As an elected MLA, I can be your voice. Here are some of the ways I can help you…

• Meet with you or your organisation to understand your issues and ideas.

  • Visit your community organisation and speak to issues you are interested in

  • Raise concerns through the media to bring attention to issues

  • Use her social media to expand the profile of your events, issues or ideas

• Make representations direct to government Ministers on your behalf for access to ACT government services

  • If you have an issue with Housing ACT, please consider completing the Housing ACT consent form which ensures that Housing ACT will provide details in their responses, please provide this to your Housing ACT Property Manager and send a copy to Barry@parliament.act.gov.au. The consent form can be found on the ACT Government website.

• Provide a letter of support to help you access Commonwealth services

  • You should provide details of your issue and what you’d like me to advocate for, and include details of any communication you have had with the Commonwealth agency

• Raise issues of concern in the Legislative Assembly this can be by:

  • Asking formal questions on notice. Questions on notice and the answers to those questions are published on the ACT Legislative Assembly website.

  • Asking questions without notice during the question time debate, this occurs every sitting day at 2.00pm and a live assembly stream can be viewed online.

  • Raising the issue with the Minister

  • Supporting an enquiry in a Committee. Details of Current Committee enquiries are available online.

  • Sponsor your petition to the Legislative Assembly

  • Petitions are an effective way to demonstrate broad support for your issue and can result in a Committee of the Assembly conducting a formal inquiry. If you are interested in getting a petition going, my office can talk you through the process.

    • Information about how ACT Government petitions work

    • Details of current ACT Government petitions

• I run regular policy discussion forums to hear the views of the electorate and for her portfolios, these are advertised on the Events page on this website. Let my office know if you would like to be added to the invitation list for these. 

• In the Assembly, I can:

  • Propose a Motion that can direct the government to do something

  • Propose an amendment to ACT Legislation

  • Propose new Legislation

  • Propose to repeal existing Legislation

  • Propose to disallow a Disallowable instrument

  • Initiate an inquiry by a Committee