MEDIA
Media Release: Initial Response to Coronial Project Findings
Initial Response to Coronial Project Findings Thursday, 11 September 2025 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today welcomed the release of the Coronial Project findings as a long overdue step forward but warned it may not provide a comprehensive resolution for...
Article-Win for victims to access records
Mercury | 11 September 2025; pg 5. Article- Win for victims to access recordsAmber WilsonA pathway may soon be cleared for whistleblowers and victim-survivors of child sexual abuse attempting to gain access to their own records.An "unforeseen legal obstacle" recently...
Media Release: Welcome Reforms to Commissions of Inquiry Act Underway
Welcome Reforms to Commissions of Inquiry Act UnderwayWednesday, 10 September 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC has welcomed progress of the Commissions of Inquiry Amendment (Private Sessions Information) Bill, passed by the State Lower House today,...
Article-Pokies loss tops $18m in a month
Mercury | 3 September 2025; pg 9. Article- Pokies loss tops $18m in a monthDavid KillickTasmanians lost more than $18m gambling on poker machines in July, the highest monthly figure in five years, new Treasury data shows.Reforms to gambling laws intended to reduce...
7 Nightly News Tasmania – July Pokies Losses Wake-up Call
Watch the 7 Nightly TV News bulletin of Tuesday, 2nd of September 2025, interviewing Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC regarding the shocking amount Tasmanians lost on pokies for the month of July alone.
Media Release: July Pokies Losses of $600,000 per Day Demand Urgent Action
July Pokies Losses of $600,000 per Day Demand Urgent ActionTuesday, 2 September 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today described the monthly July pokies losses, totalling almost $18.5 million, as a clanging alarm bell demanding urgent action.“Tasmanians lost...
ABC Mornings Radio Interview – Where are Significant Independent Tatarka and Woolcott Reviews?
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC discusses on ABC Mornings Radio with David Reilly on Tuesday 2 September 2025, her call for the State Liberal government to provide an immediate update on the status of two significant independent follow-up reports associated...
Article-Answers Needed on Child Reports
Mercury | 2 September 2025: pg 5. Article- Answers Needed on Child ReportsDavid KillickAn independent MP has accused the Liberal government of a lack of transparency for not releasing two reports relating to the Commission of Inquiry, which delivered its final report...
Win TV News Report – Why the Delay in the Release of the Tatarka and Woolcott Reviews?
Watch the WinTV News bulletin of Monday, 1st of September 2025, during which Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC calls on the State Liberal government to detail when the reports of the two Commission of Inquiry-related independent reviews - the Tatarka Review...
7 Nightly News Tasmania – Where are Reports of Independent Tatarka and Woolcott Reviews?
Watch the 7 Nightly TV News bulletin of Monday, 1st of September 2025, interviewing Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC regarding her calls for a public update from the State Liberal government on the status of the two Commission of Inquiry-related independent...
Media Release: Is Government Sitting On Two Commission of Inquiry-related Reports?
Is Government Sitting On Two Commission of Inquiry-related Reports?Monday, 1 September 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today that two years on from the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse providing its...
Talking Point-Don’t be Fooled by Claims of Bipartisanship
Image: Computer Fixx Talking Point | The Saturday Mercury | 30 August 2025; pg 53Don't be Fooled by Claims of BipartisanshipWill Our Political Leopards Truly Change Their Spots, asks Meg Webb MLCHow will we tell whether our State political leopards have truly changed...
ABC Digital News-Family members consider legal action over UTAS pathology museum’s collection of body parts without consent
Loretta Lohberger | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 27 Aug 2025Family members consider legal action over UTAS pathology museum's collection of body parts without consentIn short: Several families are considering legal action after a University of Tasmania pathology museum...
Crikey – No seriously, things are going just fine in Tasmania’s new parliament
Crikey - Digital Online | 22 August 2025 No seriously, things are going just fine in Tasmania’s new parliamentCrystal AndrewsA full month after Tasmania’s snap election in July, the new political reality has finally been made clear this week.Liberal Premier Jeremy...
ABC Drive Radio Interview – Marinus Link Business Case Should be Released as Promised
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC speaks on ABC Drive Radio with Kylie Baxter on Thursday 31st of July 2025, regarding the confidential last minute briefings offered to Tasmanian MPs on the Marinus Link business case, instead of the promised public release of...
