Legislative Assembly - Tuesday, 2 December 2025

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The Assembly met at 10.00 am
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Election of Speaker
Clerk / Mr Cocks
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Election of Speaker
Statement
Mr Speaker
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Leader of the Opposition
Mr Speaker
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Leader of the Opposition
Statement
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Leader of the Opposition
Debate
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Drugs - drug-driving-medical cannabis - petition
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Canberra Institute of Technology - Diploma of Remedial Massage - petition
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Fisher playground - upgrade - petition
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Active travel - Belconnen-Kippax - petition
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Working with Vulnerable People scheme - registration fee - Ministerial responses
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Transport - Hawker College bus service - Ministerial responses
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Closing the gap - Ministerial responses
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Housing affordability - rent relief fund - Ministerial response
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Ainslie - 91A Wakefield Gardens - Ministerial response
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Yarralumla - proposed substation - Ministerial response
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Trees - dangerous trees - Ministerial response
Clerk
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Roads - speed limits - Ministerial response
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Active travel - Belconnen-Kippax - petition and Transport - Hawker College bus service - petition
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Fisher playground - upgrade - petition
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Active travel - Belconnen-Kippax - petition
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Ainslie - 91A Wakefield Gardens - Ministerial responses
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Debate
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Standing orders suspended
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Petitions - Sport and recreation - indoor facilities
Motion agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Justice - bail reform
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Justice - bail reform
Debate, paper noted
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Early childhood education - out-of-hours care - update - Ministerial statement
Ms Berry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Early childhood education - out-of-hours care - update - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Ms Tough / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Schools - coloured sand - management and remediation - Ministerial statement
Ms Berry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Schools - coloured sand - management and remediation - Ministerial statement
Debate, paper noted
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Climate change mitigation - order to table documents - amendment
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Climate change mitigation - order to table documents - amendment
Debate adjourned
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Climate change mitigation - order to table documents - amendment
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Climate change mitigation - order to table documents - amendment
Paper noted
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Public Accounts and Administration – Standing Committee – Report date – amendment
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Public Accounts and Administration – Standing Committee – Report date – amendment
Motion be agreed to, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Milligan / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Transport and City Services- Standing Committee – Statement by chair
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Transport and City Services- Standing Committee – Statement by chair
Debate
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Legal Affairs - Standing Committee – Reporting date - amendment
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Legal Affairs - Standing Committee – Reporting date - amendment
Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Legal Affairs - Standing Committee – Scrutiny report
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Legal Affairs - Standing Committee – Scrutiny report
Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Administration and Procedure Standing Committee - Report 3
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Administration and Procedure Standing Committee - Report 3
Motion, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Tough / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Administration and Procedure Standing Committee - Report 3
Debate
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Administration and Procedure Standing Committee - Report 3
Debate
Ms Lee / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Public Accounts and Administration - Standing Committee —Report 4
Mr Milligan / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Public Accounts and Administration - Standing Committee —Report 4
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Tough / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Environment and Planning - Standing Committee – Statement by chair
Ms Clay / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Environment and Planning - Standing Committee – Statement by chair
Debate
Mr Steel / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Environment and Planning - Standing Committee – Statement by chair
Debate
Miss Nuttall / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 3)
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 3)
Bill presented
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 3)
Title
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 3)
Bill be agreed to in principle
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 3)
Debate adjourned
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2025
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2025
Bill presented
Ms Orr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2025
Title
Clerk / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2025
Bill be agreed to in principle
Ms Orr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2025
Debate adjourned
Ms Castley / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Bill 2025
Standing orders - suspension, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Cheyne / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
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Sitting suspended from12.13 pm to 2.00 pm
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Cain
Break
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Mr Speaker took the chair at 2.00 pm
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Questions without notice
Mr Speaker
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Q1 Question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q1 Question
Answer
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Q1 Question
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
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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Q2 Question
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Q2 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
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Public schools - coloured sand-remediation and management
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Q3 Public schools - coloured sand-remediation and management
Answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Question
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Q4 Question
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Lee / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary 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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Q5 Question
Mr Emerson / Mr Speaker
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Q5 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 Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Question
Ms Carrick / Mr Speaker
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Q6 Question
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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Supplementary question
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Berry / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Climate change - Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Q7 Climate change - Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
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
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Economy - ABS state accounts
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Q8 Economy - ABS state accounts
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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Q9 Question
Mr Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Question
Answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Q9 Question
Point of order
Mr Barr / 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
Ms Morris / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Q10 Question
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Energy - waste-to-energy generation
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Q11 Energy - waste-to-energy generation
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
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Ms Orr / Mr Speaker
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Q12 Question
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Q12 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 Milligan / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Question
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Q13 Question
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Question
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Q14 Question
Answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Mr Parton / 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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Q15 Richardson - shops
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Q15 Richardson - shops
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
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Supplementary answer
Mr Steel / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Vocational education and training - National Skills Agreement
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Q16 Vocational education and training - National Skills Agreement
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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Q17 Question
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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Q17 Question
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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Supplementary question
Point of order
Mr Cocks / 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
Further questions without notice to be placed on notice paper
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Supplementary question
Question - standing order 118AA
Mr Speaker / Mr Emerson
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Papers
Mr Speaker
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Papers
Papers
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Standing orders - suspension, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Resumption of debate
Mr Speaker / Mr Barr
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Parton
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Barry / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Carrick / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Ms Orr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate, Question resolved in the affirmative
Ms Toughmr Cocks / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Amendments
Mr Barr / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Assistant Speaker Mr Werner-Gibbings
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Cocks / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Emerson
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Debate
Mr Emerson
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Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Bill as amended agreed to
Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Clerk / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Motion be agreed to
Ms Morris / Mr Deputy Speaker Mr Braddock
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ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Debate
Dr Paterson / Mr Speaker
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ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Debate
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Debate, amendment, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Cocks / Mr Speaker
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ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Close the debate
Mr Cocks
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ACT Ambulance Service - staffing
Motion as amended agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Question - standing order 118AA
Mr Speaker
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Papers - Motion to take note papers, Question resolved in the affirmative
Mr Speaker
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Clerk / Mr Speaker
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Resumption of debate
Ms Castley / Mr Speaker
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Debate
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Close the debate
Ms Stephen-Smith
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)
Bill agreed to
Mr Speaker
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Legal Affairs - Standing Committee - Scrutiny Report 13
Ms Barry / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Mr Speaker / Mr Cain
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Statements by members
Statement
Ms Stephen-Smith / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Ms Clay / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Mr Braddock / Mr Speaker
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Statements by members
Statement
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Adjournment
Ms Cheyne / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Parton / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Rattenbury / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Barr / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Cain / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Mr Werner-Gibbings / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Miss Nuttall / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Tough / Mr Speaker
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Speech
Ms Clay / 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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Assembly adjourned at 6.31 pm
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