Legislative Assembly - Tuesday, 16 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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Absence of clerk
Mr Speaker
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Absence of clerk
Government projects - business cases and benefit-cost analyses - order to table do documents - update
Clerk
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Absence of clerk
Road projects - benefit-cost analyses - order to table documents - update
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Clerk
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Ainslie - Wakefield Gardens proposed community hub
Clerk
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Roads - safety - Cotter Road - petition
Clerk
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Ministerial responses - off-leash dog areas - Point Hut Dog Exercise Area
Clerk
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Ministerial responses - Motor vehicles - Left-hand drive vehicles
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Ainslie - Wakefield Gardens proposed community hub
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Ainslie - Wakefield Gardens proposed community hub
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Ainslie - Wakefield Gardens proposed community hub
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Roads - safety - Cotter Road - petition
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Roads - safety - Cotter Road - petition
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Roads - safety - Cotter Road - petition
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Roads - safety - Cotter Road - petition
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Roads - safety - Cotter Road - petition
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Roads -safety - Charnwood - petition
Debate - Ainslie - Wakefield Gardens proposed community hub
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Proposed Amendment to the Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 - Select Committee - Report
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Proposed Amendment to the Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 - Select Committee - Report
Report be noted
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Proposed Amendment to the Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 - Select Committee - Report
Debate, Paper noted
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Paper
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Paper
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Paper
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Legal Affairs – Standing Committee - Report 3
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Legal Affairs – Standing Committee —Scrutiny Report 9
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Integrity Commission and Statutory Office Holders – Standing Committee - Report 2
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Integrity Commission and Statutory Office Holders – Standing Committee - Report 2
Debate
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Social Policy - Standing Committee – Statement by chair
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Executive business
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Executive business
Motion
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Close the debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Education Directorate - That the proposed expenditure be agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Mr Hanson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate adjourned
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Sitting suspended from 12.00 pm to 2.00 pm
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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
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 Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Question
Answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Legislative Assembly - member conduct
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Legislative Assembly - member conduct
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
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Q4 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 Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Question
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / 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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Q6 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q6 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 Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Question
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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Supplementary question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Roads - Molonglo Valley
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Roads - Molonglo Valley
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Question
Answer
Mr Barr / 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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Q10 Unused land - lease squatting
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Unused land - lease squatting
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Unused land - lease squatting
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 Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Question
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Climate change - National Climate Risk Assessment
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Climate change - National Climate Risk Assessment
Answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Question
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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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Out-of-home care - foster and kinship carers
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Out-of-home care - foster and kinship carers
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Tough / 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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Q15 Public transport - Floriade shuttle bus
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Public transport - Floriade shuttle bus
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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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Mr Speaker / Ms Stephen-Smith
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Supplementary question
Public transport - Floriade shuttle bus - Answers to questions on notice
Mr Barr / 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
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Papers
Mr Speaker
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Papers
Paper
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Leave of absence
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Legal Aid ACT - funding
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Legal Aid ACT - funding
Motion be agreed to
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Legal Aid ACT - funding
Debate, amendments
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Rattenbury
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Legal Aid ACT - funding
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Legal Aid ACT - funding
Close the debate
Mr Hanson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Legal Aid ACT - funding
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public transport - south Canberra
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public transport - south Canberra
Motion be agreed to
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate, Amendments
Mr Steel / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public transport - south Canberra
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public transport - south Canberra
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Papers - Motion to take note papers, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Clerk
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Resumption of debate - Education Directorate
Ms Berry / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Proposed expenditure agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
ACT Local Hospital Network - That the proposed expenditure be agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Mr Speaker / Ms Castley
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026
Debate adjourned
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Statement by member
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Adjournment
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Speaker
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Assembly adjourned at 5.53 pm
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