Page 804 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 6 April 2022
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community will not forget. This minister must go. If she does not resign today, the Chief Minister must demand her resignation.
Question put:
That the motion be agreed to.
The Assembly voted—
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Ayes 5 |
Noes 12 | ||
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Mr Hanson |
Ms Berry |
Ms Orr | |
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Ms Lawder |
Mr Braddock |
Dr Paterson | |
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Ms Lee |
Ms Cheyne |
Mr Rattenbury | |
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Mr Milligan |
Ms Clay |
Mr Steel | |
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Mr Parton |
Ms Davidson |
Ms Stephen-Smith | |
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Mr Gentleman |
Ms Vassarotti | ||
Question resolved in the negative.
Petition
The following petition was lodged for presentation:
Roads—Watson—petition 8-22
By Ms Vassarotti, from 113 residents:
To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory
The following residents of the ACT draw to the attention of the Assembly:
For more than 4 years, the Management of Nipperville Early Learning Centre in Watson along with parents of children attend the Centre, have requested that a zebra crossing be installed on Gwynne Street. Despite citing numerous near-misses between small children and vehicles, often travelling excessively fast for the area, ACT Roads refuse to install such a crossing.
Senior Road Safety Engineer, Pawel Potapowicz, attended site and told a concerned community that the area is safe “because there are no statistics of pedestrian accidents there”. It is as if they need a child to be injured or killed there to justify installing a necessary safety measure. ACT Roads point out that they commissioned a study requiring 600 CARS IN A TWO HOUR PERIOD to justify the crossing. Although, the high speed of the cars, not the volume, was raised as the chief concern.
The community has repeatedly asked for a safe crossing at this location to help slow down vehicles. Please install this zebra crossing before a human toll is paid. Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call upon the government to address community concerns and please authorise a zebra crossing to be installed on Gwynne Street between Nipperville and Watson Shops.
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