PROOF ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS (HANSARD) 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, 12 February 2008 ASSENT TO BILLS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 21 November 2007, from Her Excellency the Governor to Mr Speaker advising of assent to bills on 16 November 2007. ...................................................................................................................... 1 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 22 November 2007, from Her Excellency the Governor to Mr Speaker advising of assent to bills on 22 November 2007. ...................................................................................................................... 1 APPOINTMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party ........................................................................................................ 1 Tabled paper: Letter dated 22 January 2008, from Mr Springborg to the Speaker advising appointment of Leader of the Opposition. ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Tabled paper: Letter dated 8 February 2008, from Mr Springborg to the Speaker advising of Mr Springborg’s resignation from the Members’ Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee............................... 2 Tabled paper: Letter dated 6 December 2007, from Mr McArdle to the Speaker advising appointment of Leader of the Liberal Party. .......................................................................................................................................... 2 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Broadcast of Parliament ........................................................................................................................................................... 2 Tabled paper: Document titled ‘Audio visual broadcast of proceedings of parliaments in Australia’............................ 2 MOTION OF CONDOLENCE ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 Baldwin, Mr EA ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ORDER OF BUSINESS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 APPOINTMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Opposition ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Tabled paper: Document detailing Coalition Members appointments and shadow portfolios. ..................................... 5 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Photographs in Chamber ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 PETITIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 TABLED PAPERS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Opposition Appointments; East Timor .................................................................................................................................... 14 Floods ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Water Supply, Fluoridation ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Tabled paper: Six folders containing a non-conforming petition relating to Queenslanders in favour of fluoridation. ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 L J OSMOND N J LAURIE CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT Table of Contents — Tuesday, 12 February 2008 Her Excellency the Governor, Appointment Extended ............................................................................................................15 Tabled paper: Correspondence relating to the extension of the appointment of Ms Quentin Bryce as Governor of Queensland until 29 July 2010. .........................................................................................................16 Indigenous Roundtable, Cairns ..............................................................................................................................................16 Tabled paper: Report dated 2007 by the Department of Communities titled ‘Review of alcohol interventions in Queensland’s remote Indigenous communities, Progress Report’. ..................................................16 Urban Congestion ...................................................................................................................................................................16 Water Supply, South-East Queensland ..................................................................................................................................17 Queensland Economy ............................................................................................................................................................18 Water Supply, Fluoridation .....................................................................................................................................................19 Real Property Constructions ...................................................................................................................................................19 Sexual Offences, Cape York ..................................................................................................................................................20 Tabled paper: Letter dated 11 February 2008, from Peter Davis SC to Mr Shine relating to a review of Cape York Sentences. ................................................................................................................................................20 Tabled paper: Letter dated 11 February 2008, from the Solicitor-General of Queensland, Walter Sofronoff QC to Mr Shine relating to a report by Mr Davis SC. .......................................................................20 Police Operations ...................................................................................................................................................................20 2008 School Year ...................................................................................................................................................................21 Labour Market .........................................................................................................................................................................21 Floods .....................................................................................................................................................................................22 East Coast Inshore Finfish Fishery .........................................................................................................................................22 MOTION ..............................................................................................................................................................................................23 Amendments to Standing Orders ...........................................................................................................................................23 NOTICE OF MOTION ..........................................................................................................................................................................26 Economic and Social Growth ..................................................................................................................................................26 MOTION ..............................................................................................................................................................................................26