MOTIONS
Motion Debate – Disallowance Motion on Hydro-Electric Corporation Regulations 2024
Meg's debate on Tuesday the 11th of March 2025 on the Disallowance Motion on Hydro-Electric Corporation Regulations 2024 (moved by the Hon. Member for Hobart), detailing the reasons why she is supporting the motion.The motion was defeated (Yes - 6 vs No 7).View below...
Motion Debate – VAD Commission’s Annual Report 2023-24
Meg's contribution to the Motion that the Tasmania Voluntary Assisted Dying Commission Annual Report 2023-34 be considered and noted (moved by the Hon. Member for Mersey), debated on Tuesday 11 March 2025. View Meg's speech below: Read Meg's contribution to the...
Motion Tabled – Consideration and Noting of Final Report of Select Committee Inquiry into Provisions of the University of Tasmania Act 1992
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Tuesday 11 March 2025, moving that the Final Report of the Select Committee Inquiry into the Provisions of the University of Tasmania Act 1992 be considered and noted. Note: this motion is...
Motion Debated – Upper House Votes for Call for Human Rights Act
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 15 August 2024, calling for the government to commit to introducing legislation for a Tasmanian Human Rights Act, implementing the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s...
Motion Debated – Call to Deliver Tas NPM Implementation Report Recommendations Passed by Upper House
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Tuesday 12 December 2023, noting the Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism's (TNPM) inaugural Implementation Report, and calling for each of its eight recommendations be implemented in...
Motion Debate – National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032
Meg spoke in support of a motion noting the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s Yearly Report on the progress of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 View below Meg delivering her debate speech in the Legislative...
Motion Debate – Long-Awaited State of the Environment Report
Meg spoke in support of a motion noting the final delivery of the long overdue Tasmanians State Of the Environment Report. View below Meg delivering her debate speech in the Legislative Council. Read Meg’s speech in support of her motion either here, or as a pdf...
Motion Debate – Upper House Supports Call for Deloitte Pokies Review Details to be Released
Meg Webb MLC brought on for debate her motion calling on the government to release the terms of reference for the Deloitte Access Economics’ social and economic impact review of the agreed poker machine pre-commitment card policy (which is in the process of being...
Motion Tabled – Call for Pokies Deloittes Review Brief to be Released
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Wednesday 23 October2024, calling for the government to release the terms of reference for the Deloitte Access Economics’ social and economic impact review of the poker machine...
Motion Debate – Disclosure of Ministerial and Cabinet Secretary Diaries
Meg brought on for debate her motion requesting that the Tasmanian Government undertakes to introduce mandated requirements for the regular and routine disclosure of all Ministerial and Cabinet Secretary official diaries. Meg tabled her motion on Thursday the 15th of...
Motion Tabled – Move on Tasmanian Human Rights Act Call
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 15 August 2024, calling for the government to commit to introducing legislation for a Tasmanian Human Rights Act, implementing the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute's...
Motion Tabled – Overhaul Inadequate Ministerial Diaries Disclosures
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 15 August 2024, calling for an overhaul of the current inadequate ministerial diaries disclosures system.This motion was debated and passed by the Legislative Council on 10th of...
Motion Debate – Disallowance Motion on Environmental Standards for Tasmanian Marine Fish Farming 2023
Meg's debate on her Disallowance Motion on Environmental Standards for Tasmanian Marine Fin Fish Farming 2023.Meg tabled her motion on Thursday the 16th of November 2023 and debated it on Tuesday the 13th of August 2024. Text of Meg's motion can be viewed on the...
Motion Tabled – Call for Moratorium on Use of Dry Cells
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 8 August 2024, calling for a moratorium to be placed on the use of dry cells by the Tasmanian Prison Service where body scanners are available, while departmental policy review is...
Motion Debate – Office of the Custodial Inspector Tasmania: Annual Report 2022-2023
Meg brought on for debate on Tuesday the 6th of August her motion that the Office of the Custodial Inspector Tasmania: Annual Report 2022-2023 be considered and noted. Meg tabled her motion on Thursday the 16th of November 2023 and the Legislative Council debated it...
