In Jason Croker's last game in Canberra he was given the keys to the city by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope in front of over 21,000 fans.
Jonathan Ronald (Jon) Stanhope, AO (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011.
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However, in 2002, it became the first jurisdiction in Australia to legalise abortion in full, when the Stanhope ALP government, with the assistance of Green and independent members, passed the Crimes (Abolition of Offence of Abortion) Act 2002, removing abortion from the criminal statute books altogether.
In 2010 ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope announced that Supabarn had been successful in securing land sales for Supermarkets at Kingston and Casey in the ACT, as well as opening a wholesale centre at Canberra International Airport.