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Article-MLC’s move to restrict lobbying

Article-MLC’s move to restrict lobbying

Image from the Hobart Mercury.     Hobart Mercury | 23 July 2026; pg 12.MLC's move to restrict lobbyingDavid KillickGovernment ministers and senior public servants would be banned from lobbying for two years after leaving office under laws proposed by an...

7 Nightly News – Push to Disclose Backdoor Political Talks

7 Nightly News – Push to Disclose Backdoor Political Talks

Watch the 7 Nightly News bulletin of Wednesday the 22nd of July 2026, during which Independent for Nelson Meg Webb MLC releases her Draft Private Members' Bill, which legislates the Integrity Commission's recommended lobbying oversight model, for public...

Media Release:  Lobbying Reform Bill Released for Public Consultation

Media Release: Lobbying Reform Bill Released for Public Consultation

Lobbying Reform Bill Released for Public Consultation 22 July 2026Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today released her Private Members Bill, the Political Lobbying (Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2026, for public consultation, describing it as a game-changer...

Talking Point-Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing

Talking Point-Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing

Wednesday July 22, 2026 | Hobart Mercury | Talking Point pg; 27Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing My proposed legislation will make the dark art of political lobbying far more transparent and democratic, writes Meg Webb In a vibrant democracy the “contest of...

Article-‘Backflip’ on job under fire

Article-‘Backflip’ on job under fire

 Sunday Tasmanian | 19 July 2026; pg 5.'Backflip' on job under fireRob InglisFormer Liberal senator Stephen Parry’s appointment as chair of the Tasmanian Heritage Council has again been called into question after it emerged that ex-minister Madeleine Ogilvie had...

Article-Pokies cost Tassie $208m

Article-Pokies cost Tassie $208m

Hobart Mercury | Saturday July 18, 2026; pg 3. Pokies cost Tassie $208m State's gamblers set new record for losses on poker machines Bridget Clarke  Tasmanians lost nearly $210m on poker machines in the last financial year – the highest figure on record, new Treasury...

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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