about an early state election. However, the most interesting thing about the next...
Submission to the TLRI Review of Privacy Laws in Tasmania
The Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) is undertaking a review of Tasmania's current Privacy laws and protections, upon accepting a reference I submitted to the TLRI in 2019.As part of that Review, the TLRI released an Issues Paper No. 32 in March 2023,...
Media Release – Release Ministerial Diaries in Light of Policy Announcements
Media Release issued by Meg Webb MLC | 20 July 2023Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for the immediate release of the state Ministerial diaries for the last quarter, in light of the Rockliff Liberal Government’s sudden local government and planning...
Submission to the TNPM Implementation Project – Consultation Paper 2
In 2021 Tasmania passed our OPCAT Implementation Act 2021, as required under Australia's ratification of the international Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). OPCAT is...
