Adam Langenberg | The ABC - Digital Online | July, 1, 2023In short: Font PR partner Danielle McKay will work in Premier Jeremy Rockliff 's office as a media advisor for eight weeks while he hunts for a new director of communicationsWhat's next?: An integrity expert...
ABC TV News – Concerns over Government Hiring Lobbyist Firm in Communications Unit
Potential conflict of interest issues are raised by the State government's announcement they are hiring a member of a local registered lobbyist firm to work in the government Communications Unit. Meg outlines some of the key reasons why this is problematic in the...
7 TV News – Concerns over Premier Hiring Lobbyist Firm in Communications Unit
Potential conflict of interest issues are raised by the State government's announcement they are hiring a member of a local registered lobbyist firm to work in the government Communications Unit. Meg outlines some of the key reasons why this is problematic in the...
Motion Tabled – National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Data
Notice of Motion Tabled (but not yet debated)29 June 2023Ms Webb to move:-(1) That the Legislative Council notes:—a) All Australian States and Territories agreed in October 2017, under an Intergovernmental Agreement, to participate in the Commonwealth Government’s...
Motion Tabled – Modern Slavery Preventative Reporting
Notice of Motion Tabled (but not yet debated)29 June 2023Ms Webb to move:-That the Legislative Council:(1) Notes the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (the Act) which commenced on the 1st of January 2019;(2) Recognises the Act requires large businesses and other...
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...
Motion Debate – Production of Papers: AFL Stadium
Meg spoke in response to the Government's motion seeking to establish a process by which MPs could examine AFL stadium-related confidential documents, on Tuesday, 27 June 2023. Text of (government) Motion as tabled and debated:[pdf-embedder...
Public say on stadium blocked; No say; Public still to be locked out of planning as amendment introduced to appease independents
Matt Maloney | The Saturday Examiner | June 24, 2023 AN AMENDMENT to the state's Projects of State Significance approval process will give parliament a final say over projects, but not allow the public an appeal mechanism.An amendment bill to the State Policies and...
Media Release – Government’s PoSS Amendment a Missed Opportunity
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s Bill to amend the Projects of State significance legislation (PoSS) remains a missed opportunity and raises further questions regarding the Government’s commitment to transparency and public...
Media Release – PoSS Amendments Must Meet all Requirements
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC today identified the necessary amendments to the Project of State Significance process under the State Projects and Policies Act 1993, required to provide Parliament a second vote on any resulting outcome of that process,...