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Record of Proceedings 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 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT Wednesday, 16 June 2021 Subject Page SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................1825 Record of Proceedings, Incorporation of Material .........................................................................................1825 School Group Tour...........................................................................................................................................1825 PETITIONS ...........................................................................................................................................................................1825 MINISTERIAL PAPER ..........................................................................................................................................................1826 Revocation and Dedication of Protected Areas .............................................................................................1826 Tabled paper: Proposal under sections 29 and 30 of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and a brief explanation of the proposal, relating to Glen Rock State Forest, Main Range Conservation Park and Main Range National Park. ...............................................................................................1826 NOTICE OF MOTION ...........................................................................................................................................................1826 Revocation and Dedication of Protected Areas .............................................................................................1826 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................1826 Coronavirus, Update ........................................................................................................................................1826 Budget ..............................................................................................................................................................1826 Budget, Response ............................................................................................................................................1827 Chief Entrepreneur ...........................................................................................................................................1828 Budget ..............................................................................................................................................................1828 Budget, Response ............................................................................................................................................1829 Budget, Education ...........................................................................................................................................1830 Budget, Health ..................................................................................................................................................1830 Budget, Housing ..............................................................................................................................................1831 Budget, Tourism Industry ................................................................................................................................1831 Budget, Road and Transport Infrastructure ...................................................................................................1832 Budget, Women ................................................................................................................................................1833 Regional Queensland, Water Security ............................................................................................................1833 NOTICE OF MOTION ...........................................................................................................................................................1834 Health System ..................................................................................................................................................1834 CW PITT NJ LAURIE JM MATHERS SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Wednesday, 16 June 2021 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ........................................................................................................................................ 1834 Health Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................................... 1834 Health Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................................... 1835 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................................................... 1836 Titles Registry, Valuation ................................................................................................................................ 1837 Budget, Sunshine Coast ................................................................................................................................. 1838 Budget, Housing .............................................................................................................................................. 1838 PRIVILEGE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1839 Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House .................................................................................................. 1839 Tabled paper: Extract, dated 27 May 2021, from the Record of Proceedings, Queensland Parliament, page 1753. ................................................................................................................... 1839 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ........................................................................................................................................ 1839 Bundaberg, Local Government ...................................................................................................................... 1839 Budget, Carbon Reduction Investment Fund ................................................................................................ 1840 Tabled paper: Book, titled ‘Dr Karl’s Little Book of Climate Change Science’, by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. ................................................................................................................................... 1841 Budget, Surplus ............................................................................................................................................... 1841 Budget, Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jobs Fund ................................................................................. 1842 Budget, Education ........................................................................................................................................... 1842 Budget, Path to Treaty .................................................................................................................................... 1843 Budget, Hospital and Health Services............................................................................................................ 1844 Hydrogen Industry, Royalties ......................................................................................................................... 1844 Budget, Social and Affordable Housing ......................................................................................................... 1845 North West Minerals Province ........................................................................................................................ 1846 Path to Treaty .................................................................................................................................................. 1846 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 1847 Further Answer to Question, Titles Registry Valuation ................................................................................ 1847 MOTION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1848 Business Program ........................................................................................................................................... 1848 Division: Question put—That the motion be agreed. ....................................................................... 1850 Resolved in the affirmative. ............................................................................................................. 1850 ADDRESS-IN-REPLY .......................................................................................................................................................... 1850 MOTION 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