MEDIA
Election process criticised again after commission findings
Sarah Davison | The Examiner | 22 July 2021Â Â This year's state election forced some Tasmanians to consider their votes for both the Upper and Lower houses.On May 1, more than 50,000 voters in the Legislative Council divisions of Derwent and Windermere needed to vote...
Thousands of voters disenfranchised at state election
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 22 July 2021Â Â Nearly 4000 voters missed out on having their say in a recent election because of staff errors or because ballot papers were not available at the polling place they attended. ALMOST four thousand voters missed out on...
Federal coy on sale of hotels
Rob Inglis |Mercury Newspaper | 13 July 2021 FEDERAL Group isn’t saying whether it intends to sell off any of its 12 pubs, with the state government’s proposed gaming policy set to significantly increase their capital value.The new model for Tasmania’s gaming...
Small pubs and clubs may lose out under new pokies licencing model
Laura Beavis |ABC News | 9 July , 2021Â Â Â Small pub and club owners may lose out under the proposed Future Gaming legislation.Â
New gaming legislation must do more to reduce harm in the community
 Andrew Chounding |Examiner | 8 July , 2021Critics of the state's proposed gaming legislation say new changes do not address the social impact gambling has on the community, and that more must be done to address the harm caused.The proposed legislation would see an...
Draft gaming reforms cut tax rate on pokies
Catherine Zengerer | ABC Mornings | July 8, 2021Â Â Meg Webb MLC speaks about the Tasmanian Government's draft gaming legislation with Catherine Zengerer on ABC Mornings. Read more on Meg's Pokies page
Tasmanian Government releases long-awaited draft future gaming legislated
Matt Maloney | The Examiner & Advocate | July 8, 2021Â Â Â Taxation on takings from electronic gaming machines in Tasmania's casinos will drop by 57 per cent if the government's new gaming legislation is approved by Parliament.The government released draft gaming...
Government reveals new gambling tax rates as Federal monopoly ends
David Killick | The Mercury | July 8, 2021Â Â FEDERAL Group will lose around $20 million a year when its gambling monopoly ends under new tax arrangements unveiled by the state government on Wednesday.But the announcement has anti-gambling campaigners adamant that the...
Goverment’s proposed gaming legislation released
Loretta Lohberger | ABC News | July 7, 2021
Gambling legislation offers no new harm minimisation measures
WIN News | July 7, 2021  Meg Webb comments on the Government's proposed gaming legislation on WIN News. Â
Pokie Policy released
 WIN News | July 1, 2021  Meg Webb on the Tasmanian Government's draft pokies legislation.Â
Election inquiry passes Upper House
Kingborough Chronicle | July 6, 2021  There is a potential win on the way for transparency and accountability in Tasmania, after Independent and Labor Members of Tasmania’s Upper House passed a motion to establish a Joint Select Committee, with broad terms of...
App privacy wait-and-see
Brinley Duggan | Examiner Newspaper | July 5, 2021  Legislating against the use of the Check in Tas app by police could see the community more inclined to make use of it, a Tasmanian tech expert says.Nelson MLC Meg Webb's public privacy concerns were addressed in the...
Protect check-in data call
Sue Bailey | Mercury Newspaper | July 4, 2021 Watch on police powers THERE’S growing concern that the Check In Tas App may be used by police to access data for investigations. The Australian Lawyers Alliance and independent Nelson MLC Meg Webb want a guarantee that...
Gambling comes at a $160 million cost to Tasmania, new report finds
Examiner Newspaper | July 2, 2021Â Gambling is estimated to cost the Tasmanian community up to $160 million a year, the latest Social and Economic Impact Study for gaming has found.The report, released on Thursday, found the most significant quantifiable cost of...
Gambling’s $160m hit
Mercury Newspaper | July 2, 2021Report shines spotlight on controversial industryPROBLEM gambling costs the Tasmanian community up to $160m each year, although the true extent of the social and economic damage is impossible to measure, a new report has found.Gambling...
New Tasmanian poker machine data
Leon Compton | ABC Statewide Mornings | July 2, 2021
Meg Webb WIN News latest pokies research
WIN News | July 1, 2021
Newest poker machine research released
Lucy Breaden | ABC Southern Drive | July 1, 2021Â Â
Tasmanian poker machine research released
Pia Wirsu | ABC Northern Tasmania Drive | July 1, 2021
Tasmanian Labor leader criticised for threatening legal action over sexual harassment allegations before apology
ABC News Tasmania | July 1, 2021 The Greens and a former Labor MP say it's not tenable for Labor leader David O'Byrne to remain in his role after apologising over allegations he sexually harassed a junior employee more than a decade ago.Speaking in parliament on...
Media Release – SEIS – No Clean Bill of Health
Media Release | July 1, 2021Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the 5th Social & Economic Impact Study (SEIS) on gambling in Tasmania is not a cleanbill of health for the Gutwein Liberal Government.“Gambling expenditure remains high and appears to now be...
Legislative Council votes in favour of JSC
Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | June 30, 2021Â Â Â Yesterday, all Independent Members, as well as the Labor Members of the Legislative Council. voted in support of a motion to establish a JSC to inquire into the 2021 state and LC elections. Meg Webb shares why a Joint...
Upper house push for election inquiry
Matt Maloney | Examiner Newspaper | June 29, 2021Â Â The Legislative Council has voted in favour of forming a joint select committee to review the administration and conduct of the May lower and upper house elections.But the government is likely to quash the inquiry...
Media Release – Joint Select Committee Supported
Media Release | June 30, 2021Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the Motion to establish a Joint Select Committee, with a broad terms of reference to inquire into the conduct of the 2021 elections, passed the Upper House 8-3 today.“Support for this motion, is...
Inquiry sought into elections
Kingborough Chronicle | June 29, 2021   Independent Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Meg Webb, is seeking to establish a Joint Select Committee to inquire into Tasmania’s 2021 House of Assembly and Legislative Council elections.The Kingborough based...
Media Release – Joint Select Committee Debate
Media Release | June 29, 2021   Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the motion for a Joint Select Committee into the 2021 State Elections will be debated today, Tuesday, June 29, in the Legislative Council.  Ms Webb said in most Australian industries,...
Inquiry into Tasmanian elections the only way to clear the air
Talking Point | Mercury| June 29, 2021  I accept the results, but genuine concerns from across the political spectrum must be put to rest.IN most industries, to regularly review your processes is standard practice — that’s the way you identify issues and...
Opinion – Election reviews should be a routine priority
Opinion | Examiner | June 27, 2021  In most industries, to regularly review your processes is standard practice - that’s the way you identify issues and opportunities, learn lessons and drive improvement.Politics should be no different. Tasmanians deserve no less...
How nipaluna Hobart shaped the people who shape the city
Ryk Godddard | ABC Breakfast | June 28, 2021Â Â MLC Meg Webb grew up on 3 acres at Otago Bay. This landscape shaped her more than the many share houses she enjoyed in her 20's. But her love of Hobart is as much to do with diversity and choice as a sense of home.
