Standing up for what’s right

✅ 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