Tasmanian Aboriginal Community

The Voice to Parliament Referendum date has been announced! - Saturday, 14 October 2023 is the day!Confirmation of the referendum date, has focused people's minds on the task ahead, and the fact that voting decisions need to be made.For those who may wish to explore...

Question – Aboriginal Land Council Funding

Question – Aboriginal Land Council Funding

Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC, and answered by the Hon. Roger Jaensch MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs on 12 September 2023.  [pdf-embedder url="https://megwebb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Answer-to-QWoN-M-Webb-re-ALCT-CFO_Received-12-Sept23.pdf"...

Article-Voices Added to YES Campaign

Article-Voices Added to YES Campaign

Article | The Mercury | 12 September 2023; pg 2.Gutwein lends voice to Yes campaignTess Mccracken & Genevieve HoldingIt is up to Tasmania to help mainlanders see the way forward to a Yes vote, Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says.Mr Pearson met former premier Peter...

WIN TV News – Support Voice Referendum

WIN TV News – Support Voice Referendum

WIN TV News | Monday, 11 September 2023View below the WIN TV news bulletin featuring a Yes23 awareness raising campaign intitiative featuring Aboriginal spokesperson and advocate Noel Pearson, supported by Meg, and former Liberal Tasmanian Premier Peter...

‘Missed chance’ for seats

‘Missed chance’ for seats

Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 17 November 2022An inquiry process on a parliamentary model that provides for dedicated seats for Tasmanian Aboriginal people should have been included within the government's House of Assembly restoration bill, Nelson independent...

‘Missed chance’ for seats

Media Release – kooparoona niara National Park Proposal

Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today tabled a motion to disallow the Liberal State Government’s draft proclamation seeking to place in minor reserve status Crown Land, covered by the Aboriginal Land Council Tasmania’s formal claim for a kooparoona niara...

Media Release – Missed Cabinet Opportunity

Media Release – Missed Cabinet Opportunity

Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the latest Liberal Government Cabinet reshuffle was a missed opportunity to demonstrate the State’s commitment to prioritising the flagged Truth-Telling Commission and Treaty process with the Tasmanian Aboriginal...

NAIDOC Week 2020

NAIDOC Week 2020

Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Madam Deputy President, it is NAIDOC Week.  As this is the first time I have risen to speak this week I am going to take a brief opportunity to acknowledge the palawa pakana of lutruwita, Tasmania, the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of...

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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