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Question put:
That the amendment be agreed to.
The Assembly voted—
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Ayes 12 |
Noes 4 | ||
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Ms Berry |
Ms Orr |
Mr Cain | |
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Mr Braddock |
Mr Pettersson |
Mrs Kikkert | |
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Ms Burch |
Mr Rattenbury |
Ms Lee | |
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Ms Cheyne |
Mr Steel |
Mr Parton | |
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Ms Clay |
Ms Stephen-Smith | ||
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Ms Davidson | |||
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Mr Davis | |||
Amendment agreed to.
Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.
Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety—report 5—government response
Ministerial statement
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong—Attorney-General, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Gaming and Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reduction) (4.21): I am pleased to advise the Assembly about the government response to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety’s report on the inquiry into the Family Violence Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, which I am tabling today.
I introduced the Family Violence Legislation Amendment Bill into the Assembly on 10 February this year. The bill makes a number of important changes to ACT legislation and continues the ACT government’s work to strengthen our response to domestic and family violence. The bill is intended to help ensure that the ACT’s laws respond appropriately to perpetrators of domestic and family violence offences and make changes to help reduce trauma for victim-survivors involved in court proceedings.
On 14 February the standing committee resolved to undertake a public inquiry into the bill. The government welcomed this inquiry, as it provided an opportunity for public discussion about how the bill would operate in practice and an additional chance for stakeholders and general members of the public to give feedback for the ACT government to consider prior to the debate on the bill. The government acknowledges that ongoing conversation about domestic and family violence is a critical aspect of advancing improvements to our approach to addressing this important issue.
The standing committee invited written submissions on the bill and conducted a public hearing on 18 March, at which both the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and I appeared as witnesses. The standing committee
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