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Mr Speaker took the chair at 10 am
10:00:44 am for 5 seconds | Link
Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians
Prayer or Reflection
Mr Speaker
10:00:49 am for 47 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Narrabundah baseball fields - safety
Clerk
10:02:01 am for 21 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
SDN Bluebell - petitions - Ministerial responses
Clerk
10:02:22 am for 17 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Public schools - senior language courses - petition
Clerk
10:02:39 am for 12 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Canberra Institute of Technology - Diploma of Remedial Massage - petition
Clerk
10:02:51 am for 18 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Sport and recreation - indoor facilities - petition
Clerk
10:03:09 am for 13 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Housing - establishment of rental commissioner - petition
Clerk
10:03:22 am for 11 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Active travel - Belconnen-Kippax-Ginninderry - petitions
Clerk
10:03:33 am for 14 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Fisher playground - upgrade - petition
Clerk
10:03:47 am for 14 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Drugs - drug driving - medicinal cannabis - petition
Clerk / Mr Speaker
10:04:01 am for 24 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Debate - South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions, out-of-order petition
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
10:04:25 am for 3 minutes, 20 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Debate
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
10:07:45 am for 2 minutes, | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Leave granted
Mr Speaker / Ms Tough
10:09:45 am for 13 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Debate - South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions, Active travel - Belconnen-Kippax-Ginninderry - petitions, SDN Bluebell - petitions
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
10:09:58 am for 4 minutes, 23 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Narrabundah baseball fields - safety
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
10:14:21 am for 3 minutes, 9 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Drugs - drug driving - medicinal cannabis - petition
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
10:17:30 am for 5 minutes, 9 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Active travel - Belconnen-Kippax-Ginninderry - petitions
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
10:22:39 am for 2 minutes, 24 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Public schools - senior language courses - petition
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
10:25:03 am for 1 minute, 30 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Motion agreed to
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
10:26:33 am for 22 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Public schools - senior language courses - petition, SDN Bluebell - petitions
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
10:26:55 am for 2 minutes, 42 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Canberra Institute of Technology - Diploma of Remedial Massage - petition, Public schools - senior language courses - petition, Sport and recreation - indoor facilities - petition, Drugs - drug driving - medicinal cannabis - petition
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
10:29:37 am for 5 minutes, 7 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Fisher playground - upgrade - petition, Public schools - senior language courses - petition
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
10:34:44 am for 2 minutes, 2 seconds | Link
South Canberra Veterans Shed - Petitions
Motion agreed to, South Canberra Veterans Shed - Select Committee - referral
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
10:36:46 am for 31 seconds | Link
Education - public schools - Ministerial statement
Mr Speaker / Ms Berry
10:37:17 am for 7 minutes, 47 seconds | Link
Education - public schools - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
10:45:04 am for 4 minutes, 17 seconds | Link
Education - public schools - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
10:49:21 am for 4 minutes, 47 seconds | Link
ACT Public Service Closing the Gap measures - Ministerial statement
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
10:54:08 am for 7 minutes, 25 seconds | Link
ACT Public Service Closing the Gap measures - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:01:33 am for 3 minutes, 1 second | Link
Light rail stage 2A - update - Ministerial statement
Mr Steel / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:04:34 am for 9 minutes, 35 seconds | Link
Light rail stage 2A - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:14:09 am for 3 minutes, 6 seconds | Link
Light rail stage 2A - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:17:15 am for 3 minutes, 48 seconds | Link
Light rail stage 2A - update - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:21:03 am for 9 minutes, 46 seconds | Link
Lakes and waterways - order to table documents - documents tabled
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:30:49 am for 32 seconds | Link
Legal Affairs - Standing Committee - Scrutiny Report 16
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:31:21 am for 43 seconds | Link
Legal Affairs - Standing Committee - Scrutiny Report 16
Legal Affairs - Standing Committee - Report 6
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:32:04 am for 1 minute, 49 seconds | Link
Legal Affairs - Standing Committee - Scrutiny Report 16
Legal Affairs - Standing Committee - Statement by chair
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:33:53 am for 1 minute, 51 seconds | Link
Civil Law (Wrongs) Amendment Bill 2026
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:35:44 am for 7 seconds | Link
Civil Law (Wrongs) Amendment Bill 2026
Bill presented
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:35:51 am for 17 seconds | Link
Civil Law (Wrongs) Amendment Bill 2026
Title
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:36:08 am for 9 seconds | Link
Civil Law (Wrongs) Amendment Bill 2026
Bill be agreed to in principle
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:36:17 am for 12 minutes, 49 seconds | Link
Civil Law (Wrongs) Amendment Bill 2026
Debate adjourned
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:49:06 am for 14 seconds | Link
Sitting suspended from 11.49 am to 2.00 pm
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
11:49:20 am for 0 seconds | Link
Break
Mr Speaker took the chair at 2 pm
2:00:08 pm for 6 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
2:07:47 pm for 1 minute, 6 seconds | Link
Q4 Planning - Hume Circle proposal
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:09:37 pm for 1 minute, 55 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:11:40 pm for 1 minute, 3 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:12:56 pm for 1 minute, 10 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
