Human Rights
Speech – Youth Justice Facility Development Bill 2025

Speech – Youth Justice Facility Development Bill 2025

Meg Webb MLC delivered her Second Reading contribution on Thursday 5 June 2025 on the Youth Justice Facility Development Bill 2025 - indicating her concerns with the Bill. Meg voted against the Bill which was defeated 8 votes against versus 6 for the Bill.View Meg...

Media Release: Children Falling though Custodial and Political Gaps

Media Release: Children Falling though Custodial and Political Gaps

Children Falling though Custodial and Political GapsWednesday, 4 June 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has called for an end to the practice of detaining children in adult prison watch-houses, following a recent Custodial Inspectorate report detailing how...

Media Release: We Stand Together Against Racism Campaign Welcome

Media Release: We Stand Together Against Racism Campaign Welcome

We Stand Together Against Racism Campaign Welcome21 March 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today marked International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by calling for leadership across all tiers of government to tackle deliberate and casual...

ABC Radio Drive Interview – Published Coronial Project

ABC Radio Drive Interview – Published Coronial Project

Meg Webb MLC on ABC Drive speaking on the published Coronial project which caused distress and triggered trauma for family members, and queries why this happened without appropriate processes to support affected people. 

Motion Debated – Upper House Votes for Call for Human Rights Act

Motion Debated – Upper House Votes for Call for Human Rights Act

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: Upper House Votes to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act

Media Release: Upper House Votes to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act

Upper House Votes to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights ActThe Legislative Council today voted to support the immediate development of Tasmanian Human Rights legislation to be tabled during the life of the current Parliament.“I welcome the majority support of Upper House...

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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