In 2021 Tasmania passed our OPCAT Implementation Act 2021, as required under Australia's ratification of the international Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). OPCAT is...
Meg Webb talks with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings regarding the stalled and long-overdue state political donations disclosures reforms, Monday 3 July 2023.
 | The Saturday Examiner | July 1, 2023 Previously unseen data on greyhound racing deaths will now be released to the public in Tasmania.Any greyhound death that occurs within 14 days of the dog receiving an injury on track will be publicly released online, which goes...
Adam Langenberg | The ABC - Digital Online | July, 1, 2023In short: Font PR partner Danielle McKay will work in Premier Jeremy Rockliff 's office as a media advisor for eight weeks while he hunts for a new director of communicationsWhat's next?: An integrity expert...
Potential conflict of interest issues are raised by the State government's announcement they are hiring a member of a local registered lobbyist firm to work in the government Communications Unit. Meg outlines some of the key reasons why this is problematic in the...
Potential conflict of interest issues are raised by the State government's announcement they are hiring a member of a local registered lobbyist firm to work in the government Communications Unit. Meg outlines some of the key reasons why this is problematic in the...
Notice of Motion Tabled (but not yet debated)29 June 2023Ms Webb to move:-That the Legislative Council:(1) Notes the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (the Act) which commenced on the 1st of January 2019;(2) Recognises the Act requires large businesses and other...
Meg spoke in response to the Government's motion seeking to establish a process by which MPs could examine AFL stadium-related confidential documents, on Tuesday, 27 June 2023. Text of (government) Motion as tabled and debated:[pdf-embedder...
Blair Richards | The Saturday Mercury | June 24, 2023 Premier Jeremy Rockliff says Cabinet was kept well informed of the progress of Tasmania’s AFL deal and stadium, amid criticism he signed the deal without Cabinet approval.Mr Rockliff’s actions around the deal were...
Matt Maloney | The Saturday Examiner | June 24, 2023 AN AMENDMENT to the state's Projects of State Significance approval process will give parliament a final say over projects, but not allow the public an appeal mechanism.An amendment bill to the State Policies and...
