MEDIA
Media Release – Contact Tracing Information Concerns
Meg Webb | Media Release |October 28, 2020  Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has raised serious concerns about the retention and misuse of contact tracing information as Tasmanian borders reopen.  Ms Webb has written to Premier Peter Gutwein seeking...
Who are Tasmania’s political lobbyists?
Emily Baker | ABC News | October 22, 2020  They are the people paid to influence government policies, and they are growing in number in Tasmania — but the amount of power they wield while largely shielded from scrutiny has sparked fears that "the boys are back in...
Pokies harm minimisation and the Social and Economic Impact of Gambling in Tasmania (the SEIS)
Martin Agatyn |7AD | October 22, 2020Â Â Meg Webb MLC talks about the importance of the Tasmanian Social and Economic Impact Study (SEIS) into gambling and the need for better poker machine harm minimisation measures to be introduced in Tasmania. With Martin Agatyn on...
Tasmania’s drivers licence images uploaded to national database
Cameron Whiteley | Mercury Newspaper | October 20, 2020  Civil libertarians ramp up pressure on government over transfer of 430,000 driver’s licence imagesHundreds of thousands of driver’s licence images have been uploaded to a database which hasn’t been legislated –...
Comment – Good rules protect the community
Comment | Kingborough Chronicle | October 20, 2020Â Â When it comes to products that can be harmful or dangerous, we make laws and regulations to ensure that community members are protected and harms or dangers are minimised as much as possible.This approach can be seen...
Media Release – Govt Ignores Calls to Retrieve Tasmanians’ Personal Data
Meg Webb & Richard Griggs | Media Release | October 15, 2020   The State Government is under increasing pressure to recall thousands of Tasmanians’ drivers licence images and data it had secretly transferred to the now stalled Federal Department of Home Affairs...
Help make good rules to minimise harm
Comment | Diverse Tassie | October 2020Â Â Â When it comes to products that can be harmful or dangerous, we make laws and regulations to ensure that community members are protected and harms or dangers are minimised as much as possible.You can see this approach in the...
Poker machine harm minimisaton opportunities for Tasmania
Lucy Breaden | ABC Radio Drive | October 8, 2020Â Â Meg Webb calls on the Tasmanian Govt to implement evidence-based measures to reduce losses by problem pokers gamblers in light the bold and proactive approach the NSW Govt is taking to minimise pokies harm. Meg also...
Media Release – Helping Tasmanians have their say in the 2020 Social and Economic Impact Study of Gambling in Tasmania
Meg Webb | Media Release | October 7, 2020Â Â Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has created an easily accessible, online submission form for people to respond directly to the independent SEIS researchers into Gambling in Tasmania.The form is now live at:...
NSW Govt’s proposed new pokies harm minimisation measures
Aaron Stevens | Tasmania Talks | October 5, 2020  Meg Webb MLC discusses the NSW Govt’s proposed new pokies harm minimisation measures with Aaron Stevens on Tasmania Talks.  More recent media
Pokies Losses Skyrocket
Helen Kempton | Mercury Newspaper | October 5, 2020Â Â Â Â THE amount Tasmanians are losing on poker machines since casinos, clubs and pubs reopened continues to surge with one local government area notching a jump of over 40 per cent in just a month.Tasmania recorded...
MPs demand greater transparency on Tasmania’s COVID-19 Recovery Taskforce
Bob Burton |Tasmanian Inquirer | October 1, 2020   Labor, Greens and independent call for increased disclosure  Opposition parties and an independent member of the Legislative Council have called for greater transparency of the Tasmanian Government’s COVID-19 recovery...
Losses to Tasmanian poker machines in August revealed
Matt Maloney | Examiner and Advocate Newspapers | September 29, 2020   Poker machine losses in Launceston reached $1.79 million.  Data released by Treasury showed losses in the city the second highest out of all the state's municipalities at $1.79 million.There was...
