Helen Kempton | Mercury Newspaper | 16 September 2021 PROPOSED reforms to Tasmania’s political disclosure laws are too limited to prevent the growing influence of big money on politics in this state, independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie said.In his submission to...
Matt Maloney | Advocate Newspaper | 14 September 2021 A change to the Legislative Council sitting schedule will mean less community consultation on legislation to be decided upon at the end of the year, two independent MLCs say.The government on Monday afternoon...
Steve Cannane |ABC Investigations | 11 September 2021 Kelly Johnson* knew she'd reached rock bottom with her poker machine addiction when she didn't have the money to feed her four children."I spent all of my husband's wages in a day. For a fortnight that left us...
Media Release | 1 September 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for an Independent State Tax and Revenue Review.Ms Webb will use her Budget reply speech to outline a model for a comprehensive review of Tasmania’s taxation and revenue...
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to respond to the State Budget 2021-22.I welcome the many long-awaited initiatives and commitments contained in this budget. I welcome the explicit recognition that merely delivering on election commitments is insufficient when...
Helen Kempton | Mercury | 27 August 2021 NEW legislation to change Tasmania’s political donation disclosure laws are open for public discussion and there are already concerns they contain a “sting in the tail”.The government says it is delivering on its commitment...
Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmanian Talks | 26 August 2021 Read Meg's Media Release on the proposed donation reforms here
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the long-awaited and long-overdue proposed Tasmanian political donation reforms contain a disturbing sting in the tail.“The release yesterday of the political donations reforms for public consultation should be a...
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I have some brief comments on this bill. I also believe it is appropriate to extend the retirement age for our judges. As has been pointed out in the second reading speech and by others here, we are all living longer and are able to contribute in...
Ms WEBB - Thank you, Mr President, I have a few remarks to make although I agreed with much of what the member for Murchison has just said. For the record, we had similar thoughts on a number of those things so let me pick up on a few of them.At the outset it is...
