Talking Point | The Mercury | 7 May 2024; pg 51 Is Pokies Card Still a Sure Bet?Let's hope he government doesn't abandon the community, writes Meg WebbIn April this year, Tasmanians lost $15.3m to poker machines, putting us on track to match last year’s total losses...
Call for Labor to Come Clean over any Deals with Pokies Industry13 February 2024Independent for Nelson Meg Webb MLC has called on Labor and Liberal parties to immediately disclose whether any pre-election secret deals have been done with the poker machine industry and...
Mel Bush | ABC Mornings | 15 May 2023
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Rob Inglis | The Mercury | 27 September 2022TASMANIANS lost more than $17m on poker machines last month, bolstering the case for a strong card-based system to reduce the harms caused by problem gambling.That’s according to independent Nelson MLC Meg Webb, who...
The Mercury | Op-Ed | 21 September 2022THE introduction of universal pre-commitment cards could be the first time Tasmania has a pokies policy that hasn’t been dictated by the gambling industry.Given this state’s dark history of bowing to the wishes of the industry,...
Matthew Denholm | The Australian | 16 September 2022Tasmania leads on limits for poker machine losses Tasmanian Deputy Premier and Treasurer Michael Ferguson announcing nation-first poker machine loss limits in Hobart on Thursday. Tasmanian Deputy Premier and...
Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmania Talks | 16 September 2022 See more of Meg’s recent media.See more on Pokies Reform.
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 16 September 2022The state government will introduce card-based gaming for electronic gaming machines in Tasmania's hotels, clubs and casinos by December 2024.Finance Minister Michael Ferguson said the cards would have pre-set default...
David Killick | The Mercury | 16 September 2022WORLD-LEADING reforms to limit the amount of money gamblers can lose on poker machines in the state’s pubs, clubs and casinos will be introduced by the Tasmanian government.Treasurer Michael Ferguson announced on Thursday...
