

Kikkert shares concerns over the provision of residential care for children
Last week’s episode on ABC’s Four Corners, titled ‘Broken Homes’, raises troubling issues surrounding out-of-home residential care for...
Nov 21, 2017


Canberra kids encouraged to go back to their roots
Young people in Canberra are invited to investigate and creatively express their family and cultural heritage in the Back to Your Roots...
Nov 13, 2017


Girl Guides Hawker 40th Birthday
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Ginninderra District Girl Guides operate from the Guide Hall located in Walhallow Street in Hawker, and the...
Nov 1, 2017


Achievements Over the Last Year
Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I wish to thank the Minister for the statement that she has read out regarding the past twelve months. I...
Oct 31, 2017


Back to Your Roots 2017-18
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I recently lost one of my favourite aunts. She was a fahu, my father’s sister, and therefore one of the...
Oct 31, 2017


The importance of having good public transport for all areas of Canberra
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am delighted that Mr Parton brought this matter of public importance before the Assembly this afternoon, and...
Oct 26, 2017


ACT Government should do more to track youth recidivism
The ACT Government should establish a system to record the number of children who serve a custodial sentence at an adult prison after...
Oct 25, 2017


Tracking Youth Recidivism
Madam Speaker, I move: That this Assembly Notes that: Currently the ACT Government does not collate data of juvenile offenders who have...
Oct 25, 2017


Overdue study to improve traffic study should be released
Another accident that left a car on its side and delayed traffic for an hour at the intersection of Tillyard and Ginninderra Drives...
Oct 12, 2017


Volunteering in Schools
Thank you, Madam Speaker. My children are enrolled in three different ACT schools. I am grateful that they get to grow up with easy...
Sep 20, 2017