Article | The Examiner | 25 August 2023; pg 14Illegal prison recordings review to startMatt MaloneyA REVIEW of police surveillance operations can now proceed, one year after it was revealed a botched operation at Risdon Prison secretly recorded privileged...
Article-Neill-Fraser turns over a new page
Article | The Mercury | 24 August 2023; pgs 1 & 5.Neill-Fraser turns over a new page; Convicted murderer steps out for book launchKatie HallConvicted Tasmanian murderer Sue Neill-Fraser has made a rare public appearance, almost one year after she was released on...
Article-Premier Refuses to Recuse Government from Commission of Inquiry Report Redaction Process
Article | The Mercury | 23 August 2023; pg 6Report 'won't be watered down'There will be no change to the government’s planned approach to the Commission of Inquiry final report, despite calls for it to ruleout redactions in the document.Legislative Council independent...
Article-Government Shouldn’t be Involved in Redacting Commission of Inquiry Report
Article | The Mercury | 22 August 2023; pg 5Webb: Don't Cut Final ReportDavid KillickThe government should recuse itself from making any redactions from the Commission of Inquiry’s final report, an independent MLCsays.Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian...
Media Report-Still Fighting for Sue
Sue Bailey | Sunday Tasmanian newspaper | August, 20, 2023Still fighting for Sue: Call for independent inquiry into murder convictionA Tasmanian MP has added her voice to calls for an independent inquiry into the conviction of Susan Neill-Fraser, saying "concerning...
7 Nightly TV News – Call for Inquiry into Sue Neill-Fraser Case
The 7 Nightly TV News | Saturday, 19 August 2023View below the 7 Nightly TV news bulletin featuring an interview with Meg, following her call made at the justice for Sue Neill-Fraser rally for an independent inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser.
Sue Neill-Fraser Rally Speech: Independent Inquiry Needed
Meg spoke at the Justice for Sue rally, held on Saturday 19 August 2023 at the Parliament House Lawns, Hobart. Read Meg's speech below (noting minor spoken variations to the written version may have occured during speech delivery on the day), or view as a downloadable...
Motion Debate – Commissioner for Children and Young People’s Report: Out-of-Home Care System
Meg debated her motion drawing attention to the recent Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People's Monitoring Report No. 2: Key Data on Tasmania's Out-of-Home Care System 2020-22, on Tuesday, 15 August 2023. Text of Meg's Motion as tabled and...
Submission to the TLRI Review of Privacy Laws in Tasmania
The Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) is undertaking a review of Tasmania's current Privacy laws and protections, upon accepting a reference I submitted to the TLRI in 2019.As part of that Review, the TLRI released an Issues Paper No. 32 in March 2023,...
Submission to the TNPM Implementation Project – Consultation Paper 2
In 2021 Tasmania passed our OPCAT Implementation Act 2021, as required under Australia's ratification of the international Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). OPCAT is...