Media Release: Marinus Business Case Secrecy Stinks
Marinus Business Case Secrecy StinksWednesday, 30 July 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb confirmed she received a confidential departmental briefing on the Marinus Link Business Case today, describing the last-minute nature of the process as disturbing and...
Article-Lock Them in for Four Years? Call to forbid early elections.
Examiner | 24 July 2025: pg 4. Article-Lock Them in for Four Years? Call to forbid early elections.Matt MaloneyFixed parliamentary terms are being pushed to prevent opportunistic early elections, but political experts say this will not prevent them from occurring...
7 Nightly News Tasmania – Renewed Calls for Fixed Four-Year Term Elections
Watch the 7 Nightly TV News bulletin of Wednesday, 23rd of July 2025, interviewing Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC on her renewed calls for fixed four-year terms for the House of Assembly amid uncertainty caused by the recent state election.
ABC TV News – Proposed Fixed Four-Year Election Cycles for Tasmania
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC interview regarding fixed four-year election cycles for Tasmania, as reported by the ABC TV News, 23 July 2025.
Win TV News Report – Calls for New Tasmanian Parliament to Introduce Fixed Four-Year Terms
Watch the Win News TV report of Wednesday 23 July 2025, regarding her calls for new Tasmanian parliament to introduce fixed four-year terms for the Lower House in order to provide clarity and stability for both the public and business communities.
Media Release: Call For Assembly to Introduce Fixed Four Year Terms
Call For Assembly to Introduce Fixed Four Year TermsWednesday, 23 July 2025A courageous new parliament would move to provide parliamentary certainty for both the public and business communities by introducing fixed four year terms for the House of Assembly, according...
Talking Point-It’s Absolutely Insane but the Major Parties are Still Not Listening to the Voice of the Tasmanian People
Talking Point | The Mercury | 23 July 2025; pg 16-17It’s Absolutely Insane but the Major Parties are Still Not Listening to the Voice of the Tasmanian PeopleBusiness As Usual Will Not Deliver Budget Repair or a Successful Parliament, writes Meg Webb MLCFront of mind...
Article-Locals back End of Greyhound Racing Funding
Kingborough Chronicle | 8 July 2025: pg 5. Locals back End of FundingIndependent candidate for Franklin Peter George, independent member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC and independent candidate for Clark Kristie Johnston MP joined locals at The Salty Dog Hotel for the...
Media Release: Release Secret Representations which Sunk the New Lobbyist Code of Conduct
Political Parties and Integrity Commission Challenged to Release Secret Representations which Sunk the New Lobbyist Code of ConductThursday, 3 July 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today challenged the three main political parties and the Integrity...
ABC Drive Radio Interview – Deadlines: Political Donations Disclosures start, but ?s over AFL Stadium
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC speaks on ABC Drive Radio with Kylie Baxter on Tuesday 1st of July 2025, discussing the commencement of the state's new political donations disclosure laws and concerns that the time for publication will mean not all...
Article-Gifts Under the Radar
The Mercury | 2 July 2025; pg 10 Gifts Under the Radar David KillickA rush of donations to avoid new disclosure laws, and the timing of the July 19 state election, mean voters will still remain in the dark about who provides the bulk of the funding for their political...
Article-‘Leeway’ Over Key Stadium Timeline
The Mercury | 2 July 2025; pg 5 ‘Leeway’ Over Key Stadium Timeline David KillickMissing two key deadlines for the construction of the Macquarie Point stadium did not mean the state’s deal with the AFL was off, Premier Jeremy Rockliff said.Under the contract signed...
Pulse Tasmania – Rockliff says Tasmania’s stadium deal remains on track despite missing key deadlines
Pulse Tasmania - Digital Online | 1 July 2025 Rockliff says Tasmania’s stadium deal remains on track despite missing key deadlinesPremier Jeremy Rockliff has assured Tasmanians that the state’s deal with the AFL for a new Macquarie Point stadium remains on track,...
Media Release: Will New Laws Ensure Political Donations are Known by Polling Day?
Will New Laws Ensure Political Donations are Known by Polling Day?Tuesday, 1 July 2025Tasmania’s historic new political donations disclosure laws commencing today are a good step forward, but risk voters still being in the dark over donations received during the...
Media Release: Does Missed 30th June Deadline mean State is in Breach of AFL Agreement?
Does Missed 30th June Deadline mean State is in Breach of AFL Agreement?Tuesday, 1 July 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has questioned whether the state’s failure to obtain the necessary planning approvals for the AFL-demanded stadium by the 30th June...
