Motion · 25 March 2026
ACT ambulance station closures: Documents: Order to table
Wording in the final text came from Marisa PatersonLabor · Minister (1)
In short
- Proposed
- Deborah Morris brought this motion on 25 March 2026.
- Changed
- 1 change proposed by Marisa Paterson; 1 agreed.
- Decided
- Agreed as changed. No individual votes were recorded, so this doesn't show who supported it.
- Final wording
- Compared with the original, 23 words taken out and 40 words put in. See every difference
- What was proposedDeborah MorrisLiberal · Opposition
Original wording
That, in accordance with standing order 213A, the Assembly orders the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services to provide the Assembly with: (1) a complete list of all ambulance station closure events since 11 April 2024, including the date, start and end time, station name, duration of closure and the stated reason for closure; (2) the details of any incident reviews or investigations undertaken in relation to incidents that occurred within the ACT during a closure period; and (3) any briefs that relate to incidents of actual or potential patient harm which occurred within the ACT during a closure period, with patient identification removed.
Grouped by key words as: rewrote the proposal, changed a date or deadline.
The exact wording of this change
Omit all text after paragraph (1), substitute: “(2) the details of any incident reviews, investigations, or briefs, in relation to any incidents, or suspected incidents, where actual or potential patient harm occurred in the ACT during the closure of a station and not limited to the region of the closed station, with patient and staff identification removed; and (3) notwithstanding provisions of standing order 213A, material is to be provided within 60 business days.”. Debate continued.
Agreed on the voices. No individual votes were recorded. Its wording is in the final text.
- What the Assembly decidedAgreed
Decided on the voices: no individual votes were recorded, so this doesn’t show that every MLA agreed.
Final agreed wording, with changes marked
That, in accordance with standing order 213A, the Assembly orders the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services to provide the Assembly with: (1) a complete list of all ambulance station closure events since 11 April 2024, including the date, start and end time, station name, duration of closure and the stated reason for closure; (2) the details of any incident reviews, investigations, or briefs, in relation to any incidents, or suspected incidents, where actual or potential patient harm occurred in the ACT during the closure of a station and not limited to the region of the closed station, with patient and staff identification removed; and (3) notwithstanding provisions of standing order 213A, material is to be provided within 60 business daysPaterson.
Original and final wording compared
That, in accordance with standing order 213A, the Assembly orders the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services to provide the Assembly with: (1) a complete list of all ambulance station closure events since 11 April 2024, including the date, start and end time, station name, duration of closure and the stated reason for closure; (2) the details of any incident reviews,
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Check the official record
- Minutes of Proceedings No 54, 25 March 2026, item 9
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