Legislative Assembly - Thursday, 19 March 2026

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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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Economy - exports - Ministerial statement
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Nurses, midwives and nurse practitioners - Ministerial statement
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Nurses, midwives and nurse practitioners - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Public schools - infrastructure - update - Ministerial statement
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Public schools - infrastructure - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Public schools - infrastructure - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Public schools - infrastructure - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Public schools - infrastructure - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Public schools - infrastructure - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public schools - infrastructure - update - Ministerial statement
Paper noted
Mr Speaker
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ACT Policing - facilities - update - Ministerial statement
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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ACT Policing - facilities - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Ms Carrick
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ACT Policing - facilities - update - Ministerial statement
Paper noted
Mr Speaker
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Resumption of debate
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Debate
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Debate
Mr Emerson
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Close the debate
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings / Ms Cheyne
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Amendments
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Bill as amended agreed to
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Economy - exports - Ministerial statement, paper noted
Mr Barr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Economy - exports - Ministerial statement, paper noted
Leave of absence
Ms Morris / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Sitting suspended from 11.49 am to 2.00 pm
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q1 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
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 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Point of order
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / 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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Supplementary question
Point of order
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Fuel supply - national cabinet
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Fuel supply - national cabinet
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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Supplementary question
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Point of order
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Budget - commonwealth funding
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Budget - commonwealth funding
Answer
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Budget - commonwealth funding
Point of order
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Rattenbury / 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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Q7 Question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Question
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Q8 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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Q9 Light rail stage 2B - works approval application
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Light rail stage 2B - works approval application
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / 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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Q10 Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides - restrictions
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides - restrictions
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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Supplementary question
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Q11 ACT Fire & Rescue - hybrid electric fire truck
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Q11 ACT Fire & Rescue - hybrid electric fire truck
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
/ Mr Speaker
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ACT Fire & Rescue - hybrid electric fire truck
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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ACT Fire & Rescue - hybrid electric fire truck
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Energy - Big Canberra Battery
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Energy - Big Canberra Battery
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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Q14 Domestic Violence Crisis Service - funding
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Domestic Violence Crisis Service - 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 Cain / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / 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
Answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Public schools - infrastructure
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Public schools - infrastructure
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
Ms Clay / 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 / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Domestic Violence Crisis Service - funding - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Mr Speaker / Dr Paterson
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Supplementary question
ACT Fire & Rescue - hybrid electric fire truck - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Public schools - infrastructure - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides - restrictions infrastructure - Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Answers to questions on notice
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Debate
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Debate
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Debate
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Mr Speaker / Mr Parton
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Point of order
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Point of order / MR PARTON (7)
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Point of order
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Point of order
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Motion - Canberra Institute of Technology - Chief Executive Officer - referral - Select Committee
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Debate, Amendments
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Close the debate
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Motion - Standing orders - suspension
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Papers
Mr Speaker / Ms Cheyne
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Motion be agreed to
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Debate
Madam Assistant Speaker Ms Barry / Dr Paterson
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Debate
Mr Cain / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Debate
Ms Barry / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Close the debate
Ms Morris / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Policing - resourcing
Question resolved in the negative
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Clerk
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Community sector - funding
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Community sector - funding
Motion be agreed to
Miss Nuttall / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Community sector - funding
Debate, Amendment
Mr Speaker / Mr Emerson
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Community sector - funding
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate, Amendment
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Debate, Amendment
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker
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Community sector - funding
Close the debate
Miss Nuttall
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Community sector - funding
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Papers - Motion to take note papers
Mr Speaker / Ms Carrick
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Statements by members
Mr Speaker / Mr Barr
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Statements by members
Statement
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Adjournment
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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The Assembly adjourned at 6.24 pm until Tuesday 24 March 2026 at 10.00 am
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