Welcome to the Education and Community Inclusion Committee homepage. This committee examines matters relating to early childhood development, education across all levels, women, and the ACT's multicultural, indigenous, disability, seniors, veterans, and LGBTIQ+ communities.
Committee members
Chair | Deputy Chair | Member |
Contact the committee
You can contact the committee by email LACommitteeECI@parliament.act.gov.au or by calling the Committee Secretary, Ms Katie Langham, on (02) 6207 5498.
Resolution of establishment
The Assembly resolved to establish a standing committee on Education and Community Inclusion on 2 December 2020. Please click here to view the current resolution and previous amendments.
The committee is responsible for examining the following areas:
- Early Childhood Development
- Education
- Youth Affairs
- Skills
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
- Multicultural Affairs
- Disability
- Women (including the Office for Women)
- Seniors
- Veterans
- LGBTIQ+
- Sport and Recreation
Click on the title of an inquiry to be taken through to its dedicated sub-page. Click here to find which committee inquiries are currently open for submission.
Inquiry | Date started | Status |
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Inquiry into Disability Inclusion Bill 2024 | 13 February 2024 | Submissions closed |
Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2022–2023 | 24 October 2023 | Ongoing |
Inquiry into Loneliness and Social Isolation in the ACT | 2 November 2023 (self-referred) | Submissions closed |
Inquiry into Skateboarding and Skate Parks in the ACT | 2 May 2023 | Ongoing |
9. Inquiry into the Future of School Infrastructure in the ACT | 6 December 2022 (self-referred) | 21 March 2024 (Completed) |
8. Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2021-2022 | 13 October 2022 | 5 April 2023 (Completed) |
7. Inquiry into Access to Services and Information in Auslan | 31 May 2022 | 9 February 2023 (Completed) |
6. Inquiry into Racial Vilification | 11 November 2021 | 24 November 2022 (Completed) |
5. Inquiry into the ACT Auditor General Report no. 6 of 2021: Teaching Quality in ACT Public Schools | 5 October 2021 (self-referred) | 4 August 2022 (Completed) |
4. Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2020-2021 | Inquiry undertaken pursuant to clause 3 (A) of Resolution of Establishment passed by the Assembly on 2 December 2020 (and amended on 16 September 2021). | 27 May 2022 (Completed) |
3. Inquiry into the Management of ACT School Infrastructure | 2 February 2021 (self-referred) | 5 May 2022 (Completed) |
2. Inquiry into ACT Budget 2021-22 | 6 October 2021 | 11 November 2021 (Completed) |
1. Annual and Financial Reports 2019-2020 and Appropriation Bill 2020-2021 | Inquiries undertaken pursuant to clause 3 and 7 of Resolution of Establishment passed by the Assembly on 2 December 2020 (and amended on 11 February 2021). | 7 April 2021 (Completed) |
Referred Bills
All bills presented to the Assembly are referred to the relevant standing committee for consideration under Standing Order 174.
The committee must advise the Speaker of its decision to inquire into a bill within three weeks of its presentation to the Assembly, or one week after the relevant scrutiny report is tabled (whichever is later).
Where the committee inquiries into a bill, it must complete its report within three months of the bill’s presentation in the Assembly, except bills presented in the last sitting period of each year where the committee must report within four months of the bill’s presentation.
Below is a list of all bills considered by the Standing Committee on Education and Community Inclusion during the 10th Assembly.
Referred Bill | Date presented and referred | Outcome |
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University of Canberra Amendment Bill 2024 | 20 March 2024 | |
Disability Inclusion Bill 2024 | 8 February 2024 | Committee resolved to undertake an inquiry 13 February 2024 |
Education (Early Childhood) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 | 26 October 2023 | Committee resolved not to undertake an inquiry 7 November 2023 |
ACT Teacher Quality Institute Amendment Bill 2023 | 19 September 2023 | Committee resolved not to undertake an inquiry 10 October 2023 |
Background Checking Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Committee resolved not to undertake an inquiry 7 November 2022 |
Multiculturalism Bill 202 | 11 October 2022 | Committee resolved not to undertake an inquiry 7 November 2022 |
Senior Practitioner Amendment Bill 2022 | 4 August 2022 | Committee resolved not to undertake an inquiry 9 August 2022 |
Education Amendment Bill 2022 | 7 April 2022 | Committee resolved not to undertake an inquiry 11 April 2022 |
Senior Practitioner Amendment Bill 2021 | 24 June 2021 | Committee resolved not to undertake an inquiry 29 June 2021 |
Referred Petitions
Pursuant to Standing Order 99A—a petition or e-petition with at least 500 signatories from residents/citizens of the Australian Capital Territory shall be referred to the relevant Assembly standing committee for consideration. In the event that the subject matter of the Petition makes it unclear which committee it should be referred to, the Speaker will determine the appropriate committee.
2021, 2022, 2023
Referred Petition | Date Presented and Referred | Outcome |
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Petition 034-22—Tuggeranong Skate Park Redevelopment | 7 February 2023 | On 4 April 2023, the Committee resolved to inquire into Tuggeranong Skate Park Development in conjunction with the refurbishment of the Gungahlin skate park as part of its overall inquiry into skateboarding and skate parks in the ACT. The inquiry was launched on 2 May 2023. The petition was lodged by Mr Johnathan Davis MLA and received by the Assembly on 7 February 2023. |
Petition 15-22 and Petition 21-22—Building Condition for Lyneham Primary School | 2 August 2022 | On 6 September 2022, the Committee resolved not to inquire specifically into the building condition report for Lyneham Primary School. However, relevant considerations may be raised as part of the Committee’s inquiry into the future of school infrastructure in the ACT. This inquiry was launched on 6 December 2022. The petition was lodged by Mr Johnathan Davis MLA and received by the Assembly on 2 August 2022. |
Petition 33-21—Provision of Auslan Information and Services | 8 February 2022 | On 26 April 2022, the Committee resolved to inquire into access to services and information in Auslan, in accordance with concerns raised by petitioners. The inquiry was launched on 31 May 2022. A response to the petition from the Minister for Disability was presented to the Assembly on 3 May 2022. |
Petition 51-21—Refurbishment of the Gungahlin Skate Park and Installation of Lights | 10 February 2022 | On 29 March 2022, the Committee resolved to postpone any inquiry relating to the Gungahlin skate park until later in 2022, and to consider expanding the scope of such an inquiry into include skating facilities across the ACT. A response to the petition from the Minister for Transport and City Services was presented to the Assembly on 4 May 2022. |