Motion Debate – Upper House Votes in Support of AYDC Taskforce
Meg brought on for debate her motion calling for the Tasmanian government to urgently establish an AYDC TaskforceMeg tabled her motion on Thursday the 23rd of May 2024 and debated it on Tuesday the 18th of June 2024. Text of Meg's motion can be viewed on the bottom...
Motion Debate – Upper House Votes to Establish Joint House Committee on Electoral Matters
Meg brought on for debate her motion seeking to establish a Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, during the first Upper House sitting week of the new 51st Tasmanian Parliament.Meg tabled her motion on Tuesday the 21st of May 2024 and debated it on Thursday...
Motion Tabled – Establish Urgent AYDC Taskforce
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 23 May 2024, calling for the Tasmanian government to work with the community sector to establish urgently a AYDC Taskforce.Note: this motion was debated on the 18th June 2024. ...
Address-in-Reply: Governor’s Opening of Parliament Speech 2024
Meg delivered her formal Address-in-Reply to the Governor's opening of Parliament Speech, on Tuesday, 21 May 2024.In her speech, Meg called for:the goverment to recommit to Truth-telling and Treaty with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community;action to address the CSA...
Motion Tabled – Call to Establish Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Tuesday 21 May 2024, calling for the Tasmanian Parliament to establish a Joint House Standing Committee on Electoral Matters.Note: this motion was debated in the Legislative Council on the...
Motion Tabled – Call for Tas NPM Implementation Report Recommendations be Implemented in Full
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Tuesday 12 December 2023, noting the Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism's (TNPM) inaugural Implementation Report, and calling for each of its eight recommendations be implemented in...
Motion Tabled – Noting Custodial Inspector’s Annual Report 2022-23
Notice of Motion16 November 2023I (Ms Webb) give Notice that tomorrow I shall move -That the Office of the Custodial Inspector Tasmania: Annual Report 2022-2023 be considered and noted.***This motion was debated on Tuesday the 6th of August 2024. THe Hansard and...
Motion Tabled – Disallowance of Environmental Standards for Marine Finfish Farming 2023
Notice of Motion16 November 2023I (Ms Webb) give Notice that tomorrow I shall move -That Environmental Standards for Tasmanian Marine Finfish Farming 2023 made under Section 96Q of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994, effective from 18 October...
Motion Debate – VAD Commission’s Annual Report 2022-23
Meg spoke in response to a motion (moved by the Hon. Member for Mersey) noting the inaugural Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Commission's Annual Report 2022-23, debated on Tuesday 14 November 2023. View Meg's speech below: Read Meg's contribution to the debate...
Motion Debate – Call for Independent Review of Commission of Inquiry ‘s identified Impediments to Misconduct Findings Processes
Meg brought on for debate her motion seeking to establish an independent and external inquiry into the serious impediments to making findings experienced by Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings,...
Motion Debate – Tasmania Police Annual Report 2022-23
Meg spoke in response to a motion (moved by the Hon. Member for Launceston) noting the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management Annual Report 2022-23, debated on Tuesday 14 November 2023. View Meg's speech below: Read Meg's contribution to the debate...
Motion Debate – AFL Stadium PoSS Debate
Meg spoke in response to the motion to have the Liberal government's proposed AFL stadium declared a Project of State Significance (PoSS), debated on Wednesday 8 November 2023. Meg voted against the motion. View Part 1 of Meg's speech below: View Part 2 of...
Motion Debate – Action Needed on Online Gambling
Meg debated her motion on Tuesday 31 October 2023, noting the Federal Report You Win Some, You Lose More, and calling on the Tasmanian government to work with the Commonwealth to pursue the report's recommendations to tackle online gambling (Meg tabled her motion on...
Motion Debate – Call for Independent Review of RTI Act 2009
Meg marked the International Day of Access to Information, held on the 28th of September, by bringing on for debate her motion calling for the state government to commission an independent review of the Tasmanian Right to Information Act 2009.Meg tabled her motion on...
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...
