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...
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...
The Mercury | 23 November 2024; pg 13.Pokies raking in the money'Obscene' profit boost after reformsDavid Killick  The state's poker machine operators are enjoying bumper profits under changes made to the licensing model introduced by the government two years ago.Data...
View Meg below delivering her second reading speech on 21 November 2024 to the government's Sentencing Amendment (Presumption of Mandatory Sentencing) Bill 2024 - during which she detailed her concerns with the Bill, and the reasons why she will be voting against the...
The Mercury | 20 November 2024; pg 5.'Shameful' pokie about face lashedRob Inglis  A nation-leading plan to introduce a mandatory precommitment card for poker machines has been shelved, sparking outrage from anti-pokies MPs who say the Tasmanian government has buckled...
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...
Watch the 7 Nightly News TV report on Tuesday 19 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by 7 Nightly News following the the announcement that the government is deferring progress of a pre-commitment gaming card for poker machines.
The Mercury | 14 November 2024; pg 6-7.Voluntary gaming card 'is ... useless'David Killick   A coalition of civil society groups has appealed to the government to stick to its plan for poker machine reforms.The Alliance for Gambling Reform and others, including the...
Watch the Win News TV report on Wednesday 13 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by Win News following an open letter from national and local poker machine reform advocates to hold firm and deliver the promised poker machine pre-commitment card.
Watch the 7 Nightly News TV report on Wednesday 13 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by 7 Nightly News regarding the Open Letter co-signed by a coalition of local and national stakeholders with pokies reform expertise and lived experience advocates...
