Page 3637 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 18 September 2018

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Pursuant to the provisions of standing order 8, I—

1. revoke the nomination of Mr Steel as an Assistant Speaker; and

2. nominate Ms Orr to act as an Assistant Speaker.

Given under my hand on 3 September 2018.

Joy Burch MLA

Speaker

3 September 2018

Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee

Scrutiny report 21

MS LEE (Kurrajong) (10.08): I present the following report:

Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee (Legislative Scrutiny Role)—Scrutiny Report 21, dated 11 September 2018, together with a copy of the extracts of the relevant minutes of proceedings.

I seek leave to make a brief statement.

Leave granted.

MS LEE: Scrutiny report 21 contains the committee’s comments on eight bills, 13 pieces of subordinate legislation, three government responses and one regulatory impact statement. The report was circulated to members when the Assembly was not sitting. I commend the report to the Assembly.

Health, Ageing and Community Services—Standing Committee

Statement by chair

MR PETTERSSON (Yerrabi) (10.09): Pursuant to standing order 246A, I wish to make a statement on behalf of the Standing Committee on Health, Ageing and Community Services. At a private meeting on 11 September 2018, the committee resolved to conduct an inquiry into maternity services in the ACT. The committee will inquire into and report on the operation of maternity services across the ACT, with particular reference to:

a) models of care for all maternity services offered at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children and Calvary Public Hospital, including, but not limited to, the birth centre, the Canberra midwifery program and the home birth trial, and whether there are any gaps in care;

b) provision of private maternity services including centre and non-centre services;


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