Ms Melissa McMahon MP
Australian Labor Party
Electorate: Macalister
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Supported the original bill's provisions on concert times and ticket scalping but strongly criticised the late Olympic infrastructure amendments as bypassing community consultation, parliamentary scrutiny, and planning approvals without justification.
“There are going to be huge implications for communities out there. These are going to have an impact on a community, and those communities deserve the right to have their say.”— 2026-02-12View Hansard
As a former police officer, raised detailed concerns about the operational impact of expanding electronic monitoring statewide, noting the 5,667 alerts from just 114 young people would exponentially increase police workload, and questioned the availability of wraparound services and youth co-responder teams to support the expansion.
“My concern is in relation to expanding the trial statewide. Clearly in legislation it is not going to happen statewide. It is unfortunate that those people who will not be under the cover of EMD will not know because the department will refuse to tell them whether people can be fitted with EMDs.”— 2026-02-11View Hansard
Supported the bill and focused on practical implications for Facebook community group administrators, cautioning people to check what groups they administer to avoid inadvertent liability.
“I urge those who are on Facebook to check what groups they might be administrators for.”— 2025-12-11View Hansard
No bills introduced by this member in the current register.