✅ Restored Territory rights to legislate on voluntary assisted dying
✅ Passed voluntary assisted dying laws, with the scheme to commence on 3 November 2025
✅ Modernised the Territory’s Discrimination Act 1991
✅ Introduced a new pathway for complaints about a breach of the Human Rights Act
✅ Removed barriers to altruistic surrogacy
✅ Improved governance and management at ACT private crematoriums, after an audit revealed weaknesses in record-keeping relating to the placement of ashes
✅ Enabled families of an organ donor to have this recognised on their death certificate – an Australian first
✅ Introduced early pregnancy loss commemorative certificates
✅ Removed barriers to gender recognition for transgender, gender diverse and intersex people
✅ Enshrined a human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
I'm working on:
✅ Finalising a roadmap and timeline for the inclusion of the remaining rights found in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the ACT’s Human Rights Act
✅ Expanding the human rights complaints pathway to ACAT
✅ Reviewing and strengthening hate crime and vilification laws
✅ Reviewing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act for potential improvements, including eligibility