Page 3315 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 21 August 2019

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appropriate. Again I commend my motion to the Assembly. I commend the support of my colleagues in supporting me to bring this here today. Those on the other side should hang their heads in shame for not only dropping the ball when it comes to protecting those who enter into businesses in the ACT but also for failing to maintain the legal framework that the Australian community expects to be maintained at the COAG level.

Question put:

That the motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question resolved in the negative.

Adjournment

Motion (by Mr Gentleman) proposed:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

Bees

MS ORR (Yerrabi) (5.46): I rise this evening to talk about the health of bees in the ACT. The health of our bee population reflects the health of the whole ecosystem in which we live. Unfortunately, bees around the Canberra region are not buzzing with as much happiness as we might like.

Our food security depends on the bees which populate two-thirds of our food production. Currently, bee populations right across the world are being threatened due to the overuse of pesticides, herbicides and modern agricultural practices which make them more vulnerable to disease. Human interference is also contributing to their declining habitat and food resources.

Back in June, I met with ACT for Bees, a brilliant local organisation which works with schools, government and community organisations to promote bee conservation in the ACT. We spent our time going over all the work that ACT for Bees does and why they do it. ACT for Bees do too much work for me to list in this speech, but very briefly, at their core, ACT for Bees tell me that they are primarily an education group.

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