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Latest news: Dr Marisa Paterson

ACT grapples with gaming machine crisis

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MLAs Shane Rattenbury and Dr Marisa Paterson, and Senator David Pocock spoke about gambling addiction in the ACT at a symposium today.

ACT’s new assisted reproduction act

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The ACT Government has legislated increased protections for people who access and are conceived using assisted reproductive technology (ART).

Dr Paterson calls for sentencing reform in the ACT

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Dr Paterson has introduced a Bill to allow all parties to criminal proceedings - not only the defence - to make sentencing submissions.

ACT pokies control: national-leading or extortionately expensive?

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The ACT Government has begun a market sounding for a system to control poker machines. But Labor MLA Dr Marisa Paterson has concerns.

Great snakes! Calls for reform of ACT snake legislation

Local Nicholas Fuller -
A petition calls on the ACT Government to review snake licensing arrangements and to allocate resources for snake catching and education.

ACT Legislative Assembly’s first sitting week of 2024

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Light rail, hospital wait times, and cost of living were once more debated in the ACT Legislative Assembly's first sitting week for 2024.

ACT prohibits poker machines in Molonglo

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Labor MLA Dr Marisa Paterson’s bill to prohibit poker machines from the Molonglo Valley and other new areas of the ACT passed the Assembly.

ACT inquiries: Mynas, climate change, property development

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Birds, climate change, and property development are the subject of Legislative Assembly inquiries announced this week.

ACT Labor MLA calls for better sexual assault proceedings

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Dr Marisa Paterson MLA will call on the ACT Government to identify the best ways to improve sexual assault proceedings in courts.

Stakeholders call for club and poker machine reforms in ACT

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Canberrans lost more than $190 million on electric gaming machines last year, and clubs and politicians believe a new approach is needed.

Labor MLAs’ Indigenous and neurodiversity motions

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Labor MLAs Paterson and Pettersson are recognizing Indigenous heritage in Weston Creek, and pioneering a Neurodiversity Strategy and Office.

Paterson: Recognising ACT suburb’s Aboriginal heritage

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Streets in Waramanga are named after Aboriginal tribal groups, but ACTmapi lacks comprehensive detail and descriptions.

Marisa Paterson introduces legislation to keep Molonglo pokie free

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Proposed legislation would ban the authorisation of poker machine licenses in the Molonglo Valley and undeveloped areas of the ACT.

ACT Government urged to set up specialist sexual offences court

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Advocates are calling for a specialist sexual offence court to be established in the ACT to properly prosecute one of the most under-reported crimes.

New law makes ACT clubs refuges during bushfires

Local Nicholas Fuller -
ClubsACT welcomes transparency but fears overregulation may discourage participation in providing community support in emergencies.

Canberra dangerous driving offenders face stricter bail rules

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Labor MLA Dr Marisa Paterson will introduce a Bill to remove the presumption of bail for three dangerous driving crimes.
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