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disproportionate way, like public and active transport and some of the work choices that women have. I am looking forward to seeing a lot of that work progressing.
I would like to thank Ms Orr for bringing forward today’s motion. I look forward to seeing the report and to seeing further improvement. The Greens are happy to support this motion.
MS ORR (Yerrabi) (4.40), in reply: In closing, I want to briefly address some of the remarks made by my colleagues. It certainly would be my expectation that the government would still report on all of the other deadlines that the Assembly has provided.
In moving this motion, though—and I did say this in my opening remarks, but I will repeat it, for clarity—it is about identifying all of the things that are going on and looking at where we can take further action. This is not about stopping the things that are already in train or already underway.
I am very excited to see my bill debated. I am very excited to see the government report back on the menstruation and menopause policy. I am very excited to see the response to this, so that we can identify all of the next steps we can take, given that we have so much support in this place for addressing these issues.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Adjournment
Motion (by Mr Gentleman) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Organ and tissue donation—Gift of Life Annual Walk
MS CHEYNE (Ginninderra—Assistant Minister for Economic Development, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Business and Better Regulation, Minister for Human Rights and Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (4.41): This morning I was very pleased to join with Minister Stephen-Smith; federal minister Ged Kearney; Parliamentary Friends of Organ Donation co-chair, Dr Anne Webster MP; the CEO of Donate Life, Lucinda Barry; and hundreds of our closest friends for the Gift of Life Annual Walk, promoting organ and tissue donation.
This event is not a fundraiser. Rather, it is about raising awareness of organ and tissue donation, the importance of signing up to the DonateLife register, and having the conversation with your family about your wishes on the occasion of your death. This does remain so incredibly important across Australia and especially for us here in the ACT. We know that Canberrans are overwhelmingly supportive of becoming an organ or tissue donor, and yet the number of people on the DonateLife register is at just 27 per cent. The consent rate—that is, the outcome of the difficult conversation that is had with families at a time of shock, loss and grief—is also low, at 58 per cent.
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