Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmania Talks | 29 September 2022 See more of Meg's recent media.
Democracy
Voters Deserve Transparency
Kingborough Chronicle | 13 September 2022Voters deserve to know if Local Government candidates are members of a political party, regardless of whether the candidate has the endorsement or backing of the political party, says State Independent Member for Nelson, Meg...
Media Release – Government Urged to Secure TLRI’s Future
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb will today table a motion to secure the future of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute.“I am calling on the Liberal State Government to commit in full and in good faith to the independent review’s recommendations for which it is...
Ensuring our democracy and environment can flourish
Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmania Talks | 10 August 2022
Media Release – Lower House Restoration
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today warned the Rockliff Liberal Government to keep faith with the Tasmanian community when it restores the State’s House of Assembly to 35 seats.Ms Webb said she was deeply concerned about vested interests pushing for a new...
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
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
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 | 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
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...
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
PETITION