August Pokies Losses more than $18 Million
Aaron Agatyn | Tasmania Talks | September 28, 2020  Tasmanians lost over $18 million, close to $600K every day, on pokies in August. Meg Webb speaks with Martin Agatyn on Tasmania Talks.  Â
Tasmanians lost $18 million on poker machines in August
Helen Kempton | Mercury Newspaper | September 28, 2020 The latest poker machine data shows $18M in losses were recorded in Tasmania in August – a massive surge since machines were switched back on after the pandemic. See what areas lead the charge. THE amount of...
Tasmanian poker machine losses surge to almost $600,000 per day
Bob Burton | Tasmanian Inquirer | September 28, 2020  Over $137 million lost over the past year  New government data reveal losses on Tasmanian poker machines were almost $600,000 per day in August, significantly higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.Data added...
Media Release – $18 Million Pokies Losses in August
Meg Webb | Media Release | September 28, 2020  Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said Tasmania recorded massive pokies losses of more than $18 million in August - $598,530 per day.“Tragically, $18,554,436 pouring into machines is more than $18 million not going...
Meg Webb decries ‘negligent’ government, pokies losses still high
An independent MLC has criticised the state government for not undertaking assessments of the potential economic and social risks of reopening poker machine venues during the COVID-19 pandemic.Right to Information documents show the state government didn't assess the...
Media Release – Government’s Negligence Over COVID-19 Pokies
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today Right to Information response reveals social and economic impact assessments were not undertaken prior to the opening of gaming venues in late June.“This is despite the Gutwein Liberal Government being presented with...
Tasmania soon to have new process to deal with major development proposals
The government's controversial major projects legislation is set to pass through Parliament without significant amendments.This is despite almost 30 amendments from Nelson independent MLC Meg Webb, including one to introduce into the legislation a rights of appeal...
Tasmania soon to introduce major projects laws
 The state government's major projects legislation is likely to pass next week after debate in the Legislative Council was adjourned on Thursday night.The laws will take projects considered to large or complex out of the hands of local councils for assessment by an...
Govt must release pokies modelling
Meg Webb calls on the Government to release economic and social modelling as soon as possible - ABC News   Â
Tasmania’s Legislative Council debates laws to better enable major projects assessment
 The state's major projects legislation is expected to be altered by a slew of amendments, unnerving the government which has threatened to torpedo its own legislation.Debate on the major projects bill started in the Legislative Council on Wednesday night and will...
Call for gambling study consultation period to be extended
The public consultation period for the fifth Social and Economic Impact Study of gambling in Tasmania should be extended, one MLC says.Nelson independent MLC Meg Webb said the six week consultation period should be extended by another month."This will ensure the...
Pokies losses increase
The Kingborough community, and Tasmania as a whole, is losing increased amounts of money to poker machines in the wake of the coronavirus lockdowns, as revealed by updated figures for July. Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC said Tasmanian poker machine losses...
The gambling social and economic impact study should be taken seriously
The gambling social and economic impact study is a legislated requirement under the Gaming Control Act, one which deserves to be taken seriously and have the government genuinely seek community input. Meg Webb with Aaron Stevens on Tasmania Talks. Â
Fears new gambling and poker machine study results will be ignored
An outspoken pokies critic has raised concerns an upcoming study into the economic and social effects of gambling in Tasmania will be ignored by policymakers.   ECONOMIST Saul Eslake has been appointed to help carry out a three-yearly study into the effects of...
Media Release – Calls to Extend Public Consultation for Gambling Impact Study
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for the public consultation period for the fifth Social and Economic Impact Study of Gambling in Tasmania (SEIS) to be extended.“In simple terms, six weeks is not enough time. This call come on top of revelations...
Spike in pokies losses completely predictable
Department of Treasury and Finance figures show $19,428,375 have poured into the machines in July – that’s $626,721 per day - and this spike in pokies losses was completely predictable. Meg Webb MLC talks with Martin Agatyn 7AD FM. Â
Underestimating the problem
Letter to to the Editor   The Premier is being untruthful every time he says "only 0.6 per cent" of Tasmanians are problem gamblers. He knows this because experts who conduct these prevalence studies say it is an underestimate.The data comes from a long phone survey...