2:17:51 pm for 1 minute, 22 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
2:23:43 pm for 1 minute, 12 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
2:28:14 pm for 1 minute, 17 seconds | Link
Q8 Cost-of-living - public transport fares
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:30:06 pm for 1 minute, 59 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
2:32:15 pm for 1 minute, 41 seconds | Link
Q10 Canberra Health Services - performance
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:37:56 pm for 1 minute, 12 seconds | Link
Q10 Canberra Health Services - performance
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
2:39:08 pm for 54 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:40:20 pm for 1 minute, 28 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:42:00 pm for 1 minute, | Link
Q11 Canberra Health Services - elective surgery wait times
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
2:43:00 pm for 52 seconds | Link
Q11 Canberra Health Services - elective surgery wait times
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:43:52 pm for 1 minute, 3 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:45:10 pm for 58 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:46:24 pm for 1 minute, 49 seconds | Link
Q12 Emergency Services Authority - Emergency Services Warning System
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
2:48:13 pm for 57 seconds | Link
Q12 Emergency Services Authority - Emergency Services Warning System
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:49:10 pm for 11 seconds | Link
Q12 Emergency Services Authority - Emergency Services Warning System
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
2:49:21 pm for 38 seconds | Link
Q12 Emergency Services Authority - Emergency Services Warning System
Point of order
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
2:49:59 pm for 32 seconds | Link
Q12 Emergency Services Authority - Emergency Services Warning System
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
2:50:31 pm for 25 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:51:02 pm for 1 minute, 7 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
2:52:26 pm for 9 seconds | Link
Q13 Yarralumla Primary School - language programs
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
2:52:35 pm for 58 seconds | Link
Q13 Yarralumla Primary School - language programs
Answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
2:53:33 pm for 51 seconds | Link
Q14 Yarralumla Primary School - language programs
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
2:56:23 pm for 39 seconds | Link
Q14 Yarralumla Primary School - language programs
Answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
2:57:02 pm for 47 seconds | Link
Q15 Hospitals - emergency departments
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
2:59:07 pm for 17 seconds | Link
Q15 Hospitals - emergency departments
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
2:59:24 pm for 2 minutes, 3 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
3:01:34 pm for 1 minute, 51 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
3:03:31 pm for 2 minutes, 1 second | Link
Q16 Public service - handling of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff complaints
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
3:05:32 pm for 41 seconds | Link
Q16 Public service - handling of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff complaints
Answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
3:06:13 pm for 2 minutes, 5 seconds | Link
Q16 Public service - handling of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff complaints
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
3:08:18 pm for 34 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
3:09:52 pm for 1 minute, 20 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
3:12:12 pm for 1 minute, 7 seconds | Link
Supplementary question
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
3:14:02 pm for 10 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Clerk / Mr Speaker
3:15:21 pm for 6 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Motion be agreed to
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
3:15:27 pm for 15 minutes, 11 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings / Ms Lee
3:30:38 pm for 4 minutes, 56 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Mr Barr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
3:35:34 pm for 12 minutes, 6 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
3:47:40 pm for 9 minutes, 21 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Amendment
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
3:57:01 pm for 4 minutes, 51 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Mr Parton
4:01:52 pm for 1 minute, 46 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:03:38 pm for 6 minutes, 42 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Ms Clay / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:10:20 pm for 5 minutes, 24 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Mr Milligan / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:15:44 pm for 2 minutes, 44 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:18:28 pm for 15 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate, Amendment
Mr Emerson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:18:43 pm for 11 minutes, 34 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Ms Orr / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:30:17 pm for 13 minutes, 51 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:44:08 pm for 5 minutes, 41 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Closing the debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
4:49:49 pm for 8 minutes, 48 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Question resolved in the negative
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Clerk
4:58:37 pm for 1 minute, 37 seconds | Link
Climate change adaptation and emissions reduction
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
5:00:14 pm for 17 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
5:00:31 pm for 6 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Motion be agreed to
Mr Parton / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
5:00:37 pm for 9 minutes, 18 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Amendment
Mr Speaker / Ms Stephen-Smith
5:09:55 pm for 15 minutes, 14 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
5:25:09 pm for 23 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
5:25:32 pm for 7 minutes, 39 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker / Clerk
5:33:11 pm for 1 minute, 55 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
5:35:06 pm for 4 minutes, 14 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Amendment
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
5:39:20 pm for 13 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Close the debate
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
5:39:33 pm for 2 minutes, 19 seconds | Link
Canberra Health Services - workplace culture
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Speaker
5:41:52 pm for 29 seconds | Link