
Safe and Connected Youth – Funding Security
Thank you, Madam Speaker. For many years, experts raised concerns about the lack of specialist homelessness services for young Canberrans...

Enhancing the E-scooter Share Scheme
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I thank Mr Petterson for bringing this motion before the Assembly today. I am not surprised by the large...

Better Academic Support for Kids in Residential Care
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am proud to bring this motion before the Assembly today. I do so at the urging of some who have worked in...

Reconciliation Week
Thank you, Madam Speaker. As we approach the end of National Reconciliation Week, I rise today to share a few thoughts about...

Care Leaver Data Collection
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The other day, during the debate regarding collecting data on care leavers, I was surprised by Minister Rachel...

Extending Care to Age 21
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I bring this motion before the Assembly today on behalf of young people in the care and protection system – as...

Public Housing Maintenance
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I thank Mr Parton for bringing this urgent motion before the Assembly today. One of the first complaints I...

Canberra as a Dementia-Friendly City
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I thank Ms Lawder for bringing this very important motion before the Assembly today. I note that, according...

Alderson Awards 2021 and World Down Syndrome Day
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Elizabeth Lee and I had the privilege last Friday evening to attend the Alderson Awards held at the Canberra...

Review into the Family Violence ACT 2016
Thank you, Madam Speaker. When the ACT Greens and ACT Labor formed their coalition, they published a media release.[1] Fittingly, on the...