The Canberra Liberals welcome the ACT government’s budget commitment to install traffic lights at the intersection of Tillyard and Ginninderra Drives. Member for Ginninderra Elizabeth Kikkert MLA first lobbied the government to improve the safety of this dangerous intersection well before she was elected to the Legislative Assembly. Throughout 2015, Mrs Kikkert persistently raised the matter with her local Labor MLA, but was largely ignored. On behalf of the local community,

If youth detainees with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder are going to get the help they need, we first have to know who they are, Shadow Minister for Families, Youth and Community Services Elizabeth Kikkert said. Today in the ACT Legislative Assembly Mrs Kikkert will call on the ACT government to screen all detainees for FASD upon entering Bimberi Youth Justice Centre in order to provide them with specialised care. “Research shows a strong correlation between FASD and kids en

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to move this motion today and to address this very important topic. One of the key strategies in the ‘Blueprint for Youth Justice in the ACT’ is quote, ‘providing intensive individualised support to children and young people’, including ‘recognising individual circumstances and responding appropriately’. This strategy acknowledges that kids who come into contact with the youth justice system or who are at risk of coming into contact with youth just