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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: [email protected] Phone: (07) 3406 7314 Fax: (07) 3210 0182 Subject FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT Page Tuesday, 3 June 2008 ASSENT TO BILLS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1803 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 21 May 2008, from Her Excellency the Governor to Mr Speaker advising of assent to bills on 21 May 2008. .............................................................................................................................. 1803 MOTION OF CONDOLENCE ......................................................................................................................................................... 1803 Bishop, Mr BE .................................................................................................................................................................... 1803 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 1806 Order of Business ............................................................................................................................................................... 1806 Royal Flying Doctor Service ............................................................................................................................................... 1806 PETITIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1806 TABLED PAPERS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1807 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 1809 Tugun Bypass .................................................................................................................................................................... 1809 Fuel Subsidy Scheme ........................................................................................................................................................ 1810 Suncorp Queenslander, Young Queenslander and Community Spirit Awards .................................................................. 1811 Tabled paper: 2008 Queenslander of the Year list of finalists................................................................................ 1811 Tabled paper: 2008 Young Queenslander of the Year list of finalists. .................................................................. 1811 Water Supply ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1811 Tabled paper: Photograph endorsed ‘Traveston Crossing Bridge yesterday afternoon 4.45 pm June 2 2008’. .... 1812 Tabled paper: Photograph endorsed ‘Traveston Crossing Bridge January 5 2008’............................................... 1812 Tabled paper: Copy front page of The Courier-Mail dated 25-26 August 2007 and endorsed ‘Traveston Crossing Bridge August 2007’. ............................................................................................................. 1812 Tabled paper: Photograph endorsed ‘Traveston Crossing Bridge this morning June 3 2008’. .............................. 1812 Townsville Hospital, Cardiac Services ............................................................................................................................... 1812 Mount Isa, Lead Levels ...................................................................................................................................................... 1813 Emergency Services, Severe Weather Conditions; Atherton Fire Station ......................................................................... 1813 Tabled paper: Copy of report, dated 5 May 2008, by Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, titled ‘Assessment of Ionising & Non-ionising Radiation Levels at Atherton Fire Station, Queensland’. 1814 Electricity Prices ................................................................................................................................................................. 1814 Drug Driving ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1814 State Education Week ........................................................................................................................................................ 1815 Primary Industries and Fisheries, Research ...................................................................................................................... 1815 M F REYNOLDS N J LAURIE L J OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents — Tuesday, 3 June 2008 Homelessness ....................................................................................................................................................................1816 Social Housing ....................................................................................................................................................................1816 Road Safety, Motorcyclists .................................................................................................................................................1817 Gateway Upgrade Project ...................................................................................................................................................1817 Children in Care, Transition to Independent Living .............................................................................................................1818 Strawberry Farms, Seasonal Workers ................................................................................................................................1818 Security Provider Industry ...................................................................................................................................................1819 SCRUTINY OF LEGISLATION COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................1819 Report .................................................................................................................................................................................1819 Tabled paper: Scrutiny of Legislation Committee Alert Digest No. 7 of 2008. .......................................................1819 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ...................................................................................................................................................1819 Fuel Subsidy Scheme .........................................................................................................................................................1819 Fuel Subsidy Scheme .........................................................................................................................................................1820 Tabled paper: Copy of letter, dated 1 November 2007, from the Under Treasurer, Mr Gerard Bradley, to Commissioner C W Pincus QC, Fuel Subsidy Inquiry, relating to the Queensland Fuel Subsidy Scheme. .......1820 Queensland Antismoking Campaign ...................................................................................................................................1821 Fuel Subsidy Scheme .........................................................................................................................................................1821 Road Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................................1821 Fuel Subsidy Scheme .........................................................................................................................................................1822 Regional Queensland, Infrastructure Projects ....................................................................................................................1823 Fuel Subsidy Scheme .........................................................................................................................................................1823 Reserve Bank, Inflation .......................................................................................................................................................1824 Fraser Coast Health Service Delivery Plan .........................................................................................................................1825 Corrective Services, Capital Works Projects ......................................................................................................................1825 Fuel Subsidy Scheme .........................................................................................................................................................1825 Brough, Mr M ......................................................................................................................................................................1826
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