Bec Cody

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Bec Cody
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
for Murrumbidgee
In office
15 October 2016 –17 October 2020
Personal details
Born1973 (age 49–50)
NationalityAustralian
Political party Labor Party

Rebecca "Bec" Cody (born 1973) [1] is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2020, representing the electorate of Murrumbidgee. She was a hairdresser before entering politics, and owned a salon. [2] She also worked as a unionist. [3] Prior to her election in 2016, Cody unsuccessfully ran in the ACT electorate of Brindabella in 2012, securing only 5.6% of the first preference vote. [4]

She lost her seat to fellow Labor candidate Marisa Paterson at the 2020 ACT election. [5]

Controversies

In February 2017 Bec Cody criticised an RSL club in Sussex Inlet, NSW for having pictures of Aboriginals in the men's bathroom, calling on the RSL to address "this filth as a matter of urgency". [6] Cody spoke in camera during an adjournment of the Legislative Assembly. She faced criticism for using her position as an ACT MLA to disingenuously attack a club in a small town in New South Wales. [7] Although Cody claimed that the pictures were in the urinals, they were in fact on the walls of the bathroom.

In 2018, Cody called for the ACT's Place Names Commission to evaluate every place name in Canberra and change the names of any which may be deemed offensive. [8] The proposal was criticised in local and national media for wasting the time and resources of the Commission. [9] [10] The motion ultimately failed.

In July 2018, Cody called for the elimination of the National Capital Authority in order to promote development in the Parliamentary Triangle. [11] In an interview with ABC Radio Canberra, Cody was unable to defend her proposal, [12] resulting in her being labelled "an unguided missile" by opposition MLA Mark Parton. [11]

In 2019 she was accused of wilfully misinterpreting a Greens proposal to increase vegetarian and vegan options in schools and hospitals after claiming that it "would kill me" due to her claimed allergy to fruits and vegetables. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bec Cody". Smartvote Australia.
  2. ↑ "Bec Cody | ACT Labor". ACT Labor. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bec Cody - Candidate for Murrumbidgee". Labor Party. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "2012 Results for Brindabella Electorate". Elections ACT. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Murrumbidgee". ABC News. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "RSL club attacked by ACT MLA Bec Cody over bathroom tiles showing Aboriginal men". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Lawson, Kirsten (15 February 2017). "RSL seeks a meeting with ACT Labor's Bec Cody after her attack on Sussex Inlet RSL". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Dingwall, Doug (28 October 2018). "Canberra's 'hurtful' place names may disappear after review". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. ↑ The Mocker (1 November 2018). "The Mocker: Where the streets have no name, courtesy of Bec Cody". The Australian. Retrieved 3 November 2020.(subscription required)
  10. ↑ Quinlan, Glynis (29 October 2018). "Move to review 'hurtful' Canberra place names raises concerns over time and resources". RiotACT. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  11. 1 2 Evans, Jake (12 July 2019). "Canberra politician Bec Cody defends call to abolish the National Capital Authority". ABC. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Canberra politician defends opinion on abolishing the NCA". ABC Radio. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  13. ↑ Maddocks, Tom (21 August 2019). "Greens move to increase vegan options in Canberra hospitals 'would kill me', backbencher Bec Cody says" (Text). ABC News. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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