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Motions

A motion is a proposal put forward by a Member asking the Assembly to take action or state an opinion, and it becomes the Assembly’s decision if agreed to.

See below for the motions I have brought to parliament in my time as a Member:

  • Clean Air Act: Notice given 31 Jul 2025; “To be moved.” parliament.nt.gov.au

  • Select Committee on Pathways for Children and Young People: Moved 14 May 2025; debate interrupted (listed under Orders of the Day). parliament.nt.gov.au

  • Future Generations Motion: Listed as “Wellbeing of Future Generations” on 27 Mar 2025;  parliament.nt.gov.au+1

  • Alcohol Action Plan Motion: Since 12 Feb 2025; “To be moved.” parliament.nt.gov.au

  • Kumanjayi White motion: The deaths-in-custody oversight motion was notice 29 Jul 2025, debated 16 Oct 2025 and defeated. It stands as its own item; it wasn’t absorbed into another BDIC motion. parliament.nt.gov.au+1

  • DV coronial motion (NOV24): “Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence,” explicitly referencing coronial inquests. parliament.nt.gov.au

  • Public Health Approach to Reducing Crime: Notice 14 Oct 2025; on the 23 Oct 2025 notice paper as “To be moved.” parliament.nt.gov.au

Voluntary Assisted Dying

Notice given by: J Davis
Date: 22 October 2024
Status: To be moved:

That this Assembly:

  1. Acknowledge the important and extensive work of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Independent Expert Advisory Panel in producing the Report into Voluntary Assisted Dying in the Northern Territory.
  2. Recognise the right for Territorians to end their lives with dignity and the immense suffering that is caused for them
    and their families when this right is taken away from them.
  3. Recognise that the Northern Territory, the first jurisdiction in the world to legalise voluntary assisted dying, is now the
    last in Australia to pass this law.
  4. Urge the Government to implement the 22 recommendations of the Report into Voluntary Assisted Dying in the Northern Territory, acknowledging that many Territorians, from all political persuasions want the right to die with dignity in the Territory.

Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence

Notice given by: J Davis
Date: 26 November 2024
Status: To be moved:

That this Assembly:

  1. Recognises that all members of this Assembly have firmly committed to addressing family and domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) as a priority.
  2. Acknowledges that domestic, family and sexual violence is our true crime and safety crisis, and that this crisis disproportionately impacts Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory.
  3. Recognises the findings of the “Coronial Inquests into the deaths of Kumarn Rabuntja, Kumanjayi Haywood, Miss
    Yunupingu and Ngeygo Ragurrk’, which highlight urgent reforms needed to protect Aboriginal women and children
    from domestic, family and sexual violence, and ensure victims are seen and heard;
  4. Commits to fully resourcing and implementing all recommendations of the Coroner arising from these Inquests as a matter of urgency;
  5. Further commits to working in partnership with Aboriginal communities and frontline services to ensure effective
    implementation of these reforms. This Assembly stands united in addressing the domestic, family and sexual violence crime and safety crisis, and ensuring all women and children are safe, protected, and supported.

Wellbeing of Future Generations

Notice given by: J Davis
Date: 27 March 2025
Status: To be moved:

That this Assembly:

  1. Acknowledge that young people today are the first generation in modern history to be worse off than their parents. We are leaving our children a far harder world to flourish in than theone we inherited. We need to have long term solutions that we know will protect our children’s future.
  2. Takes action to create long-lasting protections for the next generations of Northern Territorians by establishing a select committee to investigate and report on the creation of a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill, that:
    2.1. Requires that intergenerational equity and wellbeing be considered and promoted in all government and public decision-making.
    2.2. Imposes a responsibility on government and public bodies to consider the long-term impact of their decisions.
    2.3. Requires a Statement of Compatibility with the provisions and objects of the Bill to be completed for Bills which are put before the Parliament.
    2.4. Establishes an independent officer, or appoints an existing public officer, to oversee compliance and conduct investigations regarding the Bill to ensure that its object are achieved.
    2.5. Conducts a comprehensive community consultation across the Territory to gather input for the creation of the Bill.
  3. That the committee be composed of two members from the government, two from the opposition, and two from the crossbench to be nominated in writing to the Speaker by the relevant Whip or crossbench member, with the chair being a non-government member.
  4. That the committee be able to report to the Assembly periodically, but must deliver its final report with
    recommendations within 12 months of this resolution.