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...
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...
Nov 23, 2021
Autism Assessments
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am pleased to bring this motion before the Assembly today. ‘Autism spectrum disorder … is a persistent...
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...
Oct 7, 2021
Youth Mental Health
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I thank Mr Petterson for this very important motion. During the last assembly, I served on a committee that...
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...
