View Meg delivering her second reading speech below supporting the Family Violence Amendment (Protecting People and their Pets) Bill 2024, Tuesday 26 November 2024. Read below or download Meg's speech as a pdf here: [pdf-embedder...
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Media Release: Upper House Votes to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act
Upper House Votes to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights ActThe Legislative Council today voted to support the immediate development of Tasmanian Human Rights legislation to be tabled during the life of the current Parliament.“I welcome the majority support of Upper House...
Article-Kingston favoured for AFL facility
Kingborough Chronicle | 26 November 2024; pg 1,2.Kingston favoured for AFL facilityKingston's Twin Ovals has officially been chosen as the site for the AFL High Performance Centre (HPC) and Training Facility.Rosny Parklands was nominated the preferred site for the HPC...
Media Release: Government Must Stop Ghosting the Independent TNPM
Government Must Stop Ghosting the Independent TNPMIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the State Government must heed the urgent calls by the independent Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism (TNPM), Mr Richard Connock, and immediately fund the Office...
Article-Pokies raking in the money
The Mercury | 23 November 2024; pg 13.Pokies raking in the money'Obscene' profit boost after reformsDavid Killick  The state's poker machine operators are enjoying bumper profits under changes made to the licensing model introduced by the government two years ago.Data...
RTI – Treasury (Tasmanian Liquor & Gaming Commission) re Pokies Card 2024: RTI Ref: 24/176399
Information requested from the Department of Treasury and Finance (Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission) as an Application for Assessed Disclosure, was submitted on 3 June 2024 (RTI Ref: 24/176399)RTI application response and documents were released dated 19 August...
Online Article – Massive profits for venues of new poker machines licencing model revealed
Matt Maloney | Examiner - Digital Online | 22 November 2024Massive profits for venues of new poker machines licencing model revealedThe state government this week shelved plans to introduce a gaming card which would have set default limits for poker machine...
Online Article – Pokies venues enjoy bumper profits after government reforms
David Killick | Mercury - Digital Online | 22 November 2024Pokies venues enjoy bumper profits after government reformsChanges were made to the gambling licensing model for pokie machines at Tasmanian venues. Now, the ‘obscene’ profits operators are enjoying have been...
Speech – Sentencing Amendment (Presumption of Mandatory Sentencing) Bill 2024
View Meg below delivering her second reading speech on 21 November 2024 to the government's Sentencing Amendment (Presumption of Mandatory Sentencing) Bill 2024 - during which she detailed her concerns with the Bill, and the reasons why she will be voting against the...
Media Release: Confirmed: Pokies Operators Reap in the Profits
Confirmed: Pokies Operators Reap in the ProfitsA parliamentary response to questions asked by Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC has confirmed that on a statewide average venues operating poker machines under the new Future Gaming Machine licensing model since...
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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