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4857 Alleged Contempt of Parliament by a Member ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/hansard Email: [email protected] Phone (07) 3553 6344 Fax (07) 3553 6369 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT Thursday, 1 December 2016 Subject Page SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................4815 World AIDS Day ................................................................................................................................................4815 Neville Bonner, Bust ........................................................................................................................................4815 PRIVILEGE ..........................................................................................................................................................................4815 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Member ..............................................4815 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 17 October 2016, from the Minister for Communities, Women and Youth, Minister for Child Safety and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Hon. Shannon Fentiman, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged deliberate misleading of the House. .................................................................................................................4816 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 21 November 2016, from the member for Mudgeeraba, Ms Ros Bates MP, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged deliberate misleading of the House. ...................................................................................................................................4816 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Minister ..............................................4816 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 7 November 2016, from the member for Hinchinbrook, Mr Andrew Cripps MP, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged deliberate misleading of the House. ...................................................................................................................................4816 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 25 November 2016, from the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef, Hon. Dr Steven Miles, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged deliberate misleading of the House. .......4816 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by the Premier ...........................................4817 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 8 November 2016, from the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Tim Nicholls MP, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged misleading of the House. .......................................................................................................................................4817 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 22 November 2016, from the Premier and Minister for the Arts, Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged misleading of the House. .................................................................................................................4817 PW WELLINGTON NJ LAURIE LJ OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Thursday, 1 December 2016 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 4818 Parliamentary Service, Questionnaire............................................................................................................ 4818 Visitors to Public Gallery ................................................................................................................................ 4818 MOTION OF CONDOLENCE ............................................................................................................................................... 4818 Hewitt, Mr WD .................................................................................................................................................. 4818 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4824 TABLED PAPERS ............................................................................................................................................................... 4824 MINISTERIAL PAPER ......................................................................................................................................................... 4824 Revocation of Protected Area ......................................................................................................................... 4824 Tabled paper: Revocation of State Areas: Proposal under section 32 of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and a brief explanation of the proposal, relating to Lamington National Park. ................... 4824 NOTICE OF MOTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 4825 Revocation of Protected Areas ....................................................................................................................... 4825 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 4825 Back to Work Youth Boost ............................................................................................................................. 4825 Wild Dog Fencing ............................................................................................................................................ 4825 Tabled paper: Photograph, undated, depicting truck transporting hay bales. ................................... 4826 GoMA Turns 10 ................................................................................................................................................ 4826 Smith Family Christmas Appeal ..................................................................................................................... 4826 Dubai South Project; Trade & Investment Queensland, Appointment of CEO ............................................ 4827 State Finances ................................................................................................................................................. 4827 Tabled paper: 2015-16 Report on State Finances of the Queensland Government—30 June 2016. 4827 Orange Sky Laundry ....................................................................................................................................... 4828 World AIDS Day ............................................................................................................................................... 4829 Education ......................................................................................................................................................... 4830 Ravenswood Mine ........................................................................................................................................... 4830 Department of Transport and Main Roads, Achievements ........................................................................... 4831 Gold Coast, Policing ....................................................................................................................................... 4831 Mobile Black Spot Program ............................................................................................................................ 4832 Great Barrier Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Centre Progress Report ........................................................ 4833 MOTION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4833 Amendment to Standing Orders ..................................................................................................................... 4833 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 4834 Industrial Relations ......................................................................................................................................... 4834 Sale of Public Assets ...................................................................................................................................... 4834 Electricity Prices ............................................................................................................................................. 4835 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 5 February 2009, from the Treasurer, Hon. Andrew Fraser, to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism, Hon. Martin Ferguson, relating to the Australian Energy Regulator’s review of the weighted average cost of capital for regulated transmission and distribution businesses. ....................................................................................... 4835 Liberal National Party .....................................................................................................................................
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