Legislative Assembly - Wednesday, 25 February 2026

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Mr Speaker took the chair at 10.00 am
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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians Prayer or Reflection
Mr Speaker
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Elinor Grassby - Motion of condolence
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Elinor Grassby - Motion of condolence
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Elinor Grassby - Motion of condolence
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Elinor Grassby - Motion of condolence
Debate
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Clerk
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Parkinson's disease - community nursing services - petition
Clerk
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Tuggeranong - ice sorts facilities - petition
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Debate
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Debate
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Debate
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Parkinson's disease - community nursing services - petition
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Question resolved in the affirmative
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Parkinson's disease - community nursing services - petition
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Tuggeranong - ice sorts facilities - petition
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Macquarie swimming pool - site lease, Tuggeranong - ice sorts facilities and Parkinson's disease - community nursing services - petitions
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Tuggeranong - ice sorts facilities - petition
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry / Ms Morris
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Macquarie swimming pool - site lease - petitions
Tuggeranong - ice sorts facilities - petition
Ms Tough / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Higher education - Ministerial statement
Mr Barr / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Higher education - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Miss Nuttall / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Malkara and Woden schools - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Ms Berry / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Malkara and Woden schools - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Lee / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Malkara and Woden schools - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Malkara and Woden schools - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Woden area - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Dr Paterson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Woden area - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Woden area - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Woden area - storm damage - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Braddock / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Heritage - government priorities - Ministerial statement
Mr Steel / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Heritage - government priorities - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Cost of living - food relief organisations - update - Ministerial statement
Ms Orr / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Cost of living - food relief organisations - update - Ministerial statement
Point of order
Mr Emerson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Cost of living - food relief organisations - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Emerson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Cost of living - food relief organisations - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Carrick / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Cost of living - food relief organisations - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Cost of living - food relief organisations - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Cain / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Cost of living - food relief organisations - update - Ministerial statement
Close the debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Orr / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Children and young people - Next Steps for Our Kids 2022-2030 - Update - Ministerial statement
Mr Pettersson / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Children and young people - Next Steps for Our Kids 2022-2030 - Update - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Miss Nuttall / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Motion agreed to
Ms Cheyne / Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry
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Sitting suspended from 12.43 pm to 2.00 pm
Mr Speaker
Break
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Mr Speaker took the chair at 2.00 pm
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Questions without notice
Mr Speaker
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Q1 Cabinet ministers - conduct
Mr Parton /
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Q1 Cabinet ministers - conduct
Answer
Mr Barr /Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr /Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr /Mr Speaker
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Q2 Public service - handling of staff complaints
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Public service - handling of staff complaints
Answer
Ms Orr
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Supplementary question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Question
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Aged care - federal government funding
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Aged care - federal government funding
Answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Higher education - enrolments
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Higher education - enrolments
Answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Vocational education and training - government funded students
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Vocational education and training - government funded students
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q8 ACT Policing - hate speech laws
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Q8 ACT Policing - hate speech laws
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q8 ACT Policing - hate speech laws
Point of order
Ms Clay / 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 Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Vocational education and training - - fee-free TAFE
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Vocational education and training - - fee-free TAFE
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Domestic Violence Crisis Service - government funding
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Domestic Violence Crisis Service - government funding
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Government - CBR 2030 ACT's Strategic Economic Development Framework
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Government - CBR 2030 ACT's Strategic Economic Development Framework
Answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Public schools - staffing
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Public schools - staffing
Answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / 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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Q13 Economy - private sector
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Economy - private sector
Answer
Mr Steel / 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 Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Taxation - payroll
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Taxation - payroll
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Yerrabi Yurwang - government funding
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Yerrabi Yurwang - government funding
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Government procurement - conduct in procurement
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Government procurement - conduct in procurement
Answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Q17 Family and domestic violence - coercive control
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Q17 Family and domestic violence - coercive 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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Supplementary question
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Barr
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Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Mr Speaker / Ms Stephen-Smith
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Ms Orr
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Supplementary question
Vocational education and training - - fee-free TAFE - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Mr Pettersson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Ms Morris / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Supplementary question
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Transport and City Services - Standing Committee
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Papers
Ms Cheyne / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Motion be agreed to
Mr Cocks / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Debate
Ms Morris / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Point of order
Mr Steel / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Point of order
Mr Cocks /Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Point of order
Mr Steel / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Debate, amendment
Mr Steel
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Debate
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain / Mr Cocks
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Budget - headline net operating balance deficit
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Motion be agreed to
Ms Clay / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate, Amendments
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Point of order
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Point of order
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate, Amendment
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Debate
Mr Steel
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Questions resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Close the debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Rapid bus routes R2 and R3
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Rulings by Speaker
Mr Speaker
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Rulings by Speaker
Point of order
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Rulings by Speaker
Withdraw comment
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Papers - Motion to take note papers
Mr Speaker
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Papers - Motion to take note papers
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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MyWay+ - order to table documents - documents tabled
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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MyWay+ - order to table documents - documents tabled
Child care - early childhood education and care incident reports - order to table documents - additional documents tabled
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Integrity Commission and Statutory Office Holders - Standing Committee - Reference
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Integrity Commission and Statutory Office Holders - Standing Committee - Reference
Motion be agreed to
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Integrity Commission and Statutory Office Holders - Standing Committee - Reference
Debate
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Integrity Commission and Statutory Office Holders - Standing Committee - Reference
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Environment and Planning - Standing Committee - Statement by chair
Mr Speaker / Ms Clay
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Environment and Planning - Standing Committee - Statement by chair
Transport and City Services - Standing Committee - Statement by chair
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Resumption of debate
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Close the debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker / Clerk
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Amendment
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Emerson
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Question resolved in the negative
Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker / Ms Cheyne
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Amendment
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Bill as amended agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Adjournment
Mr Speaker / Ms Cheyne
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Speech
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Braddock
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Assembly adjourned at 6.51 pm
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