Meg Webb talks with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings regarding the stalled and long-overdue state political donations disclosures reforms, Monday 3 July 2023.
Legislation
Public say on stadium blocked; No say; Public still to be locked out of planning as amendment introduced to appease independents
Matt Maloney | The Saturday Examiner | June 24, 2023 AN AMENDMENT to the state's Projects of State Significance approval process will give parliament a final say over projects, but not allow the public an appeal mechanism.An amendment bill to the State Policies and...
Media Release – Government’s PoSS Amendment a Missed Opportunity
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s  Bill to amend the Projects of State significance legislation (PoSS) remains a missed opportunity and raises further questions regarding the Government’s commitment to transparency and public...
Media Release – PoSS Amendments Must Meet all Requirements
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC today identified the necessary amendments to the Project of State Significance process under the State Projects and Policies Act 1993, required to provide Parliament a second vote on any resulting outcome of that process,...
Speech: Police Powers (Surveillance Devices) Amendment Bill 2022
Meg delivered her main speech (second reading) to the Police Powers (Surveillance Devices) Bill 2022, on Thursday, 1 June 2023. Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to speak on this with quite a degree of concern. The bill seeks to amend the Police Powers...
Media Release – Privacy Rights in Danger
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the State is moving in the wrong direction when it comes to protecting the privacy rights of Tasmanians.“With another damning Commonwealth Ombudsman report, legislation is set to be debated in Parliament this week to...
ABC Mornings – Political Donation Reform
Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | 2 February 2023 Read Meg's media release and Submission to the Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill 2021 Exposure Draft  See more of Meg's recent media.Â
RTI – The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute
Information requested from the Department of Justice on 28 July 2022 - final decision received 21 December 2022.RTI Request:(Please provide) all documentation since January 2019 inclusive relating to the government's role as a Founding Partner of the Tasmanian Law...
Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment Bill
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to place my comments on the public record regarding the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment Bill 2022. I must say, I find myself thinking that this is something of an odd bill. On one hand, at a macro...
Media Release – Parliament Calls for Progress on State Human Rights Act
The Legislative Council today voted to support progressing a Tasmanian Human Rights Act, as proposed by Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb.“It is a fitting commemoration of the upcoming International Human Rights Day next month for the Legislative Council to vote...
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
