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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, 6 February 2007 ASSENT TO BILLS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 5 December 2006, from Her Excellency the Governor to Mr Speaker advising of assent to Bills. .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 8 December 2006, from Her Excellency the Governor to Mr Speaker advising of assent to Bills. .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 PROCEDURE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Speaker’s Ruling—Sub Judice ................................................................................................................................................. 2 MOTION OF CONDOLENCE ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 Death of Mr WB Kaus MP ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 PETITIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 TABLED PAPERS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 National Water Reform ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Tabled paper: Letter dated 2 February 2007, from the Premier to the Prime Minister relating to responsibility for the management of water within the Great Artesian Basin. ............................................................ 11 Tabled paper: Media release by the Premier, (undated), titled ‘Federal Powers Up the Creek Without State Co-operation’..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Tabled paper: Media release by the Premier, dated 2 February 2007, titled ‘Premier Calls for Urgent Meeting on Water’. ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Tabled paper: Letter dated 2 February 2007, from Dr Gerard Sammon of Crown Law, to Michael Ries of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, concerning Commonwealth powers in relation to Queensland River systems. ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Purified Recycled Water ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Ministerial Arrangements ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 Tabled paper: Administrative Arrangements Amendment Order (No. 1) 2007........................................................... 12 Tabled paper: Extraordinary Queensland Government Gazette dated 30 January 2007. ........................................ 12 Partnerships Queensland: Baseline Report 2006 .................................................................................................................. 12 Tabled paper: Report by the Queensland Government titled ‘Partnerships Queensland: Baseline Report 2006’. ... 13 L J OSMOND N J LAURIE CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT Table of Contents — Tuesday, 6 February 2007 Watch-House Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................................13 Tabled paper: Letter (undated) from the Attorney-General to the Chairperson of the Crime and Misconduct Commission concerning Aboriginal deaths in custody................................................................................................14 Tabled paper: Document titled ‘Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) Implementation Status’................................................................................................................................................14 Tabled paper: Document titled ‘31 Recommendations requiring further action under Partnership Queensland’. ......14 Tabled paper: Document dated 2 November 2006, titled ‘Queensland government response to cononer’s comments in the inquest into the death of Mulrunji’. ..................................................................................14 Tropical Cyclone Nelson .........................................................................................................................................................14 Key Projects, South-East Queensland ...................................................................................................................................15 Tabled paper: Copy of an advertisement titled ‘Building a Prosperous future for North Queensland...building tomorrow’s Queensland today’....................................................................................................................................15 Tabled paper: Brochure titled ‘Building tomorrow’s Queensland today: Key projects for South East Queensland’....15 Shave for a Cure, Leukaemia Foundation ..............................................................................................................................15 Purified Recycled Water .........................................................................................................................................................16 Tabled paper: Document by the Queensland Water Commission titled ‘Water Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2006—Monthly Progress Reports’ dated November 2006..............................................................................16 Tabled paper: Document by the Queensland Water Commission titled ‘Water Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2006—Monthly Progress Reports’ dated December 2006..............................................................................16 Home WaterWise Rebate Scheme .........................................................................................................................................17 Water Networks ......................................................................................................................................................................17 Power Stations, Water Supply ................................................................................................................................................17 Prep Year ................................................................................................................................................................................18 Law and Order ........................................................................................................................................................................18 Partnerships Queensland .......................................................................................................................................................19 Tabled paper: Report by the Queensland Government titled ‘Partnerships Queensland—Implementation Progress Report 2006’. ...............................................................................................................................................19 Meat Industry Labour Agreement ...........................................................................................................................................20 Western and Far-North Queensland Floods ...........................................................................................................................20 Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Staff Survey ...............................................................................................21 MEMBERS’ ETHICS AND PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE .....................................................................................21 Discharge of Ms R Nolan; Appointment of Mrs L Lavarch ......................................................................................................21 ORDER OF BUSINESS ......................................................................................................................................................................21 SOUTH-EAST
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