Legislative Assembly - Tuesday, 28 October 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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Petitions
Clerk / Clerk
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Petitions
Ginninderra Falls
Clerk
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Petitions
SDN Bluebell
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Petitions
Debate
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Petitions
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Petitions
Ginninderra Falls - Out-of-order petition
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Petitions
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Community events - Ministerial statement
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Community events - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Attorney-General, Human Rights, City and Government Services and Night-time Economy portfolios - government priorities - update - Ministerial statement
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Attorney-General, Human Rights, City and Government Services and Night-time Economy portfolios - government priorities - update - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Mental Health Month - Ministerial statement
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Mental Health Month - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Sport and recreation - sportsground maintenance - Ministerial statement
Ms Berry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Sport and recreation - sportsground maintenance - Ministerial statement
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Sport and recreation - sportsground maintenance - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Sport and recreation - sportsground maintenance - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Child care - early childhood education and care incident reports - order to table documents - update - Ministerial statement
Ms Berry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Child care - early childhood education and care incident reports - order to table documents - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Child care - early childhood education and care incident reports - order to table documents - update - Ministerial statement
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Child care - early childhood education and care incident reports - order to table documents - update - Ministerial statement
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Motion be agreed to
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Cocks
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate, Amendment
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Ms Clay / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Ms Lee / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Debate
Mr Cain / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Question resolved in the negative
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain / Clerk
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Close the debate
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain / Ms Cheyne
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Legislative Assembly - Sitting pattern
Motion agreed to
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Motion be agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Debate adjourned
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Sitting suspended from 12.44 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
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
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q2 Question
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Question
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
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Climate change - emissions
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Climate change - emissions
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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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Rattenbury / 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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Q5 Climate change - emissions
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q5 Climate change - emissions
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
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Question
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Question
Answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary 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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Q8 Question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Question
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 Hanson / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Planning - transit-oriented development
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Planning - transit-oriented development
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Question
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 Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Pettersson / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Climate change - emissions
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Climate change - emissions
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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Q12 Climate change - emissions
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Climate change - emissions
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
Point of order
Ms Clay / 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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Q13 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Question
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / 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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Papers
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Motion be agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate, Amendments, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Emerson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Amendments, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Ms Morris / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Ms Orr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Question resolved in the negative
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings / Clerk
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Amendment
Ms Orr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Close the debate
Ms Castley
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Lakes and waterways - water quality
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Woden and Molonglo - dog parks
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Woden and Molonglo - dog parks
Motion be agreed to
Ms Carrick / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Woden and Molonglo - dog parks
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Woden and Molonglo - dog parks
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Woden and Molonglo - dog parks
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Woden and Molonglo - dog parks
Close the debate
Ms Carrick
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Woden and Molonglo - dog parks
Motion agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Papers - Motion to take note papers
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Motion be agreed to, Amendment
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Debate
Ms Orr / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Lakes and waterways - order to table documents
Close the debate, Question resolved in the affirmative, Motion as amended agreed to
Ms Castley / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 2)
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Clerk
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 2)
Bill presented
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 2)
Title
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 2)
Bill be agreed to in principle
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock / Ms Stephen-Smith
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 2)
Debate adjourned
Miss Nuttall / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 3)
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 3)
Resumption of debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 3)
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 3)
Debate
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 3)
Close the debate
Mr Pettersson
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Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 3)
Bill agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Statement by member
Mr Speaker / Mr Barr
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Adjournment
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Assembly adjourned at 5.15 pm
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