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Thursday, 10 March 2011 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 Thursday, 10 March 2011 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 517 Colour for a Cure .................................................................................................................................................................. 517 Parliamentary Behaviour ...................................................................................................................................................... 517 PRIVILEGE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 517 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Minister ...................................................................... 517 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .............................................................................................................................................................. 518 Broadcast of Parliament, Archive Facility ............................................................................................................................. 518 PETITION .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 518 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 518 Natural Disasters, Disaster Management System ................................................................................................................ 518 Business Events Tourism ..................................................................................................................................................... 518 Police Service, Disciplinary System ..................................................................................................................................... 519 Brisbane Valley Rail Trail ..................................................................................................................................................... 520 Business Investment; Jobs ................................................................................................................................................... 520 Weapons Act ........................................................................................................................................................................ 521 Get Set for Work Program .................................................................................................................................................... 521 Natural Disasters .................................................................................................................................................................. 522 National Disasters, Schools ................................................................................................................................................. 523 Hinze Dam, Wall Upgrade .................................................................................................................................................... 523 Electricity Industry ................................................................................................................................................................ 524 Downer EDI .......................................................................................................................................................................... 524 Natural Disasters, National Parks ........................................................................................................................................ 525 Rabbit and Wild Dog Barrier Fence ...................................................................................................................................... 525 Gold Coast, Events .............................................................................................................................................................. 526 Department of Communities, Concessions .......................................................................................................................... 527 Building Industry ................................................................................................................................................................... 527 Colour for a Cure; Yarrabah ................................................................................................................................................. 527 Bribie Island Bridge, Repairs ................................................................................................................................................ 528 J MICKEL N J LAURIE L J OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents — Thursday, 10 March 2011 INTEGRITY, ETHICS AND PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE ..................................................................................529 Report ...................................................................................................................................................................................529 Tabled paper: Integrity, Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee: Report No. 113—Matter of Privilege Referred by the Speaker on 23 November 2010 Relating to an Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Member. ......................................................................................................................................529 NOTICE OF MOTION ........................................................................................................................................................................529 Parliamentary Pension Scheme ............................................................................................................................................529 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ...............................................................................................................................................................529 Visitors to Public Gallery .......................................................................................................................................................529 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .....................................................................................................................................................530 Natural Disasters, Bureau of Meteorology ............................................................................................................................530 Tabled paper: Extract from the Record of Proceedings of 9 March 2011 including the Premier’s response to a question without notice titled ‘Natural Disasters, Bureau of Meteorology’. ........................................................530 Tabled paper: Search of Queensland Cabinet website regarding documents released in October 2010. ...............530 Torres Strait Islands, Safety of Public Servants ....................................................................................................................531 Tabled paper: Status Report for Thursday Island Hospital Infrastructure—Critical Issues—Extreme Risks as of 7/01/2011................................................................................................................................................531 North Queensland, Weather Conditions ...............................................................................................................................531 Thursday Island Hospital ......................................................................................................................................................532 Christchurch Earthquake, Sports Fundraising ......................................................................................................................532 Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry ..........................................................................................................................533 Tabled paper: Extract from report of the Fitzgerald commission of inquiry of 1989..................................................533 Jobs ......................................................................................................................................................................................534 Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry ..........................................................................................................................534 Local Government, Electoral System ....................................................................................................................................535 Bauxite Leases .....................................................................................................................................................................536 Wivenhoe Dam .....................................................................................................................................................................537
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