Page 4357 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 25 October 2017
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I hope that is not what is happening now. But there is only one way to know. Tracking this data may provide us the assurance that we are getting many things right, but it would almost certainly highlight areas we could improve in. For the sake of our children and young people, I expect this government to pursue the necessary policies and mechanisms to allow for the collection of this information and then make the necessary improvements.
Question put:
That the amendment be agreed to.
The Assembly voted—
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Ayes 11 |
Noes 8 | ||
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Ms Berry |
Ms Orr |
Mr Coe |
Mr Parton |
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Ms Burch |
Mr Ramsay |
Mrs Dunne |
Mr Wall |
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Ms Cheyne |
Mr Rattenbury |
Mr Hanson | |
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Ms Cody |
Mr Steel |
Mrs Kikkert | |
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Mr Gentleman |
Ms Stephen-Smith |
Ms Lawder | |
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Ms Le Couteur |
Ms Lee | ||
Amendment agreed to.
Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.
Leave of absence
Motion (by Mr Wall) agreed to:
That leave of absence be granted to Mr Doszpot from today’s sitting until 30 November 2017, due to illness.
Environment—tree canopy
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (4.49): I move:
That this Assembly:
(1) notes that:
(a) Canberra’s urban areas include over 750 000 ACT Government-managed trees, which are highly valued by the Canberra community for the many benefits they bring;
(b) trees ameliorate urban temperatures in summer and reduce the heat island effect—for example, the temperature difference between pavements in sun and shade can be over 12oC;
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