2021 CPA Australia and Pacific Regional Conference

1 - 4 November 2021 hosted by CPA Western Australia Branch

Final report available here - 2021 CPA Australia and Pacific Regional Conference Report


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Welcome

Session One: Performance of Parliaments

Joy Burch MLA, Speaker, Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia

Law in the Time of Corona: Optimising parliamentary functions during long-term crises

Hon Adam Searle, Member of the Legislative Council, NSW

The accountability of government during the COVID-19 pandemic

Session Two A: CPA HQ Operations

Mr Stephen Twigg, Secretary General, CPA HQ
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, A/Chairperson, CPA HQ
Mr Jeffrey Hyland, Communications Manager, CPA HQ
Ms Lydia Buchanan, Deputy Head of Programmes – Bilateral Engagement, CPA HQ

How to connect with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
New CPA website and Parliamentary Academy

Session Two B: Government responses to the Pandemic

Hon Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Speaker, Fiji

How the Fijian Parliament has responded to the pandemic

Session Three: People and Parliaments

Hon Sandra Carr, Member of the Legislative Council, WA
Hon Sue Lines, Deputy President of the Senate

The time is now: Making our Parliaments a safe workplace

Session Four: People and Parliaments

Hon Ayor Makur Chuot, Member of the Legislative Council, WA

Pandemic responses and CaLD peoples in WA

Hon Jackie Jarvis, Member of the Legislative Council, WA

Session Five: People and Parliaments

Hon Colin de Grussa, Member of the Legislative Council, WA

Regional and Remote Western Australia and COVID-19

Hon Pierre Yang, Member of the Legislative Council, WA

Diversity in the Parliament in the last two decades

Session Six: People and Parliaments

Hon Jonathan O’Dea, Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly

Addressing behaviour and culture – how has your parliament addressed standards of behaviour and/or culture?

Mr Ralph Ashton, Founder Next 25
Ms Margaret Fitzherbert, CEO McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership

Session Seven: People and Parliaments, Government responses to the Pandemic

Hon Lorna Harper, Member of the Legislative Council, WA

Gender and Representation of Women in WA Parliament

Mr Simon Millman, Member of the Legislative Assembly, WA

Session Eight: Government responses to the Pandemic

Hon Ngaree Ah Kit, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, NT
Ms Dvinia D’Anna, Member of the Legislative Assembly, WA
Hon Kyam Maher, Member of the Legislative Council, SA
Ms Sheena Watt, Member of the Legislative Council, VIC
Hon Rosetta (Rosie) Sahanna, Member of the Legislative Council, WA

Session Nine: Government responses to the Pandemic

Ms Christine Tonkin, Member of the Legislative Assembly

Public procurement legislation and achieving policy objectives in the pandemic