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Article-Local Landcare makes Parliament

Article-Local Landcare makes Parliament

Kingborough Chronicle | 25 June 2024; pg 8. Local Landcare makes ParliamentKingston Beach Coastcare and South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation (SETAC) in partnership with Kingborough Council received Tasmanian Landcare Awards last month, but were formally...

Article-$75M for ex-Ashley detainees

Article-$75M for ex-Ashley detainees

The Mercury | 22 June 2024; pg 1;7. $75M for ex-Ashley detainees Settlement compo for abuse, trauma David Killlick The state government has agreed to pay $75m to settle a class action brought by former detainees at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre. Lawyers acting for...

Speech on Adjournment  – Vale Dr Bruce Felmingham

Speech on Adjournment – Vale Dr Bruce Felmingham

Thursday the 20th of June, Meg Webb MLC raised on the Adjournment the passing of Dr Bruce Felmingham. Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I rise on adjournment to pay my respects to the former Dr Bruce Stanley Felmingham, who passed away on 12 June. Dr Felmingham was a Tasmanian...

Article-Emergency task force 1013 days after closure vow

Article-Emergency task force 1013 days after closure vow

The Mercury | 19 June 2024; pg 6. Emergency task force 1013 days after closure Genevieve Holding The Tasmanian Legislative Council has voted in support of a motion to establish an emergency task force to remove children from Ashley Youth Detention Centre, 1013 days...

Article-$75M for ex-Ashley detainees

Motion Debate – Upper House Votes in Support of AYDC Taskforce

Meg brought on for debate her motion calling for the Tasmanian government to urgently establish an AYDC TaskforceMeg tabled her motion on Thursday the 23rd of May 2024 and debated it on Tuesday the 18th of June 2024.  Text of Meg's motion can be viewed on the bottom...

Speech-Landcare Tasmania Awards 2024

Speech-Landcare Tasmania Awards 2024

Meg, staff, award recipients and organisation representatives are pictured here in Parliament House following Meg's speech (unfortunately two award recipients were away, however their organisations were represented).   Meg raised the recent Landcare Tasmania's awards...

Article-Fix Ashley Now

Article-Fix Ashley Now

The Mercury | 7 June 2024; pg 6."We could fix Ashley right now"Groups say no reason for delayDavid KillickThe long delay to closing Ashley Youth Detention Centre is hard to understand given how quickly better alternatives could be set up, community groups say.It is...

Article-Law Reform Institute Call for Privacy Laws Reform

Article-Law Reform Institute Call for Privacy Laws Reform

The Examiner | 30 May 2024; pg 4.Law Reform Institute Call for Review of State's Privacy LawsDuncan BaileyTECHNOLOGICAL advances such as spyware, covert cameras and drones mean the state's privacy protections should be reviewed, a new Tasmania Law Reform Institute...

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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