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25 May 1999 Legislative Assembly 1783 TUESDAY, 25 MAY 1999 Sale of Liquor by Major Retailers From Mr Schwarten (15 petitioners) requesting the House not to increase the already extremely high market share of the Mr SPEAKER (Hon. R. K. Hollis, Redcliffe) major retail chains by extending to them the read prayers and took the chair at 9.30 a.m. right to sell takeaway liquor. Petition received. ASSENT TO BILLS Mr SPEAKER: Order! Honourable PAPERS members, I have to report that I have received from His Excellency the Governor a letter in PAPERS TABLED DURING THE RECESS respect of assent to certain Bills, the contents The Clerk informed the House that the of which will be incorporated in the records of following papers, received during the recess, Parliament— were tabled on the dates indicated— GOVERNMENT HOUSE 7 May 1999— QUEENSLAND Board of Teacher Registration—Annual 6 May 1999 Report 1998 The Honourable R. K. Hollis, MLA Board of Trustees of the Brisbane Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Grammar School—Annual Report 1998 Parliament House Board of Trustees of the Ipswich Girls George Street Grammar School—Annual Report 1998 BRISBANE QLD 4000 Board of Trustees of the Rockhampton Dear Mr Speaker Grammar School—Annual Report 1998 I hereby acquaint the Legislative Assembly that Board of Trustees of the Toowoomba the following Bills, having been passed by the Grammar School—Annual Report 1998 Legislative Assembly and having been Griffith University—Annual Report 1998 presented for the Royal Assent, were assented to in the name of Her Majesty The Queen on 30 James Cook University—Annual Report April 1999: 1998 A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Queensland University of Technology— Code, and for other purposes Annual Report 1998 (Volume 1 and 2) A Bill for an Act to amend the Retail Shop University of Queensland—Annual Report Leases Act 1994 1998 and Appendices University of Southern Queensland— A Bill for an Act to amend the Legislative Annual Report 1998 Assembly Act 1867 and the Officials in Parliament Act 1896 Board of Trustees of the Townsville A Bill for an Act to amend the Police Grammar School—Annual Report 1998 Powers and Responsibilities Act 1997 and 10 May 1999— certain other Acts to clarify requirements Cane Protection and Productivity relating to the keeping of registers under Boards—Annual Reports 1998 those Acts, and for other purposes Queensland Pork Producers Organisation/ A Bill for an Act to make various State Council—Annual Report 1998 amendments of Queensland statute law Queensland Cane Growers Council and A Bill for an Act to provide for the control Controlled Entities—Annual Report 1998 generally of sources of ionising radiation 13 May 1999— and harmful non-ionising radiation, and for other purposes Queensland Theatre Company—Annual Report 1998 The Bills are hereby transmitted to the Legislative Assembly, to be numbered and 14 May 1999— forwarded to the proper Officer for enrolment, Board of Trustees of the Brisbane Girls in the manner required by law. Grammar School—Annual Report 1998 Yours sincerely Board of Trustees of the Ipswich Grammar (Sgd) Peter Arnison School—Annual Report 1998 Governor Central Queensland University—Annual Report 1998 18 May 1999— PETITION Auditor-General's Report No. 5 1998-99 on The Clerk announced the receipt of the Audits performed for 1997-98 as at 31 following petition— March 1999 1784 Papers 25 May 1999 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS Primary Producers (Levy on Cane The following statutory instruments were tabled Growers) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) by The Clerk— 1999, No. 74 Bills of Sale and Other Instruments Act 1955— Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1999— Bills of Sale and Other Instruments Regulation 1999, No. 79 Proclamation—certain provisions of the Act commence in accordance with the Bills of Sale and Other Securities Amendment schedule, No. 82 Act 1999— South Bank Corporation Act 1989— Proclamation—the provisions of the Act that are not in force commence 7 May South Bank Corporation Amendment 1999, No. 78 Regulation (No. 1) 1999, No. 88 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Civil Justice Reform Act 1998— Act 1994— Civil Justice Reform (Postponement of Transport Operations (Passenger Automatic Commencement) Regulation Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999, No. 70 1999, No. 73 Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950— Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Commissions of Inquiry (Queensland Act 1995— Constitutional Review Commission) Transport Infrastructure (Roads) Regulation 1999, No. 85 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999, Corrective Services Legislation Amendment Act No. 89 1999— University of Southern Queensland Act 1998— Proclamation—the provisions of the Act University of Southern Queensland that are not in force commence 1 May Statute No. 1 (Admission of Students) 1999, No. 72 1999 Electricity Act 1994— University of Southern Queensland Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 3) Statute No. 2 (Entitlement to Degrees and 1999, No. 75 Other Awards) 1999 Forestry Act 1959— University of Southern Queensland