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(b) on 11 November 2021, the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Environment released the ACT Government’s Bushfire Smoke and Air Quality Strategy to establish a whole of government approach to managing smoke from significant bushfire events and household wood fires;
(c) on 8 June 2022, Johnathan Davis MLA successfully moved a motion in the Legislative Assembly calling on the ACT Government to reform the Wood Heater Replacement Scheme to increase uptake of the scheme, improve access to the scheme and remove upfront costs for the scheme, especially for low-income households;
(d) the ACT Government joined the Global Healthy Hospitals Network in 2021, a worldwide group of hospitals and health facilities that are committed to sustainable healthcare operations, including reduced emissions;
(e) the ACT Climate Change Strategy 2019-2025 includes a commitment to establish and implement a pathway to a zero emissions ACT Government health sector by 2040 informed by an assessment of all current and planned public health facilities; and
(f) the ACT Greens took a commitment to the 2020 election to include a right to a healthy environment in our ACT Human Rights Act. On 27 February 2022, Jo Clay MLA successfully moved a motion in the Legislative Assembly calling on the ACT Government to investigate the inclusion of a right to a healthy environment into the Human Rights Act 2004; and
(3) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) ensure that public health services are adequately prepared for the impacts of climate change;
(b) ensure that the ACT Government brings a proposal to the National Council of Australian Governments (or equivalent) for a national strategy on climate, health, and wellbeing for Australia;
(c) develop an ACT Government climate change preparedness strategy for the ACT public health sector, ensuring that the sector recognises and responds to climate change risks to the health of patients, the delivery of care, infrastructure, service provision, the health workforce, and supply chains. This includes continued work on the impact of smoke on air quality;
(d) ensure that ACT Health collects and reports on data to monitor progress against resilience indicators, including continuation of the longitudinal survey and climate-related health impacts and costs; and
(e) report back to the Legislative Assembly by the last sitting of 2023.
and on the amendment moved by Ms Stephen-Smith:
Omit all text after part (2)(f), substitute:
“(g) on 7 April 2022, the Minister for Health moved an executive motion in the ACT Legislative Assembly noting World Health Day and its 2022 theme of “Our planet, our health” and the work the ACT Government is progressing to respond to the impact of climate change on our community and health system;
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