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Mr Speaker took the chair at 10 am
10:01:15 am for 6 seconds | Link

Acknowledgement of traditional custodians
Prayer or reflection
Mr Speaker
10:01:21 am for 1 minute, 6 seconds | Link


Hawker - Hawker Village car park - petition
Motion be agreed to
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
10:03:14 am for 2 minutes, 52 seconds | Link

Hawker - Hawker Village car park - petition
Debate
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
10:06:06 am for 3 minutes, 58 seconds | Link

Hawker - Hawker Village car park - petition
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
10:10:04 am for 2 minutes, 18 seconds | Link

Minister for Health - government priorities - Ministerial statement
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
10:12:22 am for 14 minutes, 31 seconds | Link

Minister for Business, Arts and the Creative Economy - government priorities - Ministerial statement
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
10:26:53 am for 13 minutes, 27 seconds | Link

Minister for Business, Arts and the Creative Economy - government priorities - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
10:40:20 am for 3 minutes, 40 seconds | Link

Minister for Business, Arts and the Creative Economy - government priorities - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
10:44:00 am for 45 seconds | Link

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples - anniversary - Ministerial statement
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
10:44:45 am for 8 minutes, 44 seconds | Link


Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Clerk / Mr Speaker
10:53:48 am for 5 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Motion be agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
10:53:53 am for 2 minutes, 49 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
10:56:42 am for 9 minutes, 2 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
11:05:44 am for 1 minute, 58 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
11:07:42 am for 1 minute, 37 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Point of order
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
11:09:19 am for 12 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Point of order
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
11:09:31 am for 4 minutes, 27 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:13:58 am for 3 minutes, 15 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:17:13 am for 57 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:18:10 am for 1 minute, 17 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Point of order
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:19:27 am for 17 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:19:44 am for 2 minutes, 17 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:22:01 am for 2 minutes, 5 seconds | Link

Legislative Assembly - standing order 258 - amendment
Close the debate, Motion agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:24:06 am for 2 minutes, 30 seconds | Link

Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:26:36 am for 13 seconds | Link

Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025
Bill presented
Dr Paterson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:26:49 am for 33 seconds | Link

Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025
Title
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:27:22 am for 5 seconds | Link

Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025
Bill be agreed to in principle
Dr Paterson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:27:27 am for 4 minutes, 32 seconds | Link

Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:31:59 am for 5 minutes, 40 seconds | Link

Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate adjourned
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:37:39 am for 27 seconds | Link

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:38:06 am for 6 seconds | Link

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Bill presented
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
11:38:12 am for 13 seconds | Link

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Title
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:38:25 am for 8 seconds | Link

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Bill be agreed to in principle
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:38:33 am for 3 minutes, 16 seconds | Link

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate adjourned
Mr Cain / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:41:49 am for 22 seconds | Link

Sitting suspended from 11.42 am to 2.00 pm
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:42:11 am for 0 seconds | Link
Break

Mr Speaker took the chair at 2 pm
2:01:25 pm for 6 seconds | Link





Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:03:57 pm for 1 minute, 45 seconds | Link


Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:05:54 pm for 1 minute, 13 seconds | Link




Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:08:44 pm for 1 minute, 31 seconds | Link


Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:10:25 pm for 11 seconds | Link

Q3 Justice - mandatory minimum sentencing
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
2:10:36 pm for 23 seconds | Link

Q3 Justice - mandatory minimum sentencing
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:10:59 pm for 19 seconds | Link









Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:14:23 pm for 1 minute, 24 seconds | Link






Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:18:32 pm for 1 minute, 41 seconds | Link




Q6 Lake Tuggeranong - water quality
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:21:12 pm for 1 minute, 45 seconds | Link








Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:25:43 pm for 1 minute, 50 seconds | Link


Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:27:46 pm for 1 minute, 9 seconds | Link


Q8 Disability - government support
Answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
2:29:10 pm for 1 minute, 21 seconds | Link









Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:34:17 pm for 1 minute, 21 seconds | Link









Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:39:38 pm for 1 minute, 35 seconds | Link




Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
2:42:14 pm for 1 minute, 18 seconds | Link













Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:48:48 pm for 31 seconds | Link


Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:49:28 pm for 34 seconds | Link



Q14 Hospitals - performance
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:50:46 pm for 1 minute, 57 seconds | Link


Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:52:53 pm for 1 minute, 45 seconds | Link


Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:54:51 pm for 1 minute, 37 seconds | Link







Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
3:00:40 pm for 1 minute, 20 seconds | Link

