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3635 Ministerial Paper 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 Tuesday, 11 October 2016 Subject Page ASSENT TO BILLS ..............................................................................................................................................................3633 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 23 September 2016, from his Excellency the Governor advising of assent to certain bills on 23 September 2016. .................................................................................3633 PRIVILEGE ..........................................................................................................................................................................3633 Comments by Minister for Main Roads, Road Safety and Ports ...................................................................3633 REPORT...............................................................................................................................................................................3634 Auditor-General ................................................................................................................................................3634 Tabled paper: Auditor-General of Queensland: Report to Parliament No. 2: 2016-17— Forecasting long-term sustainability of local government. ................................................................3634 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................3634 National Amputee Awareness Week ...............................................................................................................3634 Microphones in Chamber ................................................................................................................................3634 Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Member, Correspondence ..............................................3634 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 8 August 2016, from the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services, Hon. Cameron Dick, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an allegation of deliberately misleading the House. .........................................................................3634 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 1 September 2016, from the member for Surfers Paradise, Mr John-Paul Langbroek MP, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an allegation of deliberately misleading the House. ..............................................................................................3634 PETITIONS ...........................................................................................................................................................................3634 TABLED PAPERS................................................................................................................................................................3635 MINISTERIAL PAPER ..........................................................................................................................................................3642 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................3642 Kowanyama ......................................................................................................................................................3642 Rio Paralympic Games, Welcome Home ........................................................................................................3642 PW WELLINGTON NJ LAURIE LJ OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Tuesday, 11 October 2016 North Queensland ........................................................................................................................................... 3643 Tourism Industry ............................................................................................................................................. 3643 Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................... 3644 Kowanyama ..................................................................................................................................................... 3646 United States, Overseas Visit ......................................................................................................................... 3646 Townsville ........................................................................................................................................................ 3647 Mental Health Week ......................................................................................................................................... 3647 Kowanyama ..................................................................................................................................................... 3648 Safe Work Month ............................................................................................................................................. 3648 Electricity, Renewable Energy ........................................................................................................................ 3649 Child Protection ............................................................................................................................................... 3650 PARLIAMENTARY CRIME AND CORRUPTION COMMITTEE........................................................................................... 3650 Crime and Corruption Commission, Reports ................................................................................................ 3650 Tabled paper: Crime and Corruption Commission: 2015-16 Annual Report to the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee on aspects of surveillance device warrants pursuant to section 358 of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000. .................................................... 3650 Tabled paper: Crime and Corruption Commission: 2015-16 Annual Report to the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee on authorities for assumed identities for corruption offences pursuant to section 146ZQ of the Crime and Corruption Act 2001. .................................................. 3650 Tabled paper: Crime and Corruption Commission: 2015-16 Annual Report to the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee on authorities for assumed identities regarding criminal activity pursuant to section 314 of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000. ...................... 3650 NOTICE OF MOTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 3651 Water Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................ 3651 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 3651 Crime ................................................................................................................................................................ 3651 Community Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 3651 Cross River Rail ............................................................................................................................................... 3652 Tabled paper: Front page of the Courier-Mail, dated 4 October 2016, with the headline ‘Cross River Rail Fail’................................................................................................................................. 3652 Tabled paper: Media release, dated 11 October 2016, by the Deputy Premier, Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Trade and Investment, Hon. Jackie Trad, and the Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games, Hon. Stirling Hinchliffe, titled ‘Palaszczuk Government will establish new authority to deliver Cross River Rail’. ............................................................................................................................ 3652 Tabled paper: Document, undated, titled ‘Executive Summary, Cross River Rail—Detailed Business’. ....................................................................................................................................... 3653 Sale of Public Assets ...................................................................................................................................... 3653 Palaszczuk Labor Government, Performance ............................................................................................... 3653 Tabled paper: Department of the Premier and Cabinet: Queensland Government Advertising Code of Conduct 2013. ................................................................................................................... 3654 Tabled paper: Queensland Government: Progress report on government election commitments, June 2016. ..............................................................................................................
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