Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 23 July 2022The state's legal fraternity says the government needs to step up its funding commitment to the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to ensure its survival.A review of the institute, which was established in 2001 as the state's...
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to provide my response to the state Budget 2022-23. A lot has certainly changed since we last stood here responding to the previous state budget which was barely nine months ago, as it was slightly delayed again last year.We...
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Thank you, Mr President. I am very pleased to rise to speak on this bill and thank you to the Government for bringing it forward and for the briefings provided.We are looking at this bill in the context of a youth justice system which has utterly...
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 5 May 2022 and answered by the Attorney General on 24 May 2022Â Â With regard to the ongoing involvement of the Tasmanian government in the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) as one of the three founding parties, and...
Mike O’Loughlin | Tasmanian Talks | 25 October 2021  Motion urges the Tasmanian Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Read Meg’s Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility Motion See more of Meg’s recent media.
Media Release | 25 October 2021  Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Tasmanian Government and Tasmanian Parliament to take urgent action to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14.“When we criminalise a child, we fail as a...
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I have some brief comments on this bill. I also believe it is appropriate to extend the retirement age for our judges. As has been pointed out in the second reading speech and by others here, we are all living longer and are able to contribute in...
I welcome the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute's review of the 2007 inquiry into the need for a Tasmanian Charter of Human Rights. In the absence of a human rights legislative framework, the limited alternative governance policy development and testing forums such as...
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Madam Deputy President, it is NAIDOC Week. As this is the first time I have risen to speak this week I am going to take a brief opportunity to acknowledge the palawa pakana of lutruwita, Tasmania, the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of...
