Page 982 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 21 April 2021

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The Assembly voted—

Ayes 15		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Orr		Mr Cain
Ms Berry	Dr Paterson		Ms Castley
Ms Burch	Mr Pettersson		Mr Hanson
Ms Cheyne	Mr Rattenbury		Mrs Jones
Ms Clay	Mr Steel		Mrs Kikkert
Ms Davidson	Ms Stephen-Smith		Ms Lawder
Mr Davis	Ms Vassarotti		Mr Milligan
Mr Gentleman			Mr Parton

Amendment agreed to.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Health—dementia

MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (3.49): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes that:

(a) there is a need for improved design and infrastructure to meet the needs of individuals with dementia in Canberra;

(b) having “dementia-friendly design” (as recommended by Dementia Australia) of venues and infrastructure will decrease the risk of social isolation for older individuals;

(d) access to places that provide social opportunities such as our national institutions and tourist locations should be open to everyone;

(e) there are currently no set standards for physical environments to ensure that they allow for people with dementia to engage safely and as independently as possible with these built environments; and

(f) the Federal Government committed an additional $132.2 million to Dementia Australia in December 2020 in response to the Aged Care Royal Commission’s recommendations on COVID-19; and

(2) calls on the ACT Government to:

(a) investigate how to make Canberra a more dementia friendly city;

(b) formally incorporate these findings into the Age-Friendly City Plan 2020-2024 and outline a timeframe for when the implementation process must be completed by; and

(c) report these findings and table the updated Age-Friendly City Plan 2020-2024 to the Assembly by the end of September 2021. (Notice given 19 April 2021.

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