Page 3384 - Week 11 - Thursday, 11 November 2021

Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video

---

One thing I know about businesses is that they must have a can-do attitude. Canberra businesses have been agile, they have pivoted and they have reinvented themselves—all to keep up with everything that has been thrown at them over these last 18 months. It is a shame that this Labor-Greens government is unwilling to do the same.

I am disheartened that, once again, I have put before this Assembly a motion that fights for courageous business owners in Canberra—the hardworking Aussies who have been brave enough to take the gamble and start their businesses—and that, unfortunately, once again, I will have to tell them the sad news that this Labor-Greens government will not stand up for them. It is a shame. I do not support the amendment Mr Steel has moved.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Environment—climate change

MS CLAY (Ginninderra) (4.53): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes that:

(a) the Conference of the Parties 26 (COP26) climate summit in Glasgow has been billed as the world’s last chance to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and avoid a climate catastrophe;

(b) the ACT is a small jurisdiction but is a global leader on climate action, helping to drive change beyond its borders;

(c) in 2019, the ACT Legislative Assembly declared we were in a climate emergency and in 2021 called for a treaty to end the proliferation of fossil fuels;

---

Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video