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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 14 Jul 2009 Estimates Committee A—Legislative Assembly 1 TUESDAY, 14 JULY 2009 Legislative Assembly ESTIMATES COMMITTEE A—LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Estimate Committee A Members Mr SD Finn (Chair) Mrs JM Attwood Mrs BM Kiernan Mr J-P H Langbroek Mr TJ Nicholls Mr KG Shine Mrs JA Stuckey In Attendance Hon. RJ Mickel, Speaker Mr N Laurie, Clerk of the Parliament Mr M Ries, Deputy Clerk Mr M Hickey, Director of Corporate and House Services Mr C Atkinson, Manager, Financial and Administrative Services Committee met at 8.30 am CHAIR: Good morning, Mr Speaker. Welcome to your first estimates committee in the role of Speaker. I declare this meeting of Estimates Committee A now open. Can I start first by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which this hearing is taking place today. My name is Simon Finn. I am the member for Yeerongpilly and the chair of this committee. Joining me on the committee are: Mr John-Paul Langbroek, the member for Surfers Paradise and deputy chair; Mrs Betty Kiernan, the member for Mount Isa; Mrs Julie Attwood, the member for Mount Ommaney; Mr Kerry Shine, the member for Toowoomba North; Mr Tim Nicholls, the member for Clayfield; and Mrs Jann Stuckey, the member for Currumbin. The committee will examine the proposed expenditure contained in the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2009 for the Legislative Assembly and the Appropriation Bill 2009 for the portfolios of the Premier and Minister for the Arts, the Treasurer and Minister for Employment and Economic Development, and the Minister for Public Works and Information and Communication Technology. We will examine the estimates in that order. The proceedings today are lawful proceedings subject to the standing rules and orders of the parliament. As such, I remind all visitors that any person admitted to this hearing may be excluded in accordance with standing order 206. In relation to media coverage of the hearing, the committee has resolved to allow television film coverage and photography during my introduction and the opening statements by Mr Speaker and ministers. The committee has also agreed to the live broadcast of the hearing via the Parliamentary Service’s website and to receivers throughout the parliamentary precinct. Before we begin, can I ask that all mobile phones be switched off. The first item for consideration is the estimates for the Legislative Assembly. I welcome you, Mr Speaker, and your advisers. The committee will examine estimates for the Legislative Assembly until 9.30 am. The time limit for questions is one minute and there is three minutes for answers. A warning bell will chime 15 seconds before time runs out. An extension of time may be given with the consent of 2 Estimates Committee A—Legislative Assembly 14 Jul 2009 the questioner. For the benefit of Hansard, I ask advisers if you are called to give an answer to please state your name before speaking. I now declare the proposed expenditure for the Legislative Assembly open for examination. The question before the committee is— That the proposed expenditure be agreed to. Mr Speaker, would you care to make an opening statement? Mr SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Chairman. The 2009-10 budget estimates for the parliament are the first for which I am responsible as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, and I feel honoured to appear before the committee today. As committee members would be aware, the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill seeks to provide funding for salaries and allowances for members of the Legislative Assembly and funding for the Parliamentary Service, which provides administrative and support services to the Legislative Assembly. The total appropriation sought for the parliament in 2009-10 is $68.624 million, an increase of $4.069 million over last year’s appropriation. This increase is required primarily to meet enterprise bargaining salary increases for staff, a number of electorate office relocations required as a result of the 2008 electoral redistribution, replacement of computer equipment, increased electorate office leasing costs and also the restructure of the parliamentary committee system. As Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland I have responsibility for preparing the budget for the parliament and supervising the management of the Parliamentary Service. The year just completed presented a number significant challenges for the Parliamentary Service. At the beginning of the year the service set itself an ambiguous work program which included: playing a lead role in delivering a number of community engagement activities such as the swearing in of the new Governor and a regional sitting of the parliament in Far North Queensland; the implementation of a range of security recommendations arising out of the electorate office security review; and a number of capital works projects within the parliamentary precinct. The calling of an election for 21 March 2009 impacted upon some of the planned work program as the service’s attention turned to managing the administrative arrangements for the election, the electoral distribution, the induction of new members and the opening of parliament. Under the stewardship of the Clerk, the Parliamentary Service was able to adjust its priorities to deliver the most important projects on time and on budget. Looking ahead to 2009-10, the service will focus on completing a number of projects originally planned for completion in 2008-09 and also on delivering a number of new initiatives including introducing a new parliamentary committee system and planning and delivering a range of community activities associated with the 150th anniversary of the Queensland parliament in 2010. Since my appointment as Speaker on 21 April this year, I have gained an insight and new appreciation of the extent to which the parliament and the Parliamentary Service engages with the community. Over the last 10 years, the parliament has become progressively more accessible to the community in a variety of ways such as the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings over the internet, the introduction of electronic petitioning and regional sittings of the parliament. There have also been many people attending the precinct itself, with over 50,000 function patrons, 17,000 school students, 8,000 general tour patrons and 3,000 parliamentary education program attendees each year. I understand that 76,000 security scans have been conducted. Today we are seeing the parliament’s community engagement in action. Immediately after this hearing the parliament is hosting a special high tea called ‘Tea and Talks’, which celebrates the election of Irene Longman, the first woman to be elected to the Queensland parliament years ago. Profits from the event are being donated to the Pyjama Foundation, whose aim is to transform the lives of children in foster care through literacy. Over my coming term as Speaker the key priority will be to ensure that the parliament lives within its means and strives to deliver value for the money provided to carry out its important role and perform its various functions. Also, I will be seeking to ensure that the parliament continues to be one that engages with the community and that this is translated into practice through specific community engagement activities, particularly in terms of our multicultural community and our schoolchildren. In closing, I wish to acknowledge both sides of the House and members individually for their support and cooperation in matters relating to the function of the parliament, both inside and outside the chamber. I remain cognisant of the need to consult with and receive input from members generally on matters affecting them and the operation of their place of work, which encompasses not just the actual Legislative Assembly but also the parliamentary precinct and members’ electorate offices. Mr Chairman, I wish the committee well in its deliberations and, of course, I look forward to comments and questions which committee members might have. CHAIR: Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is now time for non-government questions. I call the member for Surfers Paradise. 14 Jul 2009 Estimates Committee A—Legislative Assembly 3 Mr LANGBROEK: I welcome Mr Speaker and all the parliamentary staff—those familiar faces. It is nice to see you here early this morning. Mr Speaker, my first question is about security matters. The answer to question on notice No. 1 for Estimates Committee A relates to the security upgrades. I note in the answer that mention was made of the fact that the election campaign interrupted this work. I note that, of the 94 electorate offices, only 11 have had their required counter works performed and 71 are still waiting. Will you undertake to treat this as a matter of urgency and report back to the parliament on this six months from today’s date? Mr SPEAKER: I thank you for that question. I should preface it by saying that committee members would understand that, with the election called when it was, there was a view within the Parliamentary Service that we did not want to disrupt electorate offices because of the election. Accordingly, some of that work was deferred while that happened. The advice I have is that this work will be completed by 31 December 2009. Can I make this general statement because it is important for longstanding members, including my own staff. There was a view held that members could get involved in treating their own security arrangements as per their own requirements. Clearly the work carried out by the Electorate Office Security Working Group found—and if it is okay with the committee I would like to quote this— The application of some discretion in these matters— that is security matters— reflects, in part, the fact that many Members and staff held (prior to the Cook incident at least) different views on the extent to which security should dictate electorate office accommodation and operations.
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