David Killick | The Mercury | 24 May 2022THERE should be no expansion of the state’s fish farming until the government finalised a growth plan and a biosecurity plan for industry, a parliamentary committee has recommended.The Legislative Council subcommittee Report on...
Sue Bailey | Mercury Newspaper | July 4, 2021 Watch on police powers THERE’S growing concern that the Check In Tas App may be used by police to access data for investigations. The Australian Lawyers Alliance and independent Nelson MLC Meg Webb want a guarantee that...
Examiner Newspaper | July 2, 2021 Gambling is estimated to cost the Tasmanian community up to $160 million a year, the latest Social and Economic Impact Study for gaming has found.The report, released on Thursday, found the most significant quantifiable cost of...
Mercury Newspaper | July 2, 2021Report shines spotlight on controversial industryPROBLEM gambling costs the Tasmanian community up to $160m each year, although the true extent of the social and economic damage is impossible to measure, a new report has found.Gambling...
ABC News Tasmania | July 1, 2021 The Greens and a former Labor MP say it's not tenable for Labor leader David O'Byrne to remain in his role after apologising over allegations he sexually harassed a junior employee more than a decade ago.Speaking in parliament on...
Rob Inglis | Advocate & Examiner Newspapers | October 30, 2020 A final vote on a bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying in Tasmania won't take place for another two weeks, with the upper house resolving to further consider the amendments that have been made to...
Isabel Bird | Examiner & Advocate Newspaper | October 29, 2020 Independent MP says private contact tracing information used for promotional purpose by hospitality businessThe collection of personal data by private businesses for coronavirus contact tracing is...
James Kitto | Mercury Newspaper | October 28, 2020 QUESTIONS have been asked of the state government about how Tasmanians’ personal information is being protected from businesses gathering COVID contact tracing data.It comes as independent MLC Meg Webb said she was...
An independent MLC has criticised the state government for not undertaking assessments of the potential economic and social risks of reopening poker machine venues during the COVID-19 pandemic.Right to Information documents show the state government didn't assess the...
The Kingborough community, and Tasmania as a whole, is losing increased amounts of money to poker machines in the wake of the coronavirus lockdowns, as revealed by updated figures for July. Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC said Tasmanian poker machine losses...
