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Mr Speaker took the chair at 10 am
10:00:06 am for 6 seconds | Link
Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians
Prayer or Reflection
Mr Speaker
10:00:12 am for 41 seconds | Link
Firearms regulations - petition
Belconnen - R2 and R3 buses - petition
Clerk / Mr Speaker
10:01:27 am for 41 seconds | Link
Firearms regulations - petition
Firearms regulations - petition
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
10:02:08 am for 1 minute, 39 seconds | Link
Firearms regulations - petition
Belconnen - R2 and R3 buses - petition, Belconnen - R2 and R3 buses - out-of-order petition
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
10:03:47 am for 4 minutes, 22 seconds | Link
Firearms regulations - petition
Belconnen - R2 and R3 buses - petition
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
10:08:09 am for 1 minute, 50 seconds | Link
Firearms regulations - petition
Belconnen - R2 and R3 buses - petition
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
10:09:59 am for 3 minutes, 26 seconds | Link
Firearms regulations - petition
Belconnen - R2 and R3 buses - petition
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
10:13:25 am for 1 minute, 21 seconds | Link
Firearms regulations - petition
Point of order
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
10:14:46 am for 1 minute, 57 seconds | Link
SDN Bluebell childcare centre - update - Ministerial statement
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
10:16:43 am for 7 minutes, 7 seconds | Link
SDN Bluebell childcare centre - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
10:23:50 am for 2 minutes, 40 seconds | Link
SDN Bluebell childcare centre - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
10:26:30 am for 1 minute, 15 seconds | Link
SDN Bluebell childcare centre - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
10:27:45 am for 1 minute, 42 seconds | Link
SDN Bluebell childcare centre - update - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
10:29:27 am for 2 minutes, 14 seconds | Link
Digital Canberra - Payroll Capability and Human Resources Management - update - Ministerial statement, paper noted
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
10:31:41 am for 6 minutes, 45 seconds | Link
Regional plans - inner north and inner south - Ministerial statement
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
10:38:26 am for 7 minutes, 25 seconds | Link
Regional plans - inner north and inner south - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
10:45:51 am for 4 minutes, 26 seconds | Link
Regional plans - inner north and inner south - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
10:50:17 am for 8 minutes, 40 seconds | Link
Regional plans - inner north and inner south - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
10:58:57 am for 2 minutes, 9 seconds | Link
Regional plans - inner north and inner south - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:01:06 am for 8 minutes, 37 seconds | Link
ACT Ambulance Service - staffing - update - Ministerial statement
Dr Paterson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:09:43 am for 8 minutes, 59 seconds | Link
ACT Ambulance Service - staffing - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Morris / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:18:42 am for 6 minutes, 29 seconds | Link
ACT Ambulance Service - staffing - update - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:25:11 am for 1 minute, 35 seconds | Link
Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Membership
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:26:46 am for 6 seconds | Link
Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Membership
Motion be agreed to
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
11:26:52 am for 31 seconds | Link
Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Membership
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
11:27:23 am for 54 seconds | Link
Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Membership
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
11:28:17 am for 16 seconds | Link
Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Membership
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
11:28:33 am for 54 seconds | Link
Child care-early childhood education and care incident reports - order to table documents - documents tabled
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:29:27 am for 31 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:29:58 am for 4 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Motion be agreed to
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:30:02 am for 15 minutes, 21 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:45:23 am for 6 minutes, 1 second | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:51:24 am for 4 minutes, 53 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
11:56:17 am for 6 minutes, 10 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
12:02:27 pm for 3 minutes, 7 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
12:05:34 pm for 6 minutes, 3 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Ms Lee / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
12:11:37 pm for 5 minutes, 33 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Ms Morris / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
12:17:10 pm for 8 minutes, 47 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate adjourned
Ms Tough / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
12:25:57 pm for 27 seconds | Link
Sitting suspended from 12.26 pm to 2.00 pm
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
12:26:24 pm for 0 seconds | Link
Break
Mr Speaker took the chair at 2 pm
2:00:11 pm for 5 seconds | Link
Q1 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
2:00:22 pm for 46 seconds | Link
Q1 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:01:08 pm for 9 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:01:37 pm for 25 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:02:11 pm for 33 seconds | Link
Q2 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
2:02:44 pm for 1 minute, 7 seconds | Link
Q2 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:03:51 pm for 23 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:04:26 pm for 35 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
2:05:13 pm for 25 seconds | Link
Q6 ACT public service - enterprise bargaining
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
2:11:18 pm for 46 seconds | Link
Q6 ACT public service - enterprise bargaining
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:12:04 pm for 52 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:13:09 pm for 50 seconds | Link
Q7 Sustainable Household Scheme
