- May 15
Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2023
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2023 touches on the very essence of human existence. This discussion is fraught with emotion, ethical...
- Sep 11, 2023
Appropriations Debate: Community Services Directorate
Thank you, Madam Speaker. When ACT Labor and the Greens really want to get something done, they stop at nothing to make it happen – or to...
- Aug 27, 2023
Appropriations Debate: Corrections
In the 2023-2024 budget, the ACT government announced funding for an electronic monitoring feasibility study for offenders. Additional...
- Jun 6, 2023
Corrections and Sentencing Legislation Amendment Bill
I supported a Bill in the Assembly to amend the Corrections Management Act and the Sentencing Legislation Bill. There were several...
- Mar 28, 2023
Background Checking Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
I had the opportunity to resume debate on the Background Checking Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, which seeks to amend the Children and...
- Oct 12, 2022
2022-2023 Appropriations Debate
It has taken them more time than was really necessary, but the government has finally started to significantly invest in staff wellbeing...
- Nov 22, 2021
Appropriations Bill: Community Services Directorate
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Disruptions like Covid have a way of bringing clarity, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses. This has...
- Nov 22, 2021
Appropriations Bill Debate: Corrections
Thank you, Madam Speaker. During the last appropriations debate, I spoke about the state of our corrections system. I spoke about the...
- Aug 12, 2020
Adoption Amendment Bill 2020
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I sincerely thank the minster for the work that she, her staff, and all others involved have put into...
- Sep 17, 2019
Changes to community concessional leases will affect our community groups for the worse
Previously, community-zoned land in Canberra was available to organisations at a concessional rate. Multicultural organisations,...