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Concerns held for future of the state’s law reform institute

Concerns held for future of the state’s law reform institute

Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 23 July 2022The state's legal fraternity says the government needs to step up its funding commitment to the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to ensure its survival.A review of the institute, which was established in 2001 as the state's...

Law reform funding push

Law reform funding push

Rob Inglis | The Mercury | 23 July 2022TASMANIA’S premier law reform body has been hamstrung by “grossly inadequate” funding provisions, an independent review has found.Established in 2001, the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) receives proposals for research and...

Pressure on Tassie’s ecosystems

Pressure on Tassie’s ecosystems

David Killick | The Mercury | 20 July 2022CONCRETE state government action must be taken to remedy some of the serious degradation highlighted in the federal State of the Environment report, the Greens say.Party spokeswoman Rosalie Woodruff said the report – released...

Talking Point – We Deserve Better Checks and Balances

Talking Point – We Deserve Better Checks and Balances

Talking Point | Mercury Newspaper | 14 July 2022With reviews of political lobbying underway, we now have rare chance to improve transparency, writes Meg Webb.TASMANIA has been dogged for decades by the perception that close relationships and backroom deals give...

Anti-Protest Briefings Inequity Claim

Anti-Protest Briefings Inequity Claim

Isabel Bird | The Examiner | 29 June 2022Environmentalists allege witnesses at a Legislative Council briefing of anti-protest laws were not told of mining company MMG representatives listening in to private testimony.The conduct has been publicly labelled as unusual...

Question – Electoral Act Review

Question – Electoral Act Review

Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 2 June 2022 and answered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 21 June 2022With regard to the Final Report of the Electoral Act Review, released in February 2021, can the government please:Confirm the modelling...

Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill

Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill

Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to speak on the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill.  This bill, as we have all noted, is the next iteration of the Government's attempts - as I would characterise them - to quash certain kinds of environmental...

Speech-in-Reply: Tasmania State Budget 2022

Speech-in-Reply: Tasmania State Budget 2022

Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to provide my response to the state Budget 2022-23.  A lot has certainly changed since we last stood here responding to the previous state budget which was barely nine months ago, as it was slightly delayed again last year.We...

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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