Third Reading Speech 24 November 2021 Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I am mindful of the strictures of speeches. I appreciate...
Poker Machines
Labor MLCs ‘in the gun’ on gaming
Matt Maloney | Examiner | 9 November 2021 LABOR MLCs who do not stand by their previously held views on the damage caused by poker machines this week could have their pre-selection chances damaged, party powerbroker Tim Jacobson says.Mr Jacobson, who is the head of...
Cashing in: the gambling industry writes the rules and sways Tasmania’s elections
Stephanie Convery | The Guardian | 9 November 2021Bill before state’s upper house has ‘been literally written by industry’, an independent MP says.Tasmania became the first state in Australia to open a casino in 1973, and since then, it has become a place in which the...
Once in a generation chance
Kingborough Chronicle | 9 November 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC aims to send the Tasmanian Government’s contentious Future Gaming Markets legislation to a parliamentary inquiry this week.In a media release on Monday, November 8, Ms Webb questioned...
Problematic Future Gaming Markets Bill deserves close scrutiny
WIN News | 8 November 2021 The proposed Future Gaming markets model is as problematic as the current model. Meg Webb on WIN News. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies Reform
Pre-selection threat for Tasmanian Labor MLCs over pokies stance in upcoming debate
Matt Maloney | The Advocate | 8 November 2021 The Legislative Council will debate the government's pokies reforms this week, with Labor votes crucial to it passing.Labor MLCs who do not stand by their previously held views on the damage caused by poker machines this...
Pokies reform facing a fight
Sue Bailey | Mercury | 8 November 2021 Community groups and independent MLCs are pushing for tougher scrutiny of proposed poker machine reforms, but the government insists the legislation must be approved “in a timely fashion”.THE Legislative Council is facing...
Media Release – Parliamentary debate on gaming bill shows disdain for community wishes
Media Release | 26 October 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called out both major parties for their contempt of the Tasmanian community on the issue of gaming reform.“The Parliamentary debate on the Gutwein Liberal Government’s industry-written...
Former Labor candidate Fabiano Cangelosi slams party for backing government’s pokies stance
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 19 October 2021 A former Labor candidate has accused the party of “spitting in the face of its members” by backing the government's gambling industry reforms.Labor members voted with the government in a series of divisions on the...
Harm minimisation needs to be strengthened
WIN News | 15 September 2021 The Government's proposed Future Gaming Reforms Pokies harm minimisation measures do not go far enough. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies Reform
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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