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Legislative Assembly (28 October 2026, 2:00 pm)

28 October 2026

Contents updated on 6 Nov 2026

Members question ministers across health, cost of living, environment, planning, child protection, industrial relations, business taxation, disaster readiness and social regulation, testing government performance, data and forward commitments through structured primary and supplementary questions. The segment surfaces key controversies including ACT health system pressures, inflation, soft‑plastics stewardship, school oversight, portable long service leave expansion, paediatric waiting list management, Working With Vulnerable People reforms and bushfire preparedness funding.

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Question Time — portfolio scrutiny and policy challenges

00:05

Q1 – Opposition Leader: ACT health system crisis claims

00:05

Q2 – Cost of living: ACT CPI above national rate

03:58

Q3 – Soft plastics recycling and federal stewardship laws

05:13

Q4 – Phillip Pool lease compliance and safety assessments

07:01

Q5 – Our Booris, Our Way partnership oversight and staffing

08:11

Q6 – Canberra Hospital cleaners and portable long service leave

11:41

Q7 – Business and Industry: cumulative tax and levy impacts on small business

12:38

Q8 – Skills and IR: evidence for portable long service leave expansion

16:26

Q9 – Canberra Health Services: paediatric allergy waitlist removals

21:43

Q10 – Working With Vulnerable People: accessibility and national alignment

25:08

Q11 – Disaster Ready Fund round four and bushfire preparedness

28:16

Minister: benefits of disaster mitigation funding

32:00

Post–Question Time — fiscal settings, integrity reviews and record corrections

32:53

Chief Minister: City Centre Marketing and Improvements Levy

32:53

Attorney-General: EV charging in strata under Unit Titles Act

35:08

Finance Minister: interest-free loans for EV‑ready apartments

39:29

Treasurer: portable long service leave and competition policy

41:36

Education Minister: Future of Education Equity Fund outcomes

44:43

Education Equity Fund: eligibility and access for families

48:52

Treasurer: residential rates increases and health levy abolition

50:39

Supplementary on rates: levy expiry and affordability

53:44

Treasurer: response to fiscal incompetence claim and BCA report

56:03

Chief Minister: Education procurement desktop review and integrity issues

58:19

Health Minister: correction on patient review rights in CHS letters

01:01:16

Post-question time clarification on partnership agreement

01:04:17

Private Members’ Business — introduction of Suicide Prevention Bill 2026

01:05:30

Private members’ business opened — Suicide Prevention Bill introduced

01:05:30

Suicide Prevention Bill 2026 — in‑principle second reading speech

01:06:18

Suicide Prevention Bill — debate adjourned and resumption scheduled

01:11:25

Private Members’ Business — public school funding model and 2027 budgets

01:12:03

Public schools funding motion — Ms Lee moves notice No. 2

01:12:03

Ms Lee — scale and distribution of school budget cuts

01:12:13

Ms Lee — stakeholder concerns and lack of consultation

01:15:10

Ms Lee — transparency, exceptions pool and risk assessment

01:18:41

Ms Lee — on-the-ground impacts and call for accountability

01:22:14

Ms Lee — demand for transparent, consultative funding reform

01:25:08

Ms Nuttall — moves Greens amendments to school funding motion

01:26:34

Ms Nuttall — criticism of opaque ‘exceptions’ funding pool

01:30:22

Ms Nuttall — impacts on LSAs, safety and school communities

01:33:01

Ms Nuttall — equity concerns and amendment referencing Resourcing Review

01:35:26

Nuttall — inequity in SRA/SRS and support for Lee motion

01:36:14

Greens: formal support for motion and amendment

01:39:22

Minister Stephen-Smith — defence of specialist schools funding and media claims

01:39:31

Point of order on ‘misinformation’ remark and Speaker’s handling

01:41:17

Minister — rebuttal of ‘small adjustment’ claims and Mt Rogers example

01:42:28

Minister — budget levels, equity rationale and 2027 assessment timetable

01:48:58

Emerson — support for motion, timing and trust concerns

01:55:40

Carrick — transparency, consultation and community confidence

02:02:21

Parton — Liberal critique and constituent concerns over cuts

02:04:55

Public school budget cuts — community impact

02:08:25

Werner-Gibbings — rejecting ‘breaking point’ claim

02:12:16

Werner-Gibbings — private vs public segregation context

02:15:54

Procedural vote — amendment agreed; Lee’s closing opens

02:18:23

Lee — minister’s accusations and parents’ fears

02:22:22

Lee — union ‘breaking point’ wording and confusion

02:25:23

Private Members’ Business — gambling harm and clubs’ community contributions reform

02:28:44

New item — Vassarotti moves on clubs’ community contributions

02:28:44

Vassarotti — gambling harm, suicide and net community loss

02:33:02

Vassarotti — unstable pokies funding and scheme governance

02:37:07

Vassarotti — flaws in community contributions scheme and proposal for independent fund

02:40:25

Parton — introduces amendment on replacing lost community funding

02:44:06

Parton — impacts of reforms and sequencing vs inquiry recommendations

02:46:19

Parton — central fund concerns and preference for supervised club gambling

02:51:13

Carrick — support for motion and amendment, emphasis on sustainable sport funding

02:53:51

Greens: support for gambling contribution motion

02:56:13

Minister: community contribution scheme and 2019 reforms

03:01:31

Minister: gambling harm measures and club transition

03:03:19

Speaker: amendment agreed and motion as amended

03:09:41

Emerson — sports’ reliance on gambling losses and need to decouple sectors

03:09:56

Emerson — gambling harm and independent community contributions fund

03:12:29

Vassarotti — closing on community contributions reform and feasibility study

03:16:21

Speaker — motion agreed and ruling on standing order 118AA

03:21:04

Short Statements and Formal Business — community events and procedural items

03:22:05

90‑second statements — Diwali and illicit drug deaths remembrance

03:22:05

Tuggeranong ice sports facility document tabled and adjournment moved

03:25:10

Adjournment Debate — community contributions and youth policy priorities

03:25:38

Adjournment — Clay: tribute to community volunteer Jane Foulds

03:25:38

Adjournment — Parton: Better Fella men’s health initiative

03:30:49

Adjournment — Werner‑Gibbings: youth speech on entertainment and ice sports

03:34:28

Adjournment — Cain: youth speech on misinformation and media literacy

03:36:41

Adjournment — Castley: youth speech on public transport and climate

03:43:04

Legislative Assembly (28 October 2026, 2:00 pm)

28 October 2026

Legislative Assembly Wed, 28 Oct 2026 ACT Legislative Assembly

Follow its sittings

00:05 - 00:11

Speaker 13

Mr Speaker.

00:11 - 00:17

Speaker 12

Thank you, members. Questions without notice and I call the Leader of the Opposition.

00:17 - 00:52

Speaker 7

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Health. The former Labor Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has declared that the years of policy decisions under the reign of Rachel Stephen-Smith are directly to blame for the deterioration of the ACT's public health system. Does the minister accept that the state of the system inherited from the previous minister is in significant crisis and in fact is an indictment on the leadership of Minister Stephen-Smith?

00:52 - 00:54

Speaker 3

Minister.

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