QUESTIONS
Question – Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council Workplan
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 16 June 2020 and answered for the Government by the Hon Peter Gutwein MP, Premier on 24 June 2020 QUESTION (1) The Premier's Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council (PESRAC) has outlined in its Workplan that as part...
Question – Tasmanian Emergency Management Arrangements
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 12 June 2020 answered by the Hon Peter Gutwein MP, Premier on 24 June 2020 Regarding the formal Public Health Emergency declared under section 14 of the Public Health Act I 997, and the State of Emergency declared under...
Question – State Emergency Frameworks
Questions asked by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 4 June 2020 and answered for the Government by Hon Peter Gutwein MP, Premier on 26 June 2020 With reference to the formal State of Emergency declared by the Government on 19 March 2020 under section 42 of the Emergency...
Question – Mental Health Services during COVID-19
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb on 4 June 2020 and answered for the Government by Hon Jeremy Rockliff Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing on 24 June 2020 With regard to the COVID-19 Disease Emergency: QUESTION (1) What additional or adapted measures...
Questions – Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council
Series of Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 3 June 2020 regarding the Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council (PESRAC) and answered for the Government by the Premier, Hon Peter Gutwein MP on 24 June 2020 PESRAC Member Affiliations Questions ...
Question – COVID-19 and Tasmania’s Prisons
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 4 May 2020 answered for the Government by the Hon Elise Archer MP Attorney-General on 7 May 2020 With reference to the COVID-19 Disease Emergency:Question (la) How many COVID-19 tests have been carried out in Tasmania's prisons and...
Question – Online gambling losses during COVID-19 shutdown
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 7 May 2020 and answered for the Government by the Minister for Finance Hon Michael Ferguson MP on 4 June 2020 I (Ms Webb) tomorrow to ask the Honourable Leader of the Government —Noting that there is concern expressed about...
Question – Gambling during COVID-19 shutdown
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 7 May 2020 answered for the Government by Hon Michael Ferguson Minister for Finance (Q1) and Hon Roger Jaensch Minister for Human Services (Q2-6) on 4 June 2020 I (Ms Webb) tomorrow to ask the Honourable Leader of the...
Question – COVID-19 Suspension of Personal Information Protection Act 2004
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 27 April 2020 answered for the Government by the Hon Elise Archer MP Attorney-General on 30 April 2020 The Personal Information Protection Act 2004 (PIPA) is the primary law protecting the privacy of Tasmanians when their personal...
Question – COVID-19 Tenancy Support
Questions by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 29 April 2020 answered for the Government by the Hon Roger Jaensch MP Minister for Housing on 30 April 2020 Tasmania was pro-active in passing legislation to support Tasmanians in rental accommodation during this pandemic. In...
Question – COVID-19 Infringements
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 29 April 2020 answered for the Government by Hon Mark Shelton MP Minister for Police, Fire & Emergency Management on 30 April 2020 In regards to Tasmania Police and the enforcement of the Public Health Act 1997 and Emergency...
Question – Impact of COVID-19 and Social Isolation on Vulnerable Groups
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 27 April 2020 answered for the Government by Hon Sarah Courtney MP Minister for Health on 7 May 2020 Vulnerable groups with below-average health outcomes are at greater risk of serious illness and death if infected with COVID-19.The...
Question – Huntingfield Land Supply Order Master Plan
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 17 March 2020 answered for the Government by Hon Roger Jaensch MP Minister for Housing on 7 May 2020 The Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2019 was passed on 17 September 2019 for the purpose of fast-tracking the rezoning of...
Question – Facial Recognition Data Collection Additional Questions
Questions by Meg Webb MLC on 28 Nov 2019 answered for the Govt by Michael Ferguson MP, Minister for Infrastructure & Transport on 17 Mar 2020 Question 1. What legislative authority does the Register rely upon for secondary collection of facial data for the...
Question – Facial Recognition Data Collection and Use
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 4 Nov 2019 answered for the Govt by Hon Will Hodgman Premier on 21 Nov 2019 In response to the Government's answer to the question put by the member for McIntyre on 31 October 2019 in relation to consent to the collection and storage...