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:14:47 pm for 1 minute, 17 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:16:12 pm for 1 minute, 40 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:17:58 pm for 1 minute, 48 seconds | Link
Q8 Domestic Violence Crisis Service - funding
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
2:19:46 pm for 32 seconds | Link
Q8 Domestic Violence Crisis Service - funding
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:20:18 pm for 12 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:20:44 pm for 37 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:21:35 pm for 19 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:29:19 pm for 1 minute, 9 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:34:38 pm for 1 minute, 10 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:35:59 pm for 2 minutes, 1 second | Link
Q14 Hospitals - Caesarean sections
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:38:47 pm for 1 minute, 9 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:40:10 pm for 1 minute, 13 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:41:34 pm for 1 minute, 10 seconds | Link
Q15 ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:43:14 pm for 55 seconds | Link
Q15 ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
2:44:09 pm for 29 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:44:47 pm for 3 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:44:57 pm for 6 seconds | Link
Q16 Magistrates Court - Chief Magistrate vacancy
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
2:45:03 pm for 24 seconds | Link
Q16 Magistrates Court - Chief Magistrate vacancy
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:45:27 pm for 27 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
2:47:51 pm for 10 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
2:48:01 pm for 5 minutes, 3 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
ACT Ambulance Service - staffing - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:53:04 pm for 32 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Motion be agreed to
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
2:53:57 pm for 6 minutes, 14 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Debate, Amendments
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry / Mr Steel
3:00:11 pm for 12 minutes, 28 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Debate, Amendment
Mr Milligan / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:12:39 pm for 8 minutes, 48 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Debate, Amendment
Mr Braddock / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:21:27 pm for 6 minutes, 4 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Debate, Questions resolved in the affirmative
Mr Parton / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:27:31 pm for 4 minutes, 9 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Question resolved in the affirmative
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry / Ms Carrick
3:31:40 pm for 30 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Debate, Amendments
Mr Emerson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:32:10 pm for 2 minutes, 57 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Debate
Mr Steel / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:35:07 pm for 4 minutes, 5 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:39:12 pm for 2 minutes, 12 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Question resolved in the affirmative
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:41:24 pm for 20 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Amendment, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Braddock / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:41:44 pm for 2 minutes, 7 seconds | Link
Transport Canberra - Rapid bus network
Motion as amended agreed to
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:43:51 pm for 13 seconds | Link
Burrangiri Aged Care Respite Centre
Clerk / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:44:04 pm for 5 seconds | Link
Burrangiri Aged Care Respite Centre
Motion be agreed to
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
3:44:09 pm for 8 minutes, 19 seconds | Link
Burrangiri Aged Care Respite Centre
Debate, Amendment
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
3:52:28 pm for 15 minutes, 55 seconds | Link
Sitting suspended from 4.08 pm to 4.14 pm
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:08:23 pm for 6 minutes, 3 seconds | Link
Mr Speaker took the chair at 4.14 pm
4:14:26 pm for 1 minute, 3 seconds | Link
Mr Speaker took the chair at 4.14 pm
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:15:29 pm for 6 minutes, 31 seconds | Link
Mr Speaker took the chair at 4.14 pm
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:22:00 pm for 6 minutes, 9 seconds | Link
Mr Speaker took the chair at 4.14 pm
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Emerson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:28:09 pm for 5 minutes, 24 seconds | Link
Mr Speaker took the chair at 4.14 pm
Close the debate
Ms Carrick
4:33:33 pm for 2 minutes, 33 seconds | Link
Mr Speaker took the chair at 4.14 pm
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:36:06 pm for 25 seconds | Link
Residential Tenancies (Posting Termination) Amendment Bill 2025
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:36:31 pm for 14 seconds | Link
Residential Tenancies (Posting Termination) Amendment Bill 2025
That the Bill be discharged from the Notice Paper
Mr Cain / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:36:45 pm for 29 seconds | Link
Papers - Motion to take note of papers
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:37:14 pm for 23 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:37:37 pm for 38 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Resumption of debate
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry / Mr Braddock
4:38:15 pm for 2 minutes, 44 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Mr Milligan / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:40:59 pm for 1 minute, 35 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:42:34 pm for 1 minute, 52 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Close the debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:44:26 pm for 10 minutes, 7 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Close the debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:54:33 pm for 42 seconds | Link
Voluntary assisted dying - carriage service restrictions
Motion agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:55:15 pm for 14 seconds | Link
Statements by members
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Mr Parton
4:55:29 pm for 1 minute, 40 seconds | Link
The Assembly adjoured at 5.28 pm until Tuesday 5 May 2026 at 10.00 am
Adj (Adjournment bluebell logo)
5:28:03 pm for 0 seconds | Link