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Article-Year 12 changes not on the cards

Article-Year 12 changes not on the cards

 The Mercury | 5 June 2026; pg 7.Year 12 changes not on the cards Oscar MoodleyEducation Minister Jo Palmer has ruled out "a formal review" of the 2014 policy to extend all Tasmanian high schools from year 10 to year 12.As part of Thursday morning's Budget Estimates...

Article-‘Direct threat’: AG slams watchdog budget cuts

Article-‘Direct threat’: AG slams watchdog budget cuts

  The Mercury | 3 June 2026; pg 6. 'Direct threat': AG slams watchdog budget cuts David Killick Budget cuts have affected the ability of key oversight agencies to do their work fighting corruption and waste, estimates committees hearings have heard. The Liberals...

Media Release: Horror Budget Shows Mature Revenue Debate Needed

Media Release: Horror Budget Shows Mature Revenue Debate Needed

Horror Budget Shows Mature Revenue Debate Needed27 May 2026Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC today used her 2026-27 Budget Reply speech to call for an urgent review of the State’s revenue and taxation base to drive real structural reform in a cohesive,...

Speech-in-Reply: Tasmania State Budget 2026

Speech-in-Reply: Tasmania State Budget 2026

Meg delivered her Speech in Reply to the Tasmanian Government's 2026-2027 State Budget in the Legislative Council on the 27th of May, 2026. Watch Meg deliver her speech below. The video is in two parts.  View Meg’s 2026/27 Budget Speech in Reply below, or as a...

Motion Debated – Tasmanian Arts Funding

Motion Debated – Tasmanian Arts Funding

The Hon. Meg Webb MLC motion contribution to the Tasmanian Arts Funding motion brought on by the Honourable member for Murchison, on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, in support of the motion, and addresses the risk to the Tasmanian community without ongoing government funding...

Article-Budget cuts threaten women’s safety: MLC

Article-Budget cuts threaten women’s safety: MLC

Hobart Mercury | 20 April 2026; pg 2. Budget cuts threaten women's safety: MLC Elise Kaine Wrong decisions in the upcoming state budget could lead to worsening outcomes for women, an independent MLC warned as demonstrators gathered at a rally against gendered violence...

Article-International Women’s Day: Honour Roll Gender Gap

Article-International Women’s Day: Honour Roll Gender Gap

The Mercury | 9 March 2026; pg 5.Honour  Roll Gender Gap:Call for More Women to be NominatedAlison FolettaWomen are still under-represented in national honours, federal Assistant Minister for Women Rebecca White says.In Tasmania, women only received 14 per cent of...

While pokies were closed
due to COVID-19
Tasmanians saved

Poker machines were closed in Tasmania on March 23, 2020
and reopened on June 26, 2020.
In 2018-19 Tasmanians lost $171,603,745 to poker machines

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