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Tasmanian Premier rebuffs calls to move election date

Tasmanian Premier rebuffs calls to move election date

Matt Maloney| Advocate Newspaper | April 1, 2021   Premier Peter Gutwein has resisted a call from independent members in the Legislative Council to move the upper house election scheduled for May 1 - the same day as the House of Assembly election.Six independent MLCs...

Premier declines plea to change Legislative Council poll date

Premier declines plea to change Legislative Council poll date

Helen Kempton| Mercury Newspaper | April 1, 2021  A call for the Legislative Council’s polling day to be moved from the same day as the Lower House election has been “politely declined”.  TASMANIA’S Premier has “politely declined” a call from six independent MLCs to...

Pokies back on agenda

Pokies back on agenda

Mercury Newspaper | March 30, 2021  PREMIER Peter Gutwein needs to release the tax rate for casino pokies during the election campaign, say independent member for Nelson Meg Webb and the Greens.Ms Webb, an anti-pokie campaigner, said if the government was still in...

Gaming reform delayed

Gaming reform delayed

Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | March 29, 2021  Meg Webb on delayed Tasmanian gaming reforms with Leon Compton ABC Mornings.Read Meg's media release on gaming donations

Media Release – Early Election and Gaming Donations

Media Release – Early Election and Gaming Donations

 Media Release | March 26, 2021   Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Gutwein State Government and all Tasmanian political parties to rule out donations from gaming interests if an early election is called.“In the past week we have seen major...

Workplace (Protection from Protestors) Amendment Bill 2019

Workplace (Protection from Protestors) Amendment Bill 2019

Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I am quite thankful to other members who have spoken.  It has been really interesting to listen to contributions; I have noted that so far, no non-Government members of any stripe have been able to stand up and give unqualified support...

Anti-protest laws voted down in upper house

Anti-protest laws voted down in upper house

Rob Inglis | Advocate Newspaper | March 25, 2021  The state government's anti-protest bill has been defeated in the upper house.  The state government's proposed anti-protest laws have failed to garner support in the Legislative Council, with Labor and progressive...

Workplace protest bill not fit for purpose

Workplace protest bill not fit for purpose

Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | March 22, 2021   The Workplace (Protection from Protestors) Amendment Bill 2019 will be debated in the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the 23 March 2021 parliamentary sitting. Meg Webb speaks with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings about this...

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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