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Record of Proceedings PROOF ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/hansard E-mail: [email protected] Phone (07) 3406 7314 Fax (07) 3210 0182 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Subject Page PRIVILEGE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 753 Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Member ............................................................................. 753 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ................................................................................................................................................... 753 Loan of Documents ........................................................................................................................................... 753 PRIVILEGE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 753 Alleged Contempt of Parliament by the Premier ............................................................................................. 753 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 12 March 2013, from the Leader of the Opposition Ms Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, to the Speaker, the Hon. Fiona Simpson, regarding alleged contempt of interference with the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee. ............ 753 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 754 School Group Tours .......................................................................................................................................... 754 Register of Members’ Interests, Referral of Matter to Ethics Committee ...................................................... 754 PETITIONS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 754 TABLED PAPERS................................................................................................................................................................. 754 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 754 Government Services ....................................................................................................................................... 754 Cape York .......................................................................................................................................................... 755 Newman Government, Business Investment .................................................................................................. 756 Queensland Health ............................................................................................................................................ 756 Class Sizes ........................................................................................................................................................ 757 Vegetation Management ................................................................................................................................... 758 Local Government ............................................................................................................................................. 758 COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ............................................................................................................... 759 Portfolio Committee, Reporting Date ............................................................................................................... 759 FS SIMPSON NJ LAURIE LJ OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Wednesday, 20 March 2013 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .......................................................................................................................................... 759 Public Service .................................................................................................................................................... 759 Member for Redcliffe ......................................................................................................................................... 760 Business Support .............................................................................................................................................. 761 Regional Community Association Moreton Bay .............................................................................................. 761 Cape York .......................................................................................................................................................... 762 Member for Redcliffe ......................................................................................................................................... 762 Queensland Economy ....................................................................................................................................... 763 Tabled paper: Extract of website for the member for Mulgrave Mr Curtis Pitt MP, titled ‘Mythbusters #2—Sale of Assets’. ..................................................................................................... 764 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Stolen Wages ......................................................................... 764 Agriculture Industry .......................................................................................................................................... 765 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Stolen Wages ......................................................................... 766 Tabled paper: Signatures of persons attaching letter to the Premier, the Hon. Campbell Newman, regarding stolen wages and savings, dated 31 October 2012. .......................................... 766 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 1 November 2012, to the member for Mount Isa, Mr Rob Katter MP, from Lin Morrow, campaigner for Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, regarding withheld wages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers. ...................................................... 766 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 22 January 2013, from the Premier, the Hon. Campbell Newman, to Ms Genevieve Meldrum, regarding stolen wages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers.... 766 Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing........................................................................ 766 Gladstone, LNG Industry .................................................................................................................................. 767 Department of Justice and Attorney-General .................................................................................................. 767 Yeerongpilly Electorate, Flooding .................................................................................................................... 768 Main Roads ........................................................................................................................................................ 769 Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association ............................................................................ 770 Social Housing Tenants, Antisocial Behaviour ............................................................................................... 770 Regional Community Association Moreton Bay .............................................................................................. 771 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AMENDMENT BILL .................................................................................... 771 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 771 Tabled paper: Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Bill 2013. ...................................... 771 Tabled paper: Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Bill 2013, explanatory notes. ......... 771 First Reading ..................................................................................................................................................... 774 Referral to the State Development, Infrastructure and Industry Committee .................................................. 774 Portfolio Committee, Reporting Date ............................................................................................................... 774 COMMONWEALTH GAMES ARRANGEMENTS (BRAND PROTECTION) AMENDMENT BILL .......................................... 775 Second Reading ................................................................................................................................................ 775 Tabled paper: State Development, Infrastructure and Industry Committee: Report No. 19— Commonwealth Games Arrangements (Brand Protection) Amendment Bill 2013, government response. ...................................................................................................................... 775 Consideration in Detail.....................................................................................................................................
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