Legislative Assembly - Wednesday, 17 September 2025

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Mr Speaker took the chair at 10 am
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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians Prayer or Reflection
Mr Speaker
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Roads - collisions with wildlife - petition
Clerk
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Roads - collisions with wildlife - petition
Roads - Canberra Avenue - petition
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Roads - collisions with wildlife - petition
Debate, Roads - collisions with wildlife - petition
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Roads - collisions with wildlife - petition
Debate, Roads - Canberra Avenue - petition
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Roads - collisions with wildlife - petition
Debate, Roads - Canberra Avenue - petition
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Roads - collisions with wildlife - petition
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Environment and Planning - Standing Committee - Statement by chair
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Transport and City Services - Standing Committee - Statement by chair
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Motion be agreed to
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Debate, Amendments
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Debate
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Debate
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Debate
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Racism
Debate
Mr Hanson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Debate
Mr Emerson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Debate
Mr Parton / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Debate
Mr Pettersson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Debate
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Debate
Ms Tough / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Point of order
Mr Braddock / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Question resolved in the negative
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Question resolved in the affirmative
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Racism
Close the debate
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry / Mr Pettersson
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Racism
Motion as amended agreed to
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Clerk / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Resumption of debate
Ms Tough / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Debate
Mr Cocks / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Debate
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Debate adjourned
Ms Tough / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Debate adjourned
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Sitting suspended from 12.04 pm to 2.00 pm
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
Break
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Mr Speaker took the chair at 2 pm
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Questions without notice
Mr Speaker
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Q1 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q1 Question
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Question
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Government insurance scheme - horseracing industry
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Government insurance scheme - horseracing industry
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Question
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Horseracing industry - work health and safety
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Horseracing industry - work health and safety
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Question
Answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Question
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Question
Answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Law and Justice - affirmative control
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Law and Justice - affirmative control
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Question
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Question
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Planning - rural leaseholders
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Planning - rural leaseholders
Answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Planning - rural leaseholders
Point of order
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Active travel - William Hovell Drive
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Active travel - William Hovell Drive
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Transport Canberra - bus driver safety
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Transport Canberra - bus driver safety
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Question
Answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Question
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Barr
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Speaker / Mr Cocks
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Supplementary question
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Request under standing order
Mr Speaker / Clerk
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Request under standing order
Debate adjourned
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Papers
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Resumption of debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Berry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Clay
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Mr Emerson
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Close the debate
Mr Rattenbury
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Amendments
Ms Cheyne / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Rattenbury
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Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025
Bill as amended agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Motion be agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Debate, Amendment
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Debate
Mr Speaker / Ms Cheyne
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Crime - illicit tobacco and other smoking products
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Papers - Motion to take note papers, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network
Proposed expenditure agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network
City and Environment Directorate - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Mr Speaker / Mr Braddock
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network
Debate
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2025-2026) - ACT Local Hospital Network
Debate adjourned
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Statements - Speaker
Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Mr Speaker / Miss Nuttall
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Statements by members
Statement
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Adjournment
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Assembly adjourned at 6.05 pm
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