May 15, 2024
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,...