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d) the adequacy of heating and cooling systems in schools;
e) the demand for sporting facilities on school grounds and measures to address this demand;
f) classroom design;
g) the environmental sustainability of school infrastructure and facilities;
h) the adequacy of parking and bike storage facilities;
i) accessibility for students and staff with disabilities;
j) accessibility of school facilities by local communities;
k) any other relevant matters.
2. The Committee will report to the Assembly on or before the last sitting day of 2021.
The committee called for public submissions on 3 February, with a closing date of 1 May 2021. The committee intends to hold public hearings from April 2021.
COVID-19 Emergency Response Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (No 3)
Debate resumed from 2 December 2020, on motion by Mr Barr:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MS LEE (Kurrajong—Leader of the Opposition) (10.43): This bill is the fourth in the series of COVID-19 bills, and the primary purpose of this bill is to extend a number of existing COVID-19 legislation measures adopted through the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 and the COVID-19 Emergency Response Legislation Amendment Act 2020.
It is important to note that the bill extends measures necessary for responding to the pandemic that are due to expire and need to continue. It is also important to note, however, that the measures to be extended are temporary. The bill amends 16 acts and repeals two measures under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 that are no longer required.
When the original act was introduced, little did any of us realise that almost 12 months later we would need to extend, yet again, the emergency measures first introduced in March 2020. The statistics of the impact of the virus around the world are frightening, and we can be exceptionally grateful that we live in a country where all governments, at all levels, recognised the need to act and did so swiftly last year.
The measures that have been taken here in the ACT are, by and large—and by many interstate comparisons—sensible and practical, and the Canberra Liberals supported many of them. That said, we have not been pain free in the ACT and there are many businesses that have been affected and have suffered, and some may never come back. Travel businesses and tourist destinations have struggled. The ACT tourism industry
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