Q16 City and government services - libraries
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
3:02:00 pm for 29 seconds | Link

Q16 City and government services - libraries
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
3:02:29 pm for 2 minutes, 6 seconds | Link





Supplementary question
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Barr
3:05:45 pm for 4 seconds | Link

Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Mr Speaker / Dr Paterson
3:05:49 pm for 59 seconds | Link

Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
3:06:48 pm for 22 seconds | Link

Supplementary question
Lake Tuggeranong - water quality - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
3:07:10 pm for 1 minute, 57 seconds | Link

Supplementary question
Justice - mandatory minimum sentencing - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
3:09:07 pm for 45 seconds | Link



Health - government reporting obligations
Motion be agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
3:10:21 pm for 5 minutes, 42 seconds | Link

Health - government reporting obligations
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:16:03 pm for 13 minutes, 7 seconds | Link

Health - government reporting obligations
Amendment
Mr Rattenbury / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:29:10 pm for 8 minutes, 39 seconds | Link

Health - government reporting obligations
Debate
Mr Cocks / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:37:49 pm for 4 minutes, 23 seconds | Link


Distinguished Visitors / Visitors
Debate
Mr Hanson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:42:32 pm for 4 minutes, 52 seconds | Link

Distinguished Visitors / Visitors
Debate
Ms Morris / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:47:24 pm for 4 minutes, 36 seconds | Link

Distinguished Visitors / Visitors
Close the debate
Ms Castley / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:52:00 pm for 2 minutes, 38 seconds | Link

Distinguished Visitors / Visitors
Motion as amended agreed to
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:54:38 pm for 34 seconds | Link

Energy - electricity generation options OR - renewable energy technologies
Clerk / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:55:12 pm for 9 seconds | Link

Energy - electricity generation options OR - renewable energy technologies
Motion be agreed to
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:55:21 pm for 8 minutes, 27 seconds | Link

Energy - electricity generation options OR - renewable energy technologies
Debate
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Ms Castley
4:03:48 pm for 3 minutes, 19 seconds | Link

Energy - electricity generation options OR - renewable energy technologies
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:07:07 pm for 1 minute, 44 seconds | Link

Energy - electricity generation options OR - renewable energy technologies
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:08:51 pm for 10 minutes, 37 seconds | Link

Energy - electricity generation options OR - renewable energy technologies
Debate
Ms Orr / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:19:28 pm for 4 minutes, | Link

Energy - electricity generation options OR - renewable energy technologies
Close the debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:23:28 pm for 3 minutes, 48 seconds | Link

Papers - Motion to take note of papers
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:27:16 pm for 15 seconds | Link

Papers - Motion to take note of papers
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Dr Paterson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:27:31 pm for 5 minutes, 24 seconds | Link

Appropriation Bill 2024-2025 (No 2)
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:32:55 pm for 6 seconds | Link

Appropriation Bill 2024-2025 (No 2)
Bill presented
Mr Steel / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:33:01 pm for 30 seconds | Link

Appropriation Bill 2024-2025 (No 2)
Title
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:33:31 pm for 12 seconds | Link

Appropriation Bill 2024-2025 (No 2)
Bill be agreed to in principle
Mr Steel / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:33:43 pm for 8 minutes, 10 seconds | Link

Appropriation Bill 2024-2025 (No 2)
Debate adjourned
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:41:53 pm for 24 seconds | Link

Public Accounts and Administration – Standing Committee – Reporting date – amendment
Mr Steel / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:42:17 pm for 2 minutes, 2 seconds | Link

Public Accounts and Administration – Standing Committee – Reporting date – amendment
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:44:19 pm for 41 seconds | Link

Public Accounts and Administration – Standing Committee – Reporting date – amendment
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
4:45:00 pm for 15 seconds | Link


Statements by members
Statement
Ms Orr / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:45:21 pm for 1 minute, 23 seconds | Link

Statements by members
Statement
Miss Nuttall / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:46:44 pm for 1 minute, 33 seconds | Link

Statements by members
Statement
Mr Cain / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:48:17 pm for 1 minute, 4 seconds | Link

Statements by members
Statement
Mr Speaker / Mr Werner-Gibbings
4:49:21 pm for 1 minute, 13 seconds | Link










Speech
The Assembly adjourned at 5.17 pm until Tuesday 4 March 2025 at 10.00 am
Adj (Adjournment bluebell logo)
5:17:44 pm for 0 seconds | Link