26 Address-In-Reply 17 May 2012

3.00pm—6.30pm— Government Business 6.30pm—7.30pm— Dinner break 7.30pm until adjournment moved— Government Business (2) Maximum time limits The maximum time limits that apply to debates, speeches and statements are contained in the schedule below.

Subject Relevant Standing or Time Sessional Orders Address in Reply Debate SO 47 —Mover 20 minutes —Other members 20 minutes Adjournment debate SO 56 —Total time 30 minutes —Each member 3 minutes Bills—Government Bills Introduction of Bills (Explanatory Speech) SO 129 1 hour First reading SO 130 No debate Government Bills reported on by a committee Second reading debate SO 138 —Minister 1 hour —Leader of the Opposition (or nominee) 1 hour —Members of the relevant committee 20 minutes —All other Members 10 minutes —Minister in reply 30 minutes Consideration in detail SO 146 & SO 147 —Mover (Minister) No limit —Other Members (on each question) 3 minutes Government Bills declared urgent and not referred or not reported on by a committee Second reading debate SO 129, SO 37 & SO 138 —Minister To speak once only as per SO 129 for 1 hour —Leader of the Opposition (or nominee) 1 hour —Other Members 20 minutes —Mover in reply 30 minutes Consideration in detail SO 146, SO 147 & SO 156 —Mover (Minister) No limit —Leader of the Opposition (or nominee) (on each question) 1 x 20 minutes; or 2 x 10 minutes; or 1 x 10 minutes & 2 x 5 minutes —Other Members (on each question) 1 x 10 minutes or 2 x 5 minutes Questions Without Notice SO 113 —Question time (total time) 1 hour —Member asking question At discretion of Speaker —Minister answering question 3 minutes

ADDRESS-IN-REPLY Madam SPEAKER: Before calling the honourable the Premier, I remind honourable members that this is the member’s first speech and should be listened to with the courtesies reserved for such occasion. Hon. CKT NEWMAN (Ashgrove—LNP) (Premier) (9.35 am): It is an honour and a pleasure that I be given the opportunity to move— 17 May 2012 Address-In-Reply 27

That the following address be presented to the Governor in reply to the speech delivered by Her Excellency in opening this, the First Session of the 54th Parliament of — May it please Your Excellency—We, the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, wish to assure Your Excellency of our continued respect for the Crown and loyalty to the system of government in this State and to tender our thanks for the speech with which you opened the First Session. The various measures to which Your Excellency referred, and all other matters that may be brought before us, will receive our careful consideration, and we shall strive to deal with them so that our endeavours may contribute to the advancement and prosperity of the people of this State. I want to assure all Queenslanders that we will work hard every single day to make our state a better place to live. It is humbling to stand here today as the Premier and leader of the first ever LNP government. We are a new, enthusiastic government made up of members with energy and passion. I acknowledge the work that has been done to bring us all together as a united LNP. Queenslanders can be assured that they now have a can-do government that knows what its role is and, most importantly, what it stands for. In making our case to Queenslanders for election we made five pledges: one, to lower the cost of living for families by cutting waste; two, to deliver better infrastructure and better planning; three, to revitalise front-line services for families; four, to restore accountability in government, which has been so sadly lacking and has caused Queenslanders to lose faith in their leaders; and, five, to grow a four-pillar economy to provide better opportunities for all Queenslanders in all walks of life. Unemployment is too high for a state with such potential. We have set an ambitious unemployment target of four per cent within six years. Our plan will free us of