Page 2082 - Week 07 - Thursday, 20 August 2020
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Volunteers have also contributed to the successful delivery of numerous other programs and initiatives across the ACT to support Canberrans through this difficult time, many through Volunteering ACT, Canberra’s peak body for volunteering and community information. I encourage anyone who would like to get involved to contact Volunteering ACT via their website or by calling 6248 7988. Volunteering ACT will be able to assist you in finding the perfect volunteering opportunity for you.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all the amazing volunteers across the ACT for their outstanding generosity and contribution to Canberra’s community recovery.
Trade unions—picketing
MR WALL: My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Safety. Minister, late last month the Chair of the ACT Work Safety Council was fined by the Federal Court for unlawful picketing, in what the Federal Court judge described as “unremorseful law-breaking”. The operation and accountability guidelines for the Work Safety Council outline the grounds for you, as the minister, to terminate a council member’s appointment for contravention of a law or misbehaviour. Minister, when will you act to maintain the integrity of the Work Safety Council and terminate the chair’s appointment?
MS ORR: I refer Mr Wall to my answer in the previous sitting week to the same question.
MR WALL: Minister, what is your threshold of tolerance for law-breaking and misbehaviour by members of the Work Safety Council before you will act to terminate their positions?
MS ORR: Again I refer Mr Wall to my answer in a previous sitting.
MR PARTON: Minister, do you believe you have a conflict of interest in relation to determining whether or not to terminate the appointment?
MS ORR: No.
ACT Ambulance Service—staffing
MRS JONES: My question is to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services. Minister, I have been made aware of an ACT Ambulance Service paramedic who has suffered post-traumatic stress. The paramedic has been cleared for work but their request to work part-time hours has been refused. Minister, why is a paramedic who wants to work and who has been cleared to work part-time being refused rostering?
MR GENTLEMAN: I thank Mrs Jones for the question. I am not aware of the details; it is an operational matter. I will take the question on notice and seek advice from the chief ambulance officer.
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