MOTIONS
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...
Poker Machine Licencing Motion
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I move -(1) That the Legislative Council notes:(a) Australia (with the exception of Western Australia), has an approach to poker machine policy and regulation that is significantly different to virtually all similar countries globally,...
Civics and Citizenship Motion
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I start by stating my support and also thanking the member for Rosevears and his team for bringing forward a positive motion for us to discuss today.The motion raises several significant points, but perhaps most importantly, it...
Youth Unemployment Motion
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I thank the member for Elwick for bringing the debate on this issue of youth unemployment to the House.Youth unemployment across Australia remains high, consistently double the normal rate. In this respect Tasmania is no different, but...
Prevention of Sale of Smoking Products to Under-Age Persons Motion
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I acknowledge the work undertaken to date by the member for Windermere on this bill and this issue. I absolutely share his passion for better health outcomes for the Tasmanian community and the importance of lowering smoking rates...
Religious Discrimination Motion
I have moved this Motion for debate because the Federal Government has proposed a piece of legislation which, if passed, would leave vulnerable Tasmanians with less protection from discrimination then they currently enjoy. The proposed legislation will do this by...
Huntingfield Rezoning Disallowance Motion
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I move -That the Legislative Council, in accordance with section 9(4) of the Housing Land Supply Act 2018, disallow the proposed Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2019 which was laid on the Table of the Council on 6 September...
NAPLAN Motion
Mr President, I would like to start by thanking the Member for Elwick for bringing the issue of education to this chamber.I feel it is also worth acknowledging the Member’s previous experience as an educator here in Tasmania.It offers a rare opportunity for an issue...
Pill Testing Motion
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr Acting President, I welcome the motion presented by the member for Murchison on the issue of pill testing at festivals and music events in Tasmania. Given the member's experience as a healthcare professional in this state, I appreciate her...
