Page 2032 - Week 07 - Thursday, 20 August 2020
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• Introduce a new designated, fenced, off-leash dog park at Campbell, noting that:
a. The recent development of the Campbell5 apartments and the large increase of the number of dogs living in the suburb
b. The nearest off leash area to the Campbell5 apartments is close to 2km’s away
c. The Government has committed to off-leash dog within 800 meters
The Clerk having announced that the terms of the petitions would be recorded in Hansard and referred to the appropriate ministers for response pursuant to standing order 100, the petitions were received.
Ministerial responses
The following response to a petition has been lodged:
Legislative Assembly—sitting pattern—petition 4-20
By Madam Speaker, dated 19 August 2020, in response to a petition lodged by Ms Le Couteur on 7 May 2020 concerning sittings of the Assembly.
The response read as follows:
Dear Mr Duncan
On Thursday 7 May 2020, you announced that a petition (4-20) lodged by Ms Le Couteur, MLA had been received. The petition was signed by 32 residents, and contained the following request:
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to resume the Assembly’s customary annual sitting pattern. Virtual sittings should be introduced and broadcast in the normal manner. This will reduce the risk of expose (sic) to COVID 19 to members and staff whilst ensuring our Territory parliament continues its essential role at this important time.
Although standing order 100 indicates that every petition received by the Clerk and received by the Assembly shall be referred by the Clerk to the minister responsible for the administration of the matter which is the subject of the petition, as there is no responsible minister the matter was referred to me.
I can advise that, on 2 April 2020, the Assembly amended the sitting pattern to provide that, instead of sitting for 16 scheduled sitting days for the period up to the October 2020 election, the Assembly resolved that it would sit on a Thursday in May, June, and 2 in August. Later, on 7 May 2020, the Assembly resolved to add six further sitting days (with additional single day sittings on Thursdays for an additional six weeks).
This meant that, instead of sitting for 16 sitting days, the Assembly will sit for 11 sitting days.
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