QUESTIONS
Question – Clarification re National Drivers Facial Recognition Database
Questions asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 5 June 2023 and answered by the Hon. Michael Ferguson MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, on 15 June 2023 (delivered in Parliament on Tuesday 27 June 2023). With regard to the Minister’s response dated the 1st of...
Question – Project of State Significance Guidelines
Question without Notice asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 22 May 2023, and answered by the the Hon. Jeremy Rockliff MP, Premier on 31 May 2023. QUESTIONS:Section 17 of the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 (the Act) provides for the Minister to publish guidelines...
Question – Community submissions to the State Budget Process
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC, and answered by the the Hon. Michael Ferguson MP, Deputy Premier and Treasurer on 25 May 2023. [pdf-embedder...
Question – Surgery on Intersex Children
Questions asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 16 March 2023 and answered by the Premier and Minister for Health on 30 March 2023. In correspondence to Mr Sam Klintworth, National Director, Amnesty International Australia, dated 1 December 2021, the then-Deputy Premier...
Question – Banning of Conversion Practices
Question – Truth Telling and Treaty Update
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC in November 2022 and answered by the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs on 23 March 2023 In relation to the significant Pathway to Truth-Telling and Treaty report, which was tabled in the Parliament on 25 November 2021,...
Question – Surveillance Device Review
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC in November 2022 and answered by the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management on 23 March 2023 Can the Government confirm: 1. Was Mr O’Farrell SC consulted on the original Terms of Reference dated 28 September 2022?...
Question – TLRI Founding Partners
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 24 November 2022 and answered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 23 March 20231. With regard to the three Founding Partners Agreement establishing the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI), the latest...
Question – Review of Expungement Act
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 15 March 2022 and answered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 21 March 2022.[pdf-embedder url="https://megwebb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Response-to-QWN-review-of-Expungment-Act.pdf" title="Response...
Question – Court Disclosure Delays
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 7 March 2023 and answered by the Leader for Government Business on 21 March 2022QuestionsIn relation to the Magistrates Court (Criminal and General Division) Act 2019, can the Government advise when those parts of the Act...
Question – Derwent River Water Management
Questions asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 15 November 2022 and answered by the Minister for Primary Industries and Water on 23 November 2022.[pdf-embedder...
Question – Tasmania Police Surveillance in Women’s Prison
Question asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 15 November 2022 and answered by the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency on 24 November 2022.In light of the findings of Brett J in the Jeff Thompson matter and illegal surveillance by Tasmania Police in Risdon Prison,...
Question – State of the Environment Reporting Forum
Question asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 14 November 2022 and Answered by the Deputy Premier and Minister for Planning on 22 November 2022.Noting that there is a National State of the Environment Reporting Forum which brings together representatives from Federal,...
Question – TASCAT Appointment Process
Question asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 14 November 2022 and answered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 22 November 2022.Noting material released under RTI relating to appointments to TASCAT, including a letter from the President of TASCAT to the...
Question – Emergency Management Act Review
Questions asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 24 October 2022 and answered by the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management on 9 November 2022.In relation to the targeted Review of the Emergency Management Act 2006, for which the deadline for public submissions...
Question – Removal of Mandatory Isolation
Questions asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 24 October 2022 and answered by the Premier and Minister for Health on 9 November 2022.[pdf-embedder url="https://megwebb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RESPONSE-QWON-Meg-Webb-removal-of-mandatory-isolation.pdf"...
Question – Transfer and Sale of Social Housing Stock
Questions asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 24 October 22 and answered by the Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing on 11 November 2022. [pdf-embedder...
Question – The Tasmanian Planning Commission and the State of the Environment Report
Questions placed on the Notice Paper by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 27 October 2022. I (Ms Webb) tomorrow to ask the Honourable Leader of the Government —With regard to the Government’s decision to require the Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) to produce a new State of...
Question – Future of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI)
Questions placed on the Notice Paper by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 26 October 2022 and answered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 15 November 2022. I (Ms Webb) tomorrow to ask the Honourable Leader of the Government —With regard to the ongoing...
Question – State of the Environment Report
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 17 October 2022 and answered by the Minister for Planning on 18 October 2022In relation to the public statement by the Minister for Planning, issued on the 29th of September 2022, announcing the government’s intention to...
Question – Conduct of the Office of the Solicitor General
Asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 29 September 2022 and answered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 18 October 2022.On 28 September 2022 the Mercury, the Examiner, and the Advocate published an opinion piece written by Alysha, a whistleblower from...
Question – Tasmania Police Surveillance
Questions asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 29 September 2022 and answered by the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management on 29 September 2022In regards to the warrant issued and surveillance operation conducted by Tasmania Police in Risdon Prison from June...
Question – Multiple Cat Permits
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 27 September 2022 and answered by the Minister for Primary Industries on 29 September 2022 In regards to the Cat Management Act 2009 and the issuing of multiple cat permits (MCPs), can the Government advise:Question 1: What...
Question – Development of Social Housing
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 1 September 2022 and answered by the Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing on 8 September 2022. With regard to the Government's policies around access to affordable and accessible housing:General...
Question – Rapid Rehousing Program
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 5 September 2022 and answered by the Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing on 8 September 2022. In regards to each of the Rapid Re-Housing Programs (Family Violence, Mental Health and Prisoner), and in...
Question – Special Species Timber
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 11 August 2022 and answered by the Minister for Resources on 24 August 2022 Question:In regards to special species timber harvesting, can the Government provide:1. An annual breakdown of the number of applications to harvest...
Question – Qantas Payroll Tax Agreement
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 11 August 2022 and answered by the Deputy Premier and Treasurer on August 2022 QUESTION:Noting the Government's $1 million payroll tax reimbursement to Qantas Airways, under an agreement which is due to end in 2024-25, can...
Question – Quarterly Vehicle Registrations
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 11 August 2022 and answered by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport on 24 August 2022. Question: Noting the recent introduction of the option for quarterly vehicle registration payments, can the government...
Question – Police Policy Towards Rough Sleepers
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 29 July 2022 and answered by the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management on 23 August 2022 Questions:1. What is Tasmania Police’s current policy and practice towards Tasmanians ‘sleeping rough’, specifically those...
Question – Bruny Island Infrastructure Needs and Levies
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 11 Aug 2022 and answered by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport on 23 Aug 2022Question:Noting that the infrastructure needs on Bruny Island are significant, especially given high visitation form tourists, can the...
