Legislative Assembly - Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Madam Speaker took the chair at 10 am
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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians, Prayer or Reflection
Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Motion be agreed to
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Debate
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Debate
Mr Parton / Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Point of order
Ms Lawder / Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Close the debate
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2023 - Ruling by Speaker
Question resolved in the negative
Madam Speaker / Clerk
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Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
Clerk / Madam Speaker
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Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
Bill presented
Mr Rattenbury / Madam Speaker
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Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
Title
Clerk / Madam Speaker
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Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
Bill be agreed to in principle
Mr Rattenbury / Madam Speaker
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Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
Debate adjourned
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Report 9
Madam Speaker
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Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Report 9
Report adopted
Ms Lawder / Madam Speaker
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Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Report 9
Report 10
Madam Speaker
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Administration and Procedure - Standing Committee - Report 9
Report adopted
Ms Lawder / Madam Speaker
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Executive business - precedence
Mr Gentleman / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Clerk / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate resumed
Ms Cheyne / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Ms Clay / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Mr Steel / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Ms Lawder / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Mr Barr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Proposed expenditure agreed to
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain / Ms Lawder
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024) - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Debate, Debate adjourned
Ms Clay / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Sitting suspended from 12.32 pm to 2.00 pm
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
Break
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Madam Speaker took the chair at 2 pm
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Questions without notice
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Q1 Taxation - general practice clinics
Ms Lee / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Q1 Taxation - general practice clinics
Answer
Mr Barr / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Q1 Taxation - general practice clinics
Point of order
Ms Lee / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Q2 Taxation - general practice clinics
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Q2 Taxation - general practice clinics
Answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Q3 Schools - children and young people with disability
Mr Davis / Madam Speaker
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Q3 Schools - children and young people with disability
Answer
Ms Berry / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Davis / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Madam Speaker
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Q4 Taxation - general practice clinics
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Q4 Taxation - general practice clinics
Answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Q5 Health - transgender, gender diverse and nonbinary patients
Ms Orr / Madam Speaker
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Q5 Health - transgender, gender diverse and nonbinary patients
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Orr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Dr Paterson / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Madam Speaker
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Q6 Minister for Skills, Minister for Transport and City Services and Special Minister of State
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Q6 Minister for Skills, Minister for Transport and City Services and Special Minister of State
Answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Dr Paterson / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Hanson / Madam Speaker
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Q7 Minister for Skills, Minister for Transport and City Services and Special Minister of State
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Q7 Minister for Skills, Minister for Transport and City Services and Special Minister of State
Answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Madam Speaker
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Q8 Emergency services - emission-free fire truck
Dr Paterson / Madam Speaker
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Q8 Emergency services - emission-free fire truck
Answer
Mr Gentleman / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Dr Paterson / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Gentleman / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Pettersson / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Gentleman / Madam Speaker
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Q9 Government - procurement
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Q9 Government - procurement
Answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Q10 Transport Canberra - bus patronage
Ms Clay / Madam Speaker
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Q10 Transport Canberra - bus patronage
Answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Q11 Light rail - stage 2
Mr Parton / Madam Speaker
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Q11 Light rail - stage 2
Answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Q12 Government - procurement
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Q12 Government - procurement
Answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cocks / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Q13 Government - procurement
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Q13 Government - procurement
Answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Q14 Water - Ginninderra Catchment
Mr Braddock / Madam Speaker
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Q14 Water - Ginninderra Catchment
Answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Clay / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Q15 ACT Multicultural Awards 2023
Mr Pettersson / Madam Speaker
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Q15 ACT Multicultural Awards 2023
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Pettersson / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Orr / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary question
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Barr
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Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Madam Speaker / Ms Stephen-Smith
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Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Government - procurement
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Schools - children and young people with disability
Ms Berry / Madam Speaker
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Statement by Speaker
Madam Speaker
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Statement by Speaker
Standing orders - suspension
Ms Lawder / Madam Speaker
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Statement by Speaker
Debate
Mr Gentleman / Madam Speaker
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Statement by Speaker
Debate
Mr Hanson / Madam Speaker
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Statement by Speaker
Point of order
Mr Gentleman / Madam Speaker
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Statement by Speaker
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Madam Speaker
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Statement by Speaker
Debate, Question resolved in the negative
Mr Pettersson / Madam Speaker
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Papers - Taxation - general practice clinics - payroll tax waivers - government response
Mr Gentleman / Madam Speaker
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Papers - Taxation - general practice clinics - payroll tax waivers - government response
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Davis / Madam Speaker
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Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2023
Clerk / Madam Speaker
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Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2023
Bill presented
Dr Paterson / Madam Speaker
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Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2023
Title
Clerk / Madam Speaker
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Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2023
Bill be agreed to in principle
Dr Paterson / Madam Speaker
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Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2023
Debate adjourned
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Davis
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Civil Law (Sale of Residential Property) Amendment Bill 2021
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Davis
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Civil Law (Sale of Residential Property) Amendment Bill 2021
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Cain / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Davis
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Multiculturalism - International Day of People of African Descent
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Davis
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Multiculturalism - International Day of People of African Descent
Motion be agreed to
Ms Orr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Davis
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Multiculturalism - International Day of People of African Descent
Debate
Mr Cain / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Davis
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Multiculturalism - International Day of People of African Descent
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Davis
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Multiculturalism - International Day of People of African Descent
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Multiculturalism - International Day of People of African Descent
Close the debate, Motion agreed to
Ms Orr / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Canberra Hospital - specialist medical training accreditation
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Canberra Hospital - specialist medical training accreditation
Motion be agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Canberra Hospital - specialist medical training accreditation
Amendment
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton (1
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Canberra Hospital - specialist medical training accreditation
Debate
Mr Davis / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Canberra Hospital - specialist medical training accreditation
Close the debate, Motion as amended agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Resumption of debate
Mr Steel / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Parton
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Braddock / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Proposed expenditure agreed to
Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Justice and Community Safety Directorate - Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Cain / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Milligan / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mrs Kikkert / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Cocks / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Braddock / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Ms Davidson / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Question resolved in the negative
Ms Cheyne / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Ms Clay / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Amendment
Ms Clay / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Steel / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate
Mr Parton / Madam Speaker
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Question resolved in the negative
Madam Speaker / Clerk
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Proposed expenditure agreed to, Major Projects Canberra, Proposed expenditure be agreed to
Madam Speaker /
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Appropriation Bill 2023-2024 (Cognate bill: Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2023-2024)
Debate adjourned
Madam Speaker / Ms Cheyne
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The Assembly adjourned at 7.00 pm until Tuesday 12 September 2023 at 10.00 am
Adj (Adjournment bluebell logo)