MEDIA
State Government’s poker machine reforms face test in Legislative Council
A motion critical of the State Government’s poker machine reforms will be one of the first matters the Upper House considers when it resumes this week.THE Government’s poker machine reforms face a test in the Legislative Council this week as Members debate a motion...
Opinion – Pokies Policy Takes Tasmania in the Wrong Direction
Meg Webb MLC says Tasmanians will be harmed by the Government’s proposed approach to pokies. Tasmania has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make this state healthier, happier and better off by more effectively regulating poker machines.The Gutwein government...
Opinion – Once in 20 year Opportunity Poker Machine Reform
Tasmania has a once-in-twenty years opportunity to reset its approach to poker machines and deliver a state that is healthier, happier and better off. But there’s a history of the pokies industry dictating policy to serve its own vested interests, which is exactly...
Top law reform body set to review state’s privacy laws
Privacy review on cards THE state's peak law reform body intends to review Tasmania's privacy laws in light of rapid advances in technology since the legislation was last amended 16 years ago.The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute has accepted a request from independent...
Meg Webb Talks on the Future of Gaming in Tasmania on ABC Radio
Meg Webb Discusses Fin Fish Farming on ABC Hobart
Meg Webb Calls for No Increase in Poker Machine Numbers
Meg Webb MLC responds to the Roy Morgan Gambling Currency Report
MLC’s Vote on Tasmania’s Discrimination Laws Hailed
The state government is facing renewed pressure to reject proposed federal religious freedom bills after a vote rejecting them in the Legislative Council. Members of the upper house voted nine to five in favour of a motion from independent member for Nelson Meg...
Huntingfield Land Supply Order
It’s always tricky when you are faced with the question, do the means justify the ends? As a new representative for the Kingborough community, I was faced with that question recently in relation to the rezoning of the Huntingfield land.Before entering politics, I...
Controversial Huntingfield rezone passes Parliament
The Huntingfield development moved to the next stage of progress when it passed through the Upper House on Tuesday, September 17 after over seven hours of debate among Legislative Council members.Minister for Housing Roger Jaensch said, “The Huntingfield site rezoning...
Opinion – Why we need a women’s lens on legislation
If you are in a car crash, did you know that you are more likely to die or be injured if you are a woman because safety testing is based on men’s bodies?Ever looked around an office and seen women with blankets while men wear short sleeves? A recent study revealed...
Hundreds share views on Hobart’s hot-button issues of cable car and building heights for CBD
A PUBLIC meeting at Hobart City Hall has called on the Hobart City Council to get on with setting a maximum building height for the Hobart CBD.The meeting on Hobart building heights was the first of two back-to-back public meetings called after the council received...
Nelson Electoral Candidates Forum
Meg Webb to run as independent for Nelson
MEG Webb has said that a clear plan for the future, poker machine reform and transparency would be on the top of her agenda if elected to the Legislative Council in the seat of Nelson.A sixth generation Tasmanian with two decades worth of experience in the community...
Pokies policy out of touch with Tasmanians’ wishes
WHEN government policy diverges significantly from community views, we are rightly prompted to ask why.It happened last week with the release of yet another poll showing Tasmanians want fewer or no poker machines.Every poll for more than 20 years has shown four in...
