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300 games, from the years 1987 to 2006, in the lower grades of the ACT senior competitions as well as at schoolboys’, women’s and juniors’ tournaments.
He was a level 1 certified referee coach with the Australian Rugby Union and was a member, and later chairman, of the ACT Rugby Union judiciary from 1987 until 2009. He was also chairman of the Brumbies disciplinary committee from 1999 to 2009. By any measure, this list is an outstanding contribution to Rugby in the ACT and reflects an extraordinary voluntary contribution, the sort of contribution that makes these sports tick.
The Canberra community has been extremely lucky to have benefited from Mr Madden’s years of service. On behalf of the ACT Greens, I convey my thoughts and sympathies to his widow, Katie, to his children and to his grandchildren.
Question resolved in the affirmative, members standing in their places.
Matter of public importance
Ruling by Speaker
MADAM SPEAKER: Before we move to ministerial statements and I call Ms Stephen-Smith, I have a statement to make. Members, this morning I considered 12 matters of public importance that had been lodged with me for today’s MPI. One of the MPIs was from Ms Lee. It was about the importance of safety in and around ACT schools.
Members will be aware that yesterday we debated a motion moved by Ms Lee, which was listed on the daily program as “Safety in school zones”. House of Representatives Practice, seventh edition, which we are linked to through standing order 275, states at page 595:
Under the same motion rule the Speaker has the discretion to disallow any motion or amendment which he or she considers is the same in substance as any question already resolved in the same session. The same principle may be applied to a proposed matter of public importance which has substantially the same wording as a motion previously agreed to.
Accordingly, I rule that the MPI submitted by Ms Lee is out of order and is not included in the ballot for today’s program. I recognise that circumstances may change over a period of time, but the motion was just yesterday and the MPI is today. Hence, I have ruled it out of order.
Reconciliation Day
Ministerial statement
MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Disability, Minister for Children, Youth and Families, Minister for Employment and Workplace Safety, Minister for Government Services and Procurement, Minister for Urban Renewal) (10.14): Last year the ACT made history by holding Australia’s first Reconciliation Day public holiday, on
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