Question – Gambling and Mental Health
Questions asked by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 31 Oct 2019 answered for the Govt by Hon Jeremy Rockliff MP Minister for Health and Wellbeing on 26 Nov 2019 According to recent Victorian research, gambling harm is estimated to account for 22 per cent of costs to Victoria's...
Question – Gambling Harm and Homelessness
Questions asked by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 31 October 2019 answered for the Govt by Hon Michael Ferguson Minister for Finance 25 March 2020 Research indicates a connection in Australia between gambling harm and homelessness; a link that doesn’t exist in other...
Question – Gambling Harm and Crime
Questions asked by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 31 October 2019 answered for the Govt by Hon Michael Ferguson Minister for Finance 25 March 2020 Australian research has indicated that the rate of problem gamblers within prison populations appears to be substantially higher...
Question – Gambling Harm and Domestic Violence
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 31 Oct 2019 answered for the Govt by the Hon Michael Ferguson MP Minister for Finance on 31 Oct 2019 Australian research has found a statistically significant correlation between poker machine density and police-recorded domestic...
Question – Future Gaming Markets
Questions asked by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 31 October 2019 answered for the Govt by Hon Roger Jaensch Minister for Human Services 26 Nov 2019 In the Premier's evidence to the Joint Select Committee into Future Gaming Markets and as set out in the Hodgman Liberal...
Question – Housing Tas Tenants with Disabilities & Homes Act 1935
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 17 Oct 2019 and answered for the Government by Hon Roger Jaensch MP Minister for Housing on 17 Oct 2019 The purposes of the Homes Act 1935 include -(a) to enable persons to reside in residential accommodation that is safe,...
Question – Housing Tasmania Tenants, Modifications & the NDIS
Questions by Hon Meg Webb MLC asked on 16 Oct 2019 answered for the Govt by Hon Roger Jaensch MP Minister for Housing on 20 Nov 2019 Question (1) How many current Housing Tasmania tenants are National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants? ANSWER: Not...
Question – Gambling Support Strategic Framework 2014-19
Questions asked by Meg Webb MLC on 19 Sept 2019 and answered for the Govt by Hon Roger Jaensch on 26 Nov 2019 With regard to the current Gambling Support Program Strategic Framework 2014-19 -QUESTION (1) What evaluation occurred of the impact and effectiveness of...
Question – Gambling Support Strategic Framework 2020-23
Questions asked by Meg Webb MLC on 19 Sept 2019 and answered for the Govt by Hon Roger Jaensch on 26 Nov 2019 With regard to the Gambling Support Program Strategic Framework 2020-23 QUESTION (1) What is the expected date of release of the framework? ANSWER (1) ...
Question – Gambling Support Program Multimedia Campaign and Addiction
Questions asked by Meg Webb MLC on 19 Sept 2019 and answered for the Govt by Hon Roger Jaensch on 26 Nov 2019 With regard to the material produced in the Gambling Support Program multimedia campaigns of the past five years -QUESTION (1) Noting that gambling...
Question – Know Your Odds Multimedia Campaign
Questions asked by Meg Webb MLC on 19 Sept 2019 and answered for the Goverment by Roger Jaensch MP Minister for Human Services on 26 Nov 2019 Noting the Know Your Odds multimedia campaign, a key part of the state Government's Gambling Support Program has a website,...
Question – Social and Economic Impact Study
Questions asked by Meg Webb MLC on 17 Sept 2019 and aswered for the Government by Hon Roger Jaensch Minister for Human Services on 29 Oct 2019 With regard to the latest Social and Economic Impact Study - SEIS - report released in January 2018 - QUESTION (1) Has the...
Question – Cressy Lockdown
Questions asked by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 15 Aug 2019 and answered by the Leader of the Govt in the Legislative Council on 11 Sept 2019 In relation to the Cressy 'lockdown' of Friday, 29 June 2019, the Tasmania Police media release on the lockdown operation stated that...
Question – Drone Acquisition and Deployment
Questions asked by Hon Meg Webb MLC on 13 August 2019 answered for the Government by Hon Mark Shelton MP, Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management on 15 October 2019 In relation to the 16 remotely piloted aircraft, or drones, recently purchased for...
