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Article-Parliament Celebrates Saltbush

Article-Parliament Celebrates Saltbush

Kingborough Chronicle | 3 December 2024: pg 12.Parliament Celebrates SaltbushIndependent member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC took the opportunity to commend Kingston’s Saltbush Child and Family Learning Centre (CFLC) in Legislative Council recently.The contribution made to...

Question – University of Tasmania City Deal & Law School

Question – University of Tasmania City Deal & Law School

Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 14 April 2022 and answered by the Minister for Education, Children and Youth on 4 May 2022.  QUESTION 1. Can the government clarify any specific elements of the Hobart City Deal that relate to the University of Tasmania,...

Risks hidden as schools reopen

Risks hidden as schools reopen

Kingborough Chronicle | 8 February 2022 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has called for the release of Public Health Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) advice in relation to the Tasmanian Government’s approach to the reopening of schools before public school students...

Students COVID testing discrepancy still raising concerns

Students COVID testing discrepancy still raising concerns

Adam Holmes | Advocate | 8 February 2022  PUBLIC Health has outlined why it chose not to recommend Tasmanian school children undergo mandatory rapid antigen testing, describing their risk as "very low" and that other states had higher rates of transmission.Tasmania...

Criticism of schools RAT plan; Why wait for symptoms, asks MP

Criticism of schools RAT plan; Why wait for symptoms, asks MP

Helen Kempton | Mercury | 7 February 2022  HERE are claims Tasmania's Education Department is out of step with its interstate counterparts which require students and teachers to test negative to Covid-19 b- efore they return to school, after a holiday period dominated...

Calls grow for greater oversight

Calls grow for greater oversight

Adam Holmes | Examiner/Advocate | 7 February 2022  AN INDEPENDENT upper house member will continue a push this year to have Tasmanian public health officials and ministers face parliamentary hearings to answer questions about the COVID response, fearing they face less...

Tasmania out of step with other states on student testing: Meg Webb

Tasmania out of step with other states on student testing: Meg Webb

Helen Kempton | Mercury | 6 February 2022  A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council says Tassie is out of step with interstate student and teacher testing guidelines and wants a rethink to stop school restart outbreaks.There are claims that Tasmania’s Education...

TasTAFE (Skills and Training Business) Bill 2021

TasTAFE (Skills and Training Business) Bill 2021

Ms WEBB (Nelson) - At the outset I place on the record my thanks to the Leader for organising the series of briefings that were made available to the Council on this matter before us.I also acknowledge and thank the leader of Opposition business who also circulated...

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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