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Opposition Diary1 Leader of the Opposition 1 November – 30 November 2016 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting 1 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 1 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 1 November 2016 Mark McArdle MP, Member for Meeting Caloundra 1 November 2016 Clover Hill State School Leaders Meeting Ros Bates MP, Member for Mudgeeraba 1 November 2016 Committee of the Legislative Meeting Assembly 2 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 2 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 3 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 3 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 3 November 2016 Ann Leahy MP, Member for Meeting Warrego Opposition staff 3 November 2016 ANZAC Day Commemoration ANZAC Day Committee (Qld) Inc. members Commemoration Committee The Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk (QLD) Inc. Annual General MP, Premier Meeting 4 November 2016 Marina Vit, Chief Executive Officer, 2016 UDIA Mitchell Urban Development Institute of Brandtman Awards for Australia (UDIA) Excellence Gala Event Invited guests 4 November 2016 Geoff Rodgers OAM, Chairman, 2016 Annual Edmund Rice Rowland Foundation Queensland Invited guests Gala Dinner 6 November 2016 INDOZ Sikh Community and Celebration of life for Guru Nanak Sikh Temple Manmeet Sharma Invited guests 7 November 2016 Shadow Cabinet Ministers Shadow Cabinet meeting 8 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 8 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 8 November 2016 Jon Haseler, Thoroughbred Owner Meeting Steve Morley, Manager, Glenlogan Park Stud Ian McCauley, Chairman, Queensland Racing Unity Group 1 Does not include personal, party political meetings or events, media events and interviews and information contrary to public interest (e.g. meetings regarding sensitive law enforcement, public safety or whistle-blower matters) Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting Con Searle, Queensland Racing Unity Group Bill Andrews, Queensland Racing Unity Group Jon Krause MP, Member for Beaudesert Opposition staff 8 November 2016 Committee of the Legislative Meeting Assembly 8 November 2016 The Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk Indian Business Reception MP, Premier Deb Frecklington MP, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Fiona Simpson MP, Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multicultural Affairs Invited guests 9 November 2016 Fiona Simpson MP, Shadow Meeting Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multicultural Affairs Invited guests Glen Elmes MP, Member for Noosa Opposition staff 9 November 2016 Toby Hutcheon, Queensland Meeting Manager, Boomerang Alliance Des Boyland, Wildlife Queensland, Boomerang Alliance Dr Christian Rowan, Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Shadow Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef Opposition staff 9 November 2016 Archana Singh, Hon Indian Meeting Consulate 9 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 9 November 2016 Principal and Student Leaders Meeting Mudgeeraba Creek State School Ros Bates MP, Member for Mudgeeraba 9 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 9 November 2016 Hon Peter Wellington MP, Speaker Official launch of Level 7 of the Queensland Parliament function area, Queensland Invited guests Parliament 10 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 10 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 10 November 2016 Tony Wellington, Mayor, Noosa Meeting Shire Council Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting Clint Irwin, Property Manager, Noosa Shire Council Glen Elmes MP, Member for Noosa Andrew Powell, Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Shadow Minister for Local Government Opposition staff 10 December 2016 Mr Craig Davidson, CEO of Meeting Dreamworld Mr Mike Mackay, retired Inspector and Advisor to Dreamworld Michael Crandon MP, Member for Coomera Opposition staff 11 November 2016 Stewart Cameron CSC, State 2016 Remembrance Day President, RSL Queensland Ceremony Invited guests 13 November 2016 Andrew Park, Honorary Consul, Opening ceremony of the Royal Thai Consulate in Brisbane Thai Festival Queensland 14 November 2016 Opposition staff Meeting 15 November 2016 David Attenborough, Chief Meeting Executive Officer, Tabcorp Amanda Lean, General Manager, Government Relations, Tabcorp Opposition staff 15 November 2016 Graham Young, Executive Director, Meeting Australian Institute for Progress Opposition staff 17 November 2016 Opposition staff Meeting 17 November 2016 Members and staff of the Meeting Cassowary Coast Regional Council Opposition staff 18 November 2016 Cr Bob Manning OAM, Mayor, Meeting Cairns Regional Council 18 November 2016 P & C Groups and Teachers Meeting Cr Linda Cooper, Cairns Regional Council Michael Trout, LNP Candidate for Barron River Sam Marino, LNP Candidate for Cairns Opposition staff 20 November 2016 Cr Desmond Tayley, Mayor, Wujal Meeting Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council Fiona Simpson MP, Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Powell MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government Opposition staff Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting 20 November 2016 Members of the community Meeting Shadow Cabinet Ministers Opposition staff 21 November 2016 Deb Frecklington MP, Deputy Meeting Leader of the Opposition Opposition staff 21 November 2016 Shadow Cabinet Ministers Shadow Cabinet Meeting 21 November 2016 Clare Douglas, Chief Executive Hospital tour and meeting Michael Walsh, Director-General Terry Mehan, Health Service Administrator John-Paul Langbroek MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Ministerial Staff to Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Opposition staff 23 November 2016 Volunteering Gold Coast volunteers Meeting Michael Hart MP, Member for Burleigh 24 November 2016 Deb Frecklington MP, Deputy Meeting Leader of the Opposition Opposition staff 28 November 2016 Deb Frecklington MP, Deputy Meeting Leader of the Opposition Opposition staff 28 November 2016 Shadow Cabinet Ministers Shadow Cabinet Meeting 29 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 29 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 29 November 2016 Ian Macfarlane, CEO, Queensland Meeting Resources Council Andrew Barger, Director Infrastructure & Economics Policy, Queensland Resources Council Deb Frecklington MP, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Opposition staff 29 November 2016 Andrew Powell MP, Member for Meeting Glass House Mark Boothman MP, Member for Albert Opposition staff 29 November 2016 Committee of the Legislative Meeting Assembly 29 November 2016 Matt McEachan MP, Member for Meeting Redlands Opposition staff 30 November 2016 Opposition Members Meeting Opposition staff 30 November 2016 Mr Mark Furner MP, Member for Parliamentary White Ribbon Ferny Grove Event Members of Parliament Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting 30 November 2016 Members of Parliament Parliament Sitting 30 November 2016 Foodbank Queensland Foodbank Queensland Invited guests celebration of 21 years .
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