View Meg delivering her second reading speech below supporting the Family Violence Amendment (Protecting People and their Pets) Bill 2024, Tuesday 26 November 2024. Read below or download Meg's speech as a pdf here: [pdf-embedder...
Human Rights
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...
Media Release: Government Must Stop Ghosting the Independent TNPM
Government Must Stop Ghosting the Independent TNPMIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the State Government must heed the urgent calls by the independent Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism (TNPM), Mr Richard Connock, and immediately fund the Office...
Motion Debated – Call to Deliver Tas NPM Implementation Report Recommendations Passed by Upper House
The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Tuesday 12 December 2023, noting the Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism's (TNPM) inaugural Implementation Report, and calling for each of its eight recommendations be implemented in...
Article-Another four public servants suspended
The Sunday Examiner | 10 November 2024; pg 4.Another four public servants suspended Sean FordAT LEAST four more Tasmanian public servants have been suspended over child sexual abuse allegations since mid-August.They were suspended between August 17 and October 30. It...
Article-Draft laws’ consultation time slammed
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...
Speech – Work Health and Safety Amendment (Safer Workplaces) Bill 2024
View Meg delivering her second reading speech on Tuesday 10 September 2024 to the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Safer Workplaces) Bill 2024 in which she provides her contribution on the bill, and why she is supporting it.Or read Meg's contribution in the Hansard...
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 2024Â Victim-survivors of abuse from relatives call for change to recognise that as family violenceIn short:Â 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...
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
PETITION
