Votes · 25 February 2026
Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
A bill letting nurse practitioners do more, including signing some death certificates. It passed its first stage. (our summary; the question as recorded is below)
Question as recorded: That this bill be agreed to in principle.
Question resolved in the affirmative. Ayes 14, Noes 7.
Ayes (14)
- Andrew BraddockACT Greens
- Caitlin ToughLabor
- Chris SteelLabor
- Fiona CarrickIndependent
- Jo ClayACT Greens
- Laura NuttallACT Greens
- Marisa PatersonLabor
- Rachel Stephen-SmithLabor
- Shane RattenburyACT Greens
- Suzanne OrrLabor
- Taimus Werner-GibbingsLabor
- Tara CheyneLabor
- Thomas EmersonIndependent
- Yvette BerryLabor
Noes (7)
- Chiaka BarryCanberra Liberals
- Ed CocksCanberra Liberals
- James MilliganCanberra Liberals
- Jeremy HansonCanberra Liberals
- Leanne CastleyCanberra Liberals
- Mark PartonCanberra Liberals
- Peter CainCanberra Liberals
Issues this vote is grouped under
Grouping a vote under an issue is our interpretation, not part of the official record.
- Nurse practitionersReview in progress
Voting Aye would count (review in progress) as for “Let nurse practitioners do more of the work doctors do”. A vote to widen what nurse practitioners can do.
Source
Hansard, 2026-02-25, p. 613 (ACT Legislative Assembly)
Names are as recorded in the source. Group is the member’s ballot group at their last election, or the name they now sit under where that has changed. Members not listed have no recorded vote in this division; that doesn’t mean they abstained.
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