Jun 23, 2021
Safe and Connected Youth – Funding Security
For many years, Canberra kids under age 16 who flee violence, abuse, and the impacts of alcohol or other drugs have had nowhere safe to...
Jun 21, 2021
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...
Jun 2, 2021
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...
Jun 1, 2021
Reconciliation Week
An Aboriginal leader recently told me that reconciliation requires telling the truth and then genuinely listening to what people say they...
May 12, 2021
Care Leaver Data Collection
Two days ago, I moved a motion in the Assembly calling for better support for young people who ‘age out’ of the care and protection...
May 10, 2021
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...
Apr 20, 2021
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...
Apr 20, 2021
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...
Mar 30, 2021
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...
Mar 29, 2021
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...
