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ABC Breakfast Radio Interview – Privacy for Pollies?

ABC Breakfast Radio Interview – Privacy for Pollies?

Meg Webb MLC discusses with Ryk Goddard on ABC Hobart Breakfast Radio, Friday 7 August 2026, whether Tasmania's electoral laws should be changed so that local government candidates do not have to disclose their contact address on campaign material.Listen to Meg's...

Article-MLC’s move to restrict lobbying

Article-MLC’s move to restrict lobbying

Image from the Hobart Mercury.     Hobart Mercury | 23 July 2026; pg 12.MLC's move to restrict lobbyingDavid KillickGovernment ministers and senior public servants would be banned from lobbying for two years after leaving office under laws proposed by an...

Talking Point-Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing

Talking Point-Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing

Wednesday July 22, 2026 | Hobart Mercury | Talking Point pg; 27Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing My proposed legislation will make the dark art of political lobbying far more transparent and democratic, writes Meg Webb In a vibrant democracy the “contest of...

Article-‘Backflip’ on job under fire

Article-‘Backflip’ on job under fire

 Sunday Tasmanian | 19 July 2026; pg 5.'Backflip' on job under fireRob InglisFormer Liberal senator Stephen Parry’s appointment as chair of the Tasmanian Heritage Council has again been called into question after it emerged that ex-minister Madeleine Ogilvie had...

Article-Pokies cost Tassie $208m

Article-Pokies cost Tassie $208m

Hobart Mercury | Saturday July 18, 2026; pg 3. Pokies cost Tassie $208m State's gamblers set new record for losses on poker machines Bridget Clarke  Tasmanians lost nearly $210m on poker machines in the last financial year – the highest figure on record, new Treasury...

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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