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Talking Point-The Standard You Vote For is the Standard You Accept

Talking Point-The Standard You Vote For is the Standard You Accept

Talking Point | The Mercury | 22 March 2024 AIM HIGH ON POLLING DAY BECAUSE THE STANDARD WE VOTE FOR IS THE STANDARD WE ACCEPTPick Candidates Suitable to a Collaborative Parliament, writes Meg Webb.Former Australian of the Year General David Morrison made the powerful...

Opinion Piece-Gender Lens provides better budget equality

Opinion Piece-Gender Lens provides better budget equality

Opinion Piece| The Hobart Observer | 12 March 2024; pg 15.Women's History Month FeatureGender Lens Reveals Better Budget Equality, writes Meg Webb MLC.WOMEN’S History Month encourages us to learn more about the stories behind working for greater gender equality.The...

Article-Libs Vow to Throw Book at Kid Crims

Article-Libs Vow to Throw Book at Kid Crims

The Saturday Mercury | 2 March 2024; pg 4.Libs Vow to Throw Book at Kid CrimsDavid KillickThe Liberals have promised to "throw the book" at children who commit criminal offences, particularly young "crimfluencers" who post and boast on social media.The Comissioner for...

Talking Point-Premier Frames Independents as Early Election Scapegoats

Talking Point-Premier Frames Independents as Early Election Scapegoats

Talking Point | The Mercury | 8 February 2024  Premier Should Face Music, not Frame Independents as Early Election Scapegoats Rockliff Should have Guts to Test Confidence on the Floor of the House, writes Meg Webb. For all of Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s repeated...

Article-Donations discovery; Parties rolling in cash

Article-Donations discovery; Parties rolling in cash

The Mercury | 2 February 2024; pgs 1 & 6. Donations discovery; Parties rolling in cash David Killick The Tasmanian Liberals have retained their title as the most lavishly funded of the state's political parties - but voters remain in the dark about exactly who is...

Talking Point-75th Anniversary of the UN Human RIghts Declaration

Talking Point-75th Anniversary of the UN Human RIghts Declaration

Talking Point | The Saturday Mercury | 9 December 2023 War-Torn Backdrop of Suffering Illustrates How Much Tasmania Needs to Focus on Ensuring Human Rights, writes Meg Webb.Happy 75th birthday to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights!We celebrate this milestone...

Article-MP Vote to Determine Judge’s Future

Article-MP Vote to Determine Judge’s Future

The Saturday Mercury | 9 December 2023; pgs 8-9.MP Vote to Determine Judge's FutureDavid Killick | Amber WilsonA Supreme Court judge accused of criminal offences could be suspended by a vote of state parliament on Tuesday after an 11th-hour deal to allay concerns by...

Article-Judge Blasts A-G for ‘Politicised’ Judiciary Hit

Article-Judge Blasts A-G for ‘Politicised’ Judiciary Hit

The Weekend Australian| 9-10 December 2023; pg 5.Judge Blasts A-G for ‘Politicised’ Judiciary HitMatthew DenholmA judge charged with assault has accused the state’s Attorney-General of prosecuting a political case against him and of undermining judicialindependence...

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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