MOTIONS
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...
Motion Debate – Modern Slavery Reporting and Awareness
On Tuesday the 5th of September 2023, Meg brought on for debate her motion calling for the State government to request all state-owned companies and GBEs which need to comply with the Australian Modern Slavery Act's reporting requirements, to publish their compliance...
Motion Debate – The Matildas Inspire Near & Far!
Meg spoke in response to a motion (moved by the Hon. Member for Windermere) congratulating the Matildas Football team for their amazing and inspirational success during the 2023 World Cup.Meg was delighted to include a first-hand contribution from the Taroona Football...
Motion Debate – Referral of Production of Documents Report
Meg spoke in response to a motion (moved by the Hon. Member for Murchison) seeking to refer the Legislative Council Select Committee Report on Production of Documents to the Standing Orders Committee for consideration, on Tuesday, 22 August 2023.This debate focuses...
Motion Debate – Commissioner for Children and Young People’s Report: Out-of-Home Care System
Meg debated her motion drawing attention to the recent Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People's Monitoring Report No. 2: Key Data on Tasmania's Out-of-Home Care System 2020-22, on Tuesday, 15 August 2023. Â Â Text of Meg's Motion as tabled and...
Motion Debate – Production of Papers: AFL Stadium
Meg spoke in response to the Government's motion seeking to establish a process by which MPs could examine AFL stadium-related confidential documents, on Tuesday, 27 June 2023. Text of (government) Motion as tabled and debated:[pdf-embedder...
Address-in-Reply: Premier’s State of the State Address 2023
Meg delivered her formal Speech in Reply to the Premier's annual State of the State Address, on Thursday, 1 June 2023. Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I rise to make my reply to the Premier's Address. It is not what I was necessarily expecting to do this week and I note that just...
Motion Debate – Call to Review Tas OPCAT Against Human Rights Recommendations
Meg brought on for debate in the Legislative Council her motion calling for the Tasmanian OPCAT Implementation Act 2021 to be evaluated against the Australian Human Rights Commission's Road May to OPCAT Compliance, on Tuesday 23 May 2023.The Motion passed unamended....
Motion – Mandatory Disclosure of Official Ministerial Diaries
(1) Recognises that the regular publication of the Members of Cabinets’ official diaries provides an important accountability mechanism, by improving transparency and strengthening public confidence in government decision-making processes;(2) notes that the regular...
Motion – OPCAT
Ms Webb to move – That the Legislative Council:Notes that Australia ratified in 2017 the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), which provides for international inspections of places...
Motion – Human Rights Act
Ms Webb to move ⎯ That the Legislative CouncilNotes that International Human Rights Day is observed every 10th of December, the date on which the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 formally adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims the...
Motion – State’s First Compulsory Voting Council Elections Evaluation
Ms Webb MLC to move that the Legislative Council notes:Notes that the Tasmanian Local Government elections held in October 2022 were the first local government elections held in this state in which voting was compulsory;Notes the government’s acknowledgement during...
Motion – Noting the Recent Review Report of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI)
Ms Webb to move – That the Legislative Council:Notes the recent review of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) undertaken by an independent Review Panel, and the Review of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute Final Report June 2022, released on 20 July 2022;Welcomes...
Motion Noting the Events in Ukraine
Motion:3 Mr Duigan to move ⎯ That the Legislative Council —(1) Recognises Ukrainian territorial sovereignty and its right to peace, freedom, and democratic rule.(2) Notes ⎯(a) that Tasmania is home to both Ukrainian and Russian communities who have received this news...
Motion to Establish a Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the University of Tasmania Act 1992
**Check against video for final delivery**Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, thank you for the debate just now on the amendment. It was enlightening and did draw out some extra elements relating to what we are discussing. Thank you to the member for Hobart for...
Motion – Hillcrest Tragedy
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to join my colleagues in supporting this motion and expressing my deep condolences to the families of the children whose lives were lost in the tragic incident at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport on 16 December 2021.This is...
Motion – Gender Responsive Budgeting
Mr President, I rise to speak to the motion under my name, No. 7 on the Notice Paper. This motion focuses upon the role of and the need for gender-responsive budgeting and a gender budget impact assessment – a public policy tool that I and others here have previously called for and raised on many occasions in this place. However, this debate might be the first opportunity provided to this Chamber to consider formally such an initiative and its potential contribution to our state.
Greater Hobart Traffic Congestion Select Committee Final Report
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Thank you, Mr President, and thank you to the member for Hobart for that comprehensive overview. I will speak very briefly on the report as a member of the committee. As the member for Hobart identified, we ended up being a rather small...
Motion – Recognising the service of the Hon Ivan Dean MLC
Ivan Dean, former Member for Windermere - Tribute Ms WEBB (Nelson) - What a pleasure to get up and be able to make this address today. The respective terms of myself and the former member for Windermere, Mr Ivan Dean, overlapped for a relatively short period of time,...
Motion – Raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility
Opening Speech to Parliament Mr President, I begin my contribution today by acknowledging the palawa/pakana of lutrawita/Tasmania, the Tasmanian Aboriginal...
Motion – Gender Responsive Budgets
Notice of Motion  I (Ms Webb) give Notice that tomorrow I shall move (1) That the Legislative Council notes:(a) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Council of Europe defines gender responsive budgeting as: “Gender budgeting is an...
Notice of Motion – Fisheries (Abalone) Amendment Rules 2019 disallowance
Notice of Motion I (Ms Webb) give Notice that tomorrow I shall move:That the following parts of Statutory Rules 2019, No. 63, Fisheries (Abalone) Amendment Rules 2019 dated 23 September 2019 made under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 and laid upon the...
Production of Documents Select Committee Report
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Madam Acting President, interestingly, this committee was formed on my very first day sitting in this place, which was exactly one week after the result of my election was declared. So, in the very early stages of my time. When I came to this...
Motion – Joint Select Committee to inquire into the 2021 state and Legislative Council elections
Opening address to Parliament: Joint Select Committee - 2021 State Election and Legislative Council Elections (speech text below) Address in Reply: Joint Select Committee - 2021 State Election and Legislative Council Elections (speech text below). I...
Family Violence Motion
Mr President, I join my colleagues in welcoming and congratulating the two new members of the Chamber - the member for Huon and the member for Rosevears. It was lovely to hear the inaugural contribution of the member for Huon today. I certainly look forward to hearing...
Motion – Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry into TasWater
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I thank the member for McIntyre for bringing the motion forward. I think it will be no surprise to members that I am very supportive of our role of scrutiny. It is one that is central to the role of this place and the members in it. We...
Motion to Establish a Joint Select Committee to Inquire into Tasmania’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery
 Meg Webb - Motion to Establish a Joint Select Committee to Inquire into Tasmania’s COVID-19 Response and RecoveryMr President, I move —Noting the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of Tasmanians and given the emergency response by the Tasmanian...
