Page 569 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 22 March 2023

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I think it is great that he is finally acknowledging that it is a tram. That had been a bizarre debate. The Canberra Liberals have been saying for years that it is a tram. Although the Greens do not often support our policy positions, but today we have got it that the Greens now agree with us that it is a tram!

But back to the serious issues. You are not going to support this motion—I get it—because you do not care about southside families. You do not give a stuff about people who are trying to run their lives. Your only response is, “Basically, this is your problem; you change your routine.” If this mob continues on, families will be doing it for decade.

Question put:

That the motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question resolved in the negative.

Retirement villages—dispute resolution

MR PETTERSSON (Yerrabi) (4.12): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) the Retirement Villages Act 2012 (the Act) commenced on 4 March 2013 and regulates retirement villages in the ACT;

(b) the Act has been amended on several occasions. A review of the Act was presented to the ACT Legislative Assembly by the Minister for Justice and Consumer Affairs, Shane Rattenbury MLA, in 2016, and resulted in a number of amendments being made to the Act;

(c) the Act provides methods for the resolution of disputes between a resident of a retirement village and the operator of the village, including via:

(i) the disputes committee of the retirement village which can make a non-binding decision to resolve the matter;

(ii) the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) which can make a binding decision to resolve the matter; or

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