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Health and Community Wellbeing—Standing Committee—Report 8—Inquiry into the Period Products and Facilities (Access) Bill 2022, dated 28 September 2022, together with a copy of the extracts of the relevant minutes of proceedings.
I move:
That the report be noted.
In my role as chair of the Standing Committee on Health and Community Wellbeing, I am pleased to speak to the report on our inquiry into the Period Products and Facilities (Access) Bill 2022 presented in the Assembly on 4 August 2022 by Ms Suzanne Orr MLA. It was referred to the Standing Committee on Health and Community Wellbeing as required by clause 5 of the establishing resolution. This clause allows committees to inquire into and report on bills within two months of their presentation.
On 9 August 2022, the committee decided to inquire into this bill. The committee received nine submissions and also conducted a public hearing on 12 September 2022, during which the committee heard from 11 witnesses. The committee subsequently tabled their report to our inquiry out of session on 28 September 2022.
This bill establishes requirements for the ACT government to provide free period products of various types in designated places in the community and to designated community partners, for distribution to those who might not otherwise be able to acquire them. The committee received 23 submissions and we conducted that one public hearing, and, as a result, made three recommendations related to the bill.
On behalf of the committee, I thank everybody who contributed to this inquiry, including other members Mr Milligan and new member Dr Paterson, and commend the report to the Assembly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Public Accounts—Standing Committee
Report 11
MRS KIKKERT (Ginninderra) (5.07): I present the following report:
Public Accounts—Standing Committee—Report 11—Inquiry into the Auditor-General’s Report No. 4 of 2020: Residential Land Supply and Release, dated 6 October 2022, together with a copy of the extracts of the relevant minutes of proceedings.
I move:
That the report be noted.
This is the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for the Tenth Assembly. The Public Accounts Committee examined the audit report and held public
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