The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 15 August 2024, calling for the government to commit to introducing legislation for a Tasmanian Human Rights Act, implementing the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute's...
Media Release: Moves to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act: While Rockliff Government Remains Silent on TLRI Report’s Recommendations
Moves to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act While Rockliff Government Remains Silent on TLRI Report’s Recommendations Thursday, 15 August 2024 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today tabled a motion calling for the Tasmanian Government to introduce a Tasmanian...
Article-Your personal data may be under threat
The Examiner | 16 November 2023; pg 7.Your personal data may be under threatIsabel BirdSENSITIVE and personal data such as names and addresses held by Tasmanian businesses, sporting clubs and community organisations may be at risk of public exposure.And if data is...
Tasmanian privacy laws to be reviewed by Tasmania Law Reform Institute
Katie Hall | The Mercury | 3 May 2023Tasmania’s privacy laws will go under the microscope after it was found ‘multiple gaps’ in legislation would put personal and government information at risk.The Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) will conduct a major review into...
Media Release – Have Your Say In Reforming State Privacy Protections
Tasmania’s privacy laws have been described as a “fragmented landscape of protections under both legislation and general law” according to a recent Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) review.Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb, who referred the privacy laws review...
RTI – The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute
Information requested from the Department of Justice on 28 July 2022 - final decision received 21 December 2022.RTI Request:(Please provide) all documentation since January 2019 inclusive relating to the government's role as a Founding Partner of the Tasmanian Law...
Media Release – Government Urged to Secure TLRI’s Future
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb will today table a motion to secure the future of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute.“I am calling on the Liberal State Government to commit in full and in good faith to the independent review’s recommendations for which it is...
Ensuring our democracy and environment can flourish
Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmania Talks | 10 August 2022
Concerns held for future of the state’s law reform institute
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 23 July 2022The state's legal fraternity says the government needs to step up its funding commitment to the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to ensure its survival.A review of the institute, which was established in 2001 as the state's...
Law reform funding push
Rob Inglis | The Mercury | 23 July 2022TASMANIA’S premier law reform body has been hamstrung by “grossly inadequate” funding provisions, an independent review has found.Established in 2001, the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) receives proposals for research and...