Reforming paediatric services, naming public places after reconciliation advocates, and decreasing the printing of the ACT Government’s newsletter were among the business debated at the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee has announced a minor Shadow Cabinet reshuffle following the recent election of Liberal MLA for Murrumbidgee, Ed Cocks.
Decriminalising illicit drugs – as Labor backbencher Michael Pettersson wants to do in the ACT – would be “a far more dangerous environment” to police, AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw told a Senate estimates committee this week.
The ACT Legislative Assembly’s Health Committee is calling for submissions for its inquiry into the Public Health Amendment Bill 2021 (No 2) that seeks to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations "subject to certain conditions" and to give the ACT Chief Health Officer conditional powers.
A bill to explicitly outlaw stealthing, the non-consensual removal of a condom during sex, will today be presented by Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee.