Forestry Legislation Amendment Statute No. 4 (Fees) 1999 Regulation (No. 1) 1999, No. 76 University of Southern Queensland Forestry (State Forests) Amendment Statute No. 5 (Election of Elected Regulation (No. 1) 1999, No. 87 Members of the Council) 1999 Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998— University of Southern Queensland Statute No. 6 (University Rules) 1999 Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland— Postponement) Regulation 1999, No. 86 MINISTERIAL RESPONSE TO A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORT Nature Conservation Act 1992— The following response to a parliamentary Nature Conservation (Duck and Quail committee report, received during the recess, Harvest Period) Notice 1999, No. 77 was tabled by The Clerk— Land and Resources Tribunal Act 1999— interim response from the Premier (Mr Proclamation—the provisions of the Act Beattie) to a report of the Legal, stated in the schedule commence 30 April Constitutional and Administrative Review 1999, No. 71 Committee entitled The preservation and enhancement of individuals' rights and Land Tax Act 1915— freedoms in Queensland: Should Land Tax Regulation 1999, No. 83 Queensland adopt a bill of rights? Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane Act 1931— MINISTERIAL RESPONSES TO PETITIONS Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane Regulation The following responses to petitions, received 1999, No. 80 during the recess, were tabled by The Clerk— Pay-roll Tax Act 1971— Response from the Minister for Environment Pay-roll Tax Regulation 1999, No. 84 and Heritage and Minister for Natural Resources (Mr Welford) to a petition presented by Mr Plant Protection Act 1989— Reeves from 72 petitioners, regarding the use Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka— of environmentally unfriendly packing Torres Strait Islands) Quarantine Notice products— 1999, No. 81 Thank you for your letter of 4 March 1999 Primary Producers Organisation and Marketing concerning a petition received from Act 1926— Cecilia Hodgson on behalf of petitioners 25 May 1999 Papers 1785 requesting the Minister for Environment Response from the Minister for Health (Mrs and Heritage and Minister for Natural Edmond) to a petition presented by Mr Stephan Resources to prevent damage to the from 3,536 petitioners, regarding services environment by the use of environmentally provided by the Gympie Hospital— unfriendly packing products, ie plastic Thank you for your letter of 24 March carry bags used at shopping outlets 1999 concerning services provided by the throughout the State. The petition Gympie Hospital. requests that steps be taken to prevent these environmentally unfriendly products, The District Manager, Gympie District which often end up in our waterways, from Health Service advises that medical being distributed at supermarkets and services provided by the Gympie Hospital other retail outlets. have not been reduced. The management and staff at the Hospital are constantly It is not clear that the State Government working to improve and increase the has the legislative ability to stop the use of quantity and quality of clinical services plastic shopping bags being distributed to provided to the people of the Cooloola supermarkets and other retail outlets. and surrounding Shires. Due to savings Stopping their use would be better dealt generated by a recent initiative to improve with on a national basis by the the efficiency of service delivery at the Commonwealth Government. Gympie Hospital, which I presume has Plastic shopping bags become an prompted this petition, the District environmental problem when individuals Manager is now in a position to employ a dispose of them in an inappropriate part-time Specialist Anaesthetist to manner and they end up as litter in the enhance the quality of anaesthetic broader environment. While this can and services at the Gympie Hospital. does occur, the majority of plastic This is a good example of how District shopping bags end up in land fill where Management and staff, as part of their they occupy little space and, due to their continuous improvement process, are nature, do not breakdown and generate constantly looking at ways of improving leachate. service delivery in the Gympie District. Nevertheless, there have been initiatives As you would appreciate, there is a finite by governments and industry to recover budget to provide Health Services and reprocess plastic shopping bags. throughout the State of Queensland and I understand that Coles Myer, Woolworths there will always be pressures to provide and Franklins have recycling bins at most, more funding. However, the Gympie if not all of their stores where customers Hospital has its fair share of that budget may deposit unwanted plastic shopping with which to provide efficient and bags. Bags are reprocessed into non- effective health services to the people of food products such as outdoor furniture, the Cooloola and surrounding Shires. supports for concrete reinforcing, plastic The delivery of health services throughout irrigation pipes and plant pots. Some Australia is going through significant reprocessing is carried out in Queensland change with the impact of technology and by Queensland Polymer Corporation treatment methods.