Select Committee on Cost of Living Pressures in the ACT

At its meeting on Thursday, 9 February 2023, the Assembly passed the following resolution:

"That

1. the Assembly establish a Select Committee to conduct expert, stakeholder and community consultation on policy measures to further support low and moderate income Canberra households to manage cost of living pressures.
2. the Select Committee will:
   1. identify cost of living pressures faced by low and moderate income households that are not currently alleviated by ACT or Commonwealth Government assistance programs;
   2. consider advice and ideas from the consultation process on how the ACT Government can further help address cost of living pressures;
   3. provide timely recommendations to help inform the considerations of the Expenditure Review Committee of Cabinet in the Budget process;
   4. look beyond the current economic cycle to make longer term recommendations on cost of living trends to inform the development of future budgets; and
   5. consider any related matters;
3. the committee be composed of:
   1. one Member to be nominated by ACT Labor;
   2. one Member to be nominated by the Canberra Liberals; and
   3. one Member to be nominated by the ACT Greens;

to be notified in writing to the Speaker within two hours of this motion passing;

1. the Chair of the committee shall be the ACT Greens Member;
2. the Select Committee will vote for the Deputy Chair at its first meeting; and
3. the committee will report to the Assembly by Thursday 11th May 2023."