OTHER SPEECHES
Speech – Political Donation Reforms-Response to Labor’s position on amendments
As debate recommenced in the Legislative Council on the government's long-awaited Electoral Disclosures and Funding Bill 2022, Leader of Labor Opposition Business in the House informed the Council that Labor had decided to not move the suite of amendments they had...
Speech – Yes Team-No Stadium Launceston Rally
Meg was invited to speak at the 'Yes Team-No Stadium' local rally, held in Launceston, Sunday 27 August 2023. View Meg's speech in the video below. Read the Examiner's news story covering the Rally here.
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...
Sue Neill-Fraser Rally Speech: Independent Inquiry Needed
Meg spoke at the Justice for Sue rally, held on Saturday 19 August 2023 at the Parliament House Lawns, Hobart. Read Meg's speech below (noting minor spoken variations to the written version may have occured during speech delivery on the day), or view as a downloadable...
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...
Reply Speech to 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...
Noting the Legislative Council’s Report on Fin Fish Farming in Tasmania
A full transcript of this speech will be uploaded here in the coming days.Access the Committee's final report here.
Tasmania State Budget 2022 – Speech in Reply
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to provide my response to the state Budget 2022-23. A lot has certainly changed since we last stood here responding to the previous state budget which was barely nine months ago, as it was slightly delayed again last year.We...
Reply Premier’s Address 2022
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I welcome this opportunity to respond to the Premier's annual state of the state address and thank other members for the contributions they have made, all of which have been really valuable and very interesting to listen to.At the...
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 – 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,...
Tasmanian State Budget 2021 – Speech in Reply
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to respond to the State Budget 2021-22.I welcome the many long-awaited initiatives and commitments contained in this budget. I welcome the explicit recognition that merely delivering on election commitments is insufficient when...
The Governor’s Address-in-Reply
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Madam Deputy President, I rise to make my contribution to the Governor's Address-in-Reply. I congratulate Her Excellency, Barbara Baker, on commencing her term as Governor of Tasmania. I am particularly pleased, for only the second time in the...
Reply Premier’s Address 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to respond to and note the Premier's state of the state address. The COVID-19 pandemic dominates and frames the delivery of the Premier's annual address and the response of many of us within this parliament.A year ago on 17...
NAIDOC Week 2020
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Madam Deputy President, it is NAIDOC Week. As this is the first time I have risen to speak this week I am going to take a brief opportunity to acknowledge the palawa pakana of lutruwita, Tasmania, the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of...
Reply State of the State Address
Reply to Premier's State of the State Address 2020 March 19, 2020 Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I note the Premier's State of the State address. I begin by acknowledging the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, in particular the muwinina people as the original owners...
Inaugural Speech
Mr President, before I speak to this bill I take this opportunity to deliver my inaugural speech. I begin by acknowledging the mouheneenner People as the original owners and custodians of the land on which we meet today, nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania. I pay my...
