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Final Destination After a Number of Visits Was the Site of the Land Swap Operation at Grantham 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-THIRD PARLIAMENT Page Wednesday, 24 August 2011 PRIVILEGE ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2593 Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Minister ................................................................................................ 2593 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 24 August 2011, to the Speaker from Mr Rob Messenger MP regarding the Minister for Health, Request to refer alleged contempt to the Ethics Committee. .................................................. 2593 Tabled paper: Email, dated 24 August 2011, to Mr Rob Messenger MP regarding A Current Affair report on Dr Wijeratne............................................................................................................................................................ 2593 Tabled paper: DVD containing A Current Affair stories. ......................................................................................... 2593 PETITIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2593 TABLED PAPERS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2593 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 2594 Logan, House Fire .............................................................................................................................................................. 2594 Lockyer Valley, Land Ballot ................................................................................................................................................ 2594 Logan, House Fire .............................................................................................................................................................. 2595 Retirement Villages ............................................................................................................................................................ 2595 Tabled paper: Queensland Retirement Villages, Discussion Paper, August 2011, Office of Fair Trading, Department of Justice and Attorney-General. ....................................................................................................... 2596 Greenhouse Gas Emissions ............................................................................................................................................... 2596 Building Industry ................................................................................................................................................................. 2596 Hendra Virus, Research ..................................................................................................................................................... 2597 Strategic Cropping Land ..................................................................................................................................................... 2597 COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ....................................................................................................................... 2598 Report ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2598 Tabled paper: Extract of results of Estimates Survey 2011.................................................................................... 2598 Tabled paper: Committee of the Legislative Assembly Report No. 2, Annual Reports of Former Committees. .... 2598 Tabled paper: Parliamentary Service Organisational Structure, 18 August 2011. ................................................. 2599 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 2599 School Group Tours ........................................................................................................................................................... 2599 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .................................................................................................................................................. 2600 Comments by Minister for Main Roads .............................................................................................................................. 2600 Tabled paper: Extract of Department of Transport and Main Roads annual report 2009-10. ................................ 2600 Labor Party, Preference Allocation ..................................................................................................................................... 2601 J MICKEL N J LAURIE L J OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents — Wednesday, 24 August 2011 Tolerance and Diversity ......................................................................................................................................................2602 The Greens, Preferences ...................................................................................................................................................2602 Mining and Agriculture Industries ........................................................................................................................................2603 The Greens, Preferences ...................................................................................................................................................2604 Local Government ..............................................................................................................................................................2604 State Penalties Enforcement Registry ................................................................................................................................2605 Queensland Building Boost ................................................................................................................................................2606 Tabled paper: Extract from the The Weekend Bulletin, dated 30 July 2011, including advertisement titled ‘How to qualify for $10,000—Tax Free!’. ........................................................................................................2606 Child Safety Services, Deaths of Children ..........................................................................................................................2606 Road Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................................2607 Public Service Appointments; Queensland Health, Payroll System ...................................................................................2607 Strategic Cropping Land .....................................................................................................................................................2608 Government Owned Corporations, Electricity Generators ..................................................................................................2609 Flying Foxes .......................................................................................................................................................................2609 Nanango Electorate ............................................................................................................................................................2610 PRIVILEGE .....................................................................................................................................................................................2611 Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by the Premier ...............................................................................................2611 Tabled paper: Courier-Mail online article, dated 12 March 2009, titled ‘Sweetheart deal to support The Green’s Ronan Lee’.........................................................................................................................................2611 PERSONAL EXPLANATION ..........................................................................................................................................................2611 Comments by Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and the Arts .................................................................................2611 BUSINESS NAMES (COMMONWEALTH POWERS) BILL ...........................................................................................................2612 Introduction and Referral to the Legal Affairs, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Committee .............2612 Tabled paper: Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2011......................................................................2612 Tabled paper: Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2011, explanatory notes. ......................................2612
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