The Examiner | 5 November 2024; pg 3.Draft laws' consultation time slammedMatt Maloney THE state government has relented to a call from a key disability lobby group for extended consultation of new laws which will make voting in elections more accessible for...
Motion Debate – National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032
Meg spoke in support of a motion noting the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s Yearly Report on the progress of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 View below Meg delivering her debate speech in the Legislative...
ABC Digital News-Victim-survivors of abuse from relatives call for change to recognise that as family violence
Ashleigh Barraclough | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 1 September 2024 Victim-survivors of abuse from relatives call for change to recognise that as family violenceIn short: Tasmania is the only jurisdiction in Australia limiting the legal definition of family violence...
Article-A reason why abuse reporting has risen
The Examiner | 20 August 2024; pg 2.A reason why abuse reporting has risen Matt Maloney ONE third of Tasmanians who have reported sexual offences over 2023-24 at the state's two multidisciplinary sexual assault support centres have been children.The state government...
ABC Digital News-Tasmania’s Police Commissioner apologises for identifying child sex abuse whistleblower
Adam Holmes | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 20 August 2024Tasmania's Police Commissioner apologises for identifying child sexual abuse whistleblowerIn short: The commissioner and deputy commissioner of Tasmania Police used the last name of a child abuse whistleblower...
Motion Tabled – Move on Tasmanian Human Rights Act Call
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 15 August 2024, calling for the government to commit to introducing legislation for a Tasmanian Human Rights Act, implementing the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute's...
Media Release: Moves to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act: While Rockliff Government Remains Silent on TLRI Report’s Recommendations
Moves to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act While Rockliff Government Remains Silent on TLRI Report’s Recommendations Thursday, 15 August 2024 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today tabled a motion calling for the Tasmanian Government to introduce a Tasmanian...
Media Release: Call for Moratorium on Use of Dry Cells: Following Damning Custodial Inspector’s Review Report
Call for Moratorium on Use of Dry Cells: Following Damning Custodial Inspector’s Review Report8 August 2024Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for a moratorium to be implemented on the use of controversial dry cells in detention facilities, while the...
Motion Tabled – Call for Moratorium on Use of Dry Cells
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 8 August 2024, calling for a moratorium to be placed on the use of dry cells by the Tasmanian Prison Service where body scanners are available, while departmental policy review is...
Motion Debate – Office of the Custodial Inspector Tasmania: Annual Report 2022-2023
Meg brought on for debate on Tuesday the 6th of August her motion that the Office of the Custodial Inspector Tasmania: Annual Report 2022-2023 be considered and noted. Meg tabled her motion on Thursday the 16th of November 2023 and the Legislative Council debated it...