ABC Drive presenter, Lucy Braeden, interviews Meg Webb MLC regarding concerns over the blatant pork-barrelling promises being made by the Liberal and Labor parties during the 2024 state election, and why this behaviour does not meet the criteria set by the Tasmanian...
Pork-barrelling demonstrates lack of integrity11 March 2024Independent for Nelson Meg Webb today condemned the lack of integrity demonstrated by Liberal Party election announcements of funding commitments to community and sporting groups, a practice previously...
The Guardian Australia online | 10 March 2024.Pure imagination: Tasmanian premier vows to build world’s largest chocolate fountain if re-electedLiberal Jeremy Rockliff commits $12m and says ‘chocolate experience’ at Claremont would be ‘the greatest thing to happen to...
Integrity Lessons Ignored by Major Parties7 March 2024Independent for Nelson Meg Webb today called on all parties to put integrity at the forefront in this election campaign when making promises and announcing funding commitments.“Halfway through this election...
Adam Langenberg | ABC NEWS Analysis - Digital Online | 6 March 2024Tasmanians going to vote at March 23 state election clueless about who has donated to the major partiesTasmanians will go to the polls in March in the dark about who donated to the major political...
The Mercury | 2 February 2024; pgs 1 & 6. Donations discovery; Parties rolling in cash David Killick The Tasmanian Liberals have retained their title as the most lavishly funded of the state's political parties - but voters remain in the dark about exactly who is...
Premier Challenged over State Political Donations Disclosure Laws1 February 2024Independent for Nelson Meg Webb MLC said ongoing speculation of an early State election has raised concerns the Rockliff government may prioritise implementing the public funding...
The Saturday Examiner | 18 November 2023; pg 20.Election donation bill passed amid criticism as 'weak'Benjamin SeederTasmanians will go to the next state election with stricter new rules about how much money political candidates can accept before they must publicly...
Article | The Mercury| 17 November 2023; pg 7.Swipe as donastion laws get go-aheadBlair RichardsLong-awaited political donations disclosure laws have passed the Tasmanian parliament, despite widespread concerns the frameworkis too weak.The Bill to require political...
Editorial | The Examiner | 17 November 2023; pg 53.What does state Labor stand for? EditorialAnthony HaneveerIF STATE Labor were to choose a campaign song right now they could not go past the 2012 hit Some Nights by American band fun.The chorus makes it almost...
