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Record of Proceedings PROOF ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/hansard/ E-mail: hansard@parliament.qld.gov.au Phone: (07) 3406 7314 Fax: (07) 3210 0182 Subject FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT Page Thursday, 26 November 2009 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 3645 Answers to Questions on Notice ........................................................................................................................................ 3645 Rulings by Deputy Speakers .............................................................................................................................................. 3645 PRIVILEGE ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3645 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Member ................................................................... 3645 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 3645 Movember .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3645 PETITIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3646 TABLED PAPERS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3646 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 3646 Brennan, Mr N .................................................................................................................................................................... 3646 Resources Industry ............................................................................................................................................................ 3647 Golding, Mr C ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3647 Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland ................................................................................................................................ 3648 Tabled paper: Report titled ‘Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland—Annual Progress Report 2008-09‘. .............. 3650 Men’s Health ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3650 Forestry Plantations Queensland ....................................................................................................................................... 3651 Healthier and Greener Queensland ................................................................................................................................... 3651 Solar Hot Water Program ................................................................................................................................................... 3652 Tabled paper: Press release, dated 25 November 2009, by the member for Callide titled ‘Bligh’s solar promise joins other ALP election notables’............................................................................................................. 3653 WorkCover Queensland ..................................................................................................................................................... 3653 NightLink ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3654 Plantations 2020 ................................................................................................................................................................. 3654 Tabled paper: Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation document titled ‘Queensland Timber Plantation 2020 Strategy: Growing the future of Queensland’s timber plantations’. ............. 3654 Public Safety Network Project ............................................................................................................................................ 3654 Local Government Act ........................................................................................................................................................ 3655 J MICKEL N J LAURIE L J OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents — Thursday, 26 November 2009 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE .........................................................................................................3655 Annual Reporting Inquiry, Discussion Paper ......................................................................................................................3655 Tabled paper: Public Accounts and Public Works Committee—Discussion Paper, November 2009, titled ‘Enhancing Accountability through annual reporting’. .............................................................................................3655 Rural Fire Services Inquiry, Discussion Paper ....................................................................................................................3656 Tabled paper: Public Accounts and Public Works Committee—Discussion Paper, November 2009, titled ‘Management of Rural Fire Services in Queensland’..............................................................................................3656 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................................................3656 Report .................................................................................................................................................................................3656 Tabled paper: Economic Development Committee—Report No. 2, November 2009, titled ‘Inquiry into identifying world’s best practice by governments to effectively stimulate employment opportunities in Queensland’............................................................................................................................................................3656 Tabled paper: Economic Development Committee, November 2009, titled, Executive Summary— Report No. 2—Inquiry into identifying world’s best practice by governments to effectively stimulate employment opportunities in Queensland’..............................................................................................................3656 PRIVILEGE .....................................................................................................................................................................................3657 Economic Development Committee Report ........................................................................................................................3657 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................................................3657 Report; Notice of Motion .....................................................................................................................................................3657 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .............................................................................................................................................................3657 Visitors to Public Gallery .....................................................................................................................................................3657 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ...................................................................................................................................................3657 Ministerial Accountability .....................................................................................................................................................3657 Crime and Misconduct Commission, Sports Grants Inquiry ...............................................................................................3658 Innovation ...........................................................................................................................................................................3658 Ministerial Accountability .....................................................................................................................................................3659 Bligh Labor Government .....................................................................................................................................................3660 Crime and Misconduct Commission, Sports Grants Inquiry ...............................................................................................3661 Public Hospitals, Waiting Times ..........................................................................................................................................3661
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