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| 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...
ABC Radio Breakfast Interview – Probity Required in Parties’ Election Funding & Grants Promises
Ryk Goddard on ABC Breakfast interviews Meg Webb MLC on funding promises being made during the state election, and why integrity in, and disclosure of, how and why some electorate groups receive grants or other election funding promises is essential during election...
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...
Media Release: Tasmanian Political Donations Laws Challenge
Premier Challenged over State Political Donations Disclosure Laws1 February 2024Independent for Nelson Meg Webb MLC said ongoing speculation of an early State election has raised concerns the Rockliff government may prioritise implementing the public funding...
Media Release: Woolcott and Blake Reviews Missing in Action
Transparency Needed on Independent Woolcott and Blake Commission of Inquiry-Related Reviews31 January 2024Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today questioned why Tasmanians are being left in the dark over two independent reviews, undertaken by Peter Woolcott AO...
Media Release: Where are Commission of Inquiry Woolcott and Blake Reviews’ Terms of References?
Where are Woolcott and Blake Reviews’ Terms of References?14 December 2023Concerns of secrecy have been raised over the two independent reviews to be undertaken by Peter Woolcott AO and Mike Blake respectively, into the significant unresolved matters raised by the...
Motion Tabled – Call for Tas NPM Implementation Report Recommendations be Implemented in Full
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...
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
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...