Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today warned the Rockliff Liberal Government to keep faith with the Tasmanian community when it restores the State’s House of Assembly to 35 seats.Ms Webb said she was deeply concerned about vested interests pushing for a new...
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today an RTI request reveals the Tasmanian Government ignored formal advice in 2019 to progress the overdue State of the Environment Report.Ms Webb called on the Government to resolve as a matter of urgency which agency has...
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...
Caitlin Jarvis | The Examiner | 21 July 2022Tasmania has not produced a State of Environment report since 2009, but the state government says the report is under review.A tale of the declining health of Australia's environment was presented in stark detail in the...
David Killick | The Mercury | 20 July 2022CONCRETE state government action must be taken to remedy some of the serious degradation highlighted in the federal State of the Environment report, the Greens say.Party spokeswoman Rosalie Woodruff said the report – released...
Talking Point | Mercury Newspaper | 14 July 2022With reviews of political lobbying underway, we now have rare chance to improve transparency, writes Meg Webb.TASMANIA has been dogged for decades by the perception that close relationships and backroom deals give...
Adam Holmes| The Examiner | 2 July 2022Tasmania Police attempted to access Check-in TAS data early on after the app was introduced in December 2020, it has been confirmed.The Health Department refused this request however, as the terms and conditions were tight enough...
Isabel Bird | The Examiner | 29 June 2022Environmentalists allege witnesses at a Legislative Council briefing of anti-protest laws were not told of mining company MMG representatives listening in to private testimony.The conduct has been publicly labelled as unusual...
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Rockliff Liberal Government to consider additional parliamentary sitting days after State Budget scrutiny to then debate proposed local government election reforms.“It is established practice for the State...
Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC on 5 May 2022 and answered by the Attorney General on 24 May 2022 With regard to the ongoing involvement of the Tasmanian government in the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) as one of the three founding parties, and...
