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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Blair Richards | The Mercury | June 9, 2023 A multimillion-dollar government grant to a company owned by Tasmania’s top rich lister has raised eyebrows in budget estimates.The company owned by Tasmania’s richest man directly approached the Premier about a government...
Meg delivered her main speech (second reading) to the Police Powers (Surveillance Devices) Bill 2022, on Thursday, 1 June 2023. Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to speak on this with quite a degree of concern. The bill seeks to amend the Police Powers...
