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Article-Government stalls on child abuse failures

Article-Government stalls on child abuse failures

 The Mercury | 16 April 2026; pg 4.Government stalls on child abuseElise KaineThe government has not shown meaningful cultural and behavioural change in the wake of an inquiry into child sex abuse in state settings, according to a parliamentary report tabled this...

Motion Debate – Step Towards Strengthening Tasmania’s Human Rights

Motion Debate – Step Towards Strengthening Tasmania’s Human Rights

The Hon. Meg Webb MLC brought on her motion for debate in the Legislative Council on Tuesday 14 April 2026, moving that the Ombudsman Tasmania Annual Report 2024-25 be noted by the Legislative Council, and specifically the statements made in the report which pertain...

Motion Tabled – Tasmanian Human Rights Act Needed

Motion Tabled – Tasmanian Human Rights Act Needed

 The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Wednesday 10 December 2025, moving that the Legislative Council notes the resolutions passed on the 22nd of November 2022, and the 26th of November 2024 requesting the Tasmanian...

Question & Answer – JCP Youth BEAST Program

Question & Answer – JCP Youth BEAST Program

Ms WEBB question to MINISTER for CHILDREN and YOUTH, Ms PALMER Thursday, 13 November 2025 I asked the minister in relation to a news article published in The Examiner newspaper on 22 October 2025 regarding the operations of JCP Youth, which included the following...

Question & Answer – Enquiry into Details Regarding JCP Youth and Meeting with DECYP

Question & Answer – JCP Youth

JCP Youth – Database on Young People Ms WEBB question to MINISTER for CHILDREN and YOUTH, Ms PALMER Wednesday, 3 December 2025 My question seeks an update on a previous Question Time response. It is in relation to a news article published in The Examiner newspaper on...

Media Release: Where is Gender Budget Impact Statement?

Media Release: Where is Gender Budget Impact Statement?

Where is Gender Budget Impact Statement?10 November 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the missing Gender Budget Impact Statement from the November Interim 2025-26 State Budget Papers raised serious concerns over the Rockliff government’s commitment...

Motion Tabled – Ombudsman Tasmania Annual Report 2024-25

Motion Tabled – Ombudsman Tasmania Annual Report 2024-25

 The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday, 6 November 2025,  drawing attention to the Ombudsman Tasmania Annual Report 2024-25 and particulalry the Ombudsman's comments in that Annual Report highlighting the urgent need...

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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