Sourced positions
Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.
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Abortion & reproductive policy recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Health (Improved Abortion Access) Amendment Bill 2024Amends the Health Act 1993 so that nurse practitioners, and others a regulation specifies (authorised midwives), may prescribe abortion medication such as MS-2 Step. A practitioner who declines to provide or assist with an abortion on conscientious grounds must transfer the person's care, or tell them how to find a provider who can help.25 Jun 2024 ↗
Voluntary assisted dying recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2023Lets an adult with an advanced, progressive condition expected to cause their death, who is suffering intolerably and has decision-making capacity, choose voluntary assisted dying. Unlike other Australian schemes, it sets no time frame within which death must be expected. The person must have lived in the ACT for the last 12 months, or show a substantial connection to it; a disability or mental illness alone is not an eligible condition.5 Jun 2024 ↗
Gender & LGBTQ+ policy recorded votes
Votes on record · 2
- ✓Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2023Amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 to remove administrative barriers for transgender and gender-diverse people changing their registered sex or name: young people aged 14 and over may apply directly to the registrar-general (previously 16 and over), a parent may update their own name and parental descriptor on their child's birth certificate, and a parent with sole parental responsibility faces fewer barriers to changing their child's registered name or sex.21 Mar 2024 ↗
- ✓Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill 2020Prohibits conversion practices, those directed at changing a person's sexuality or gender identity, and gives the ACT Human Rights Commission a complaints jurisdiction over them; only the aggrieved person or their agent may complain. Presented by the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, with Shane Rattenbury as co-sponsor; Mr Barr said religious individuals and institutions could still teach their faith.27 Aug 2020 ↗
Religious freedom recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill 2020Prohibits conversion practices, those directed at changing a person's sexuality or gender identity, and gives the ACT Human Rights Commission a complaints jurisdiction over them; only the aggrieved person or their agent may complain. Presented by the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, with Shane Rattenbury as co-sponsor; Mr Barr said religious individuals and institutions could still teach their faith.27 Aug 2020 ↗
Drugs & law and order own statement
Pettersson authored the private member's Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 to decriminalise possession of small amounts of illicit drugs, saying 'drug use is a public health issue and I'm glad we are finally treating it like one' and that 'no-one fixes a drug addiction by going to jail or being put in handcuffs.' The bill retained criminal penalties for supply, trafficking and manufacture. (Stated position; author of the bill.)
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Record last updated 2026-10-29.