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Bills
Civil Partnerships Amendment Bill 2008
2 July
Deb
introduced a Bill to introduce to reinstate the ACT
Government’s original plan to allow same-sex couples to have
their relationships formalised with a ceremony
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Waste Minimisation (Container Recovery) Amendment Bill 2008
7 May 2008
Deb
introduced a Bill to introduce
a container deposit scheme for the ACT.
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Protection of Public Participation Bill 2008
9 April 2008
Deb
introduced an "anti-SLAPP"
Bill. "SLAPP" is shorthand for "strategic law suits against
public participation". These law suits are on the rise in
Australia and are intended to silence and intimidate activists,
activist organisations, investigative journalists, concerned
citizens or any outspoken individual or group on matters of
public interest.
This bill was passed by
the Assembly on 27 August 2008
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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
20 November 2007
Deb Foskey plans to present
a Bill for an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.
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Animal Welfare Amendment Bill 2007
2 May 2007
Deb Foskey
introduced the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill 2007 - a
bill to ban the
keeping of hens in a battery cage environment.
The legislation is part of the ACT Greens long-running campaign
against the practise of keeping hens in inhumane conditions, and
follows on from their 1997 efforts to ban both the production
and sale of cage eggs.
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School
Closures Moratorium Bill
2006
16
August
2006
Deb Foskey introduced a Bill to the Legislative
Assembly which would put the government’s school
closure program on hold until the end of 2007, consistent with a
motion put at the ACT Labor Party's annual conference which was
supported by 5 out 9 of the ALP (Govt) MLAs.
As the ACT ALP Government did not support the legislation, the
Bill was negatived in the Assembly.
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Legislation
Amendment Bill 2005
21 September 2005
Deb Foskey's
Legislation Amendment
Bill 2005 would ensure a report on consultation was
included in the explanatory statement that must be tabled with
each Bill.
Government
agencies already put together reports on consultation for
Cabinet when presenting Bills and so a simplified version of
that report wouldn't be hard to do, and would be greatly
appreciated by other Members and community groups.
Unfortunately
the ACT Legislative Assembly chose not to support this
Bill.
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Court
Procedures (Protection of Public Participation) Amendment Bill
2005
29 June 2005
This is an
anti-SLAPP Bill. SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public
Participation) are lawsuits intended to discourage
public participation in social and political activity though
intimidation. This Bill would give the court the
power to dismiss lawsuits that are being pursued for such an
improper purpose.
The Bill was
referred to the
Legal
Affairs Committee on
14
December 2005, with public submissions called in
early 2006 and public hearings from March.
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Land
(Planning And Environment) (Unit Developments) Amendment Bill
2005
16 Feb 2005
This Bill would
have required major new unit developments to include public
housing, or another form of permanently affordable housing, in
the development. It proposed a flexible scheme that would allow
Government to negotiate with developers over each
development.
Unfortunately
neither Government nor Opposition was
prepared to support it nor willing to refer it to an Assembly
Committee for further investigation, but Labor backbench MLAs
did support the plan in their December 2005
Planning Committee report.
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