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 Thursday, 18 October 2007 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 3737 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Queensland Branch ....................................................................................... 3737 PETITIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3737 TABLED PAPERS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3737 MINISTERIAL PAPERS ................................................................................................................................................................. 3737 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 3738 Traveston Crossing Dam, EIS ............................................................................................................................................ 3738 Queensland on Show Work and Play Expo ....................................................................................................................... 3738 Breast Cancer .................................................................................................................................................................... 3739 Poet-in-Residence Program; Durcan, Mr P ........................................................................................................................ 3739 Traveston Crossing Dam, EIS ............................................................................................................................................ 3740 Numeracy ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3741 Queensland Economy ........................................................................................................................................................ 3742 Lexmark Indy ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3742 Lexmark Indy; National Firefighter Championships ............................................................................................................ 3743 Crossland, Mr I ................................................................................................................................................................... 3743 Export Week ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3744 Remote Aboriginal Communities, Housing ......................................................................................................................... 3744 Mortgage Brokers, Code of Conduct .................................................................................................................................. 3745 Local Government Reform, Roundtable Meeting ............................................................................................................... 3745 Water Charges ................................................................................................................................................................... 3746 Electricity Supply ................................................................................................................................................................ 3746 AusBiotech National Conference ....................................................................................................................................... 3746 Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service ............................................................................................................................. 3747 National Fire Ant Eradication Program ............................................................................................................................... 3747 Indigenous Partnerships Agreement .................................................................................................................................. 3748 PARLIAMENTARY CRIME AND MISCONDUCT COMMITTEE .................................................................................................... 3748 Report ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3748 Tabled paper: Report No. 73—A report on complaints against the Crime and Misconduct Commission made by Cr David Power........................................................................................................................................ 3748 L J OSMOND N J LAURIE CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT Table of Contents — Thursday, 18 October 2007 Annual Report .....................................................................................................................................................................3749 Tabled paper: Report No.74—Annual Report 2006-07...........................................................................................3749 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ...................................................................................................................................................3749 Political Advertising .............................................................................................................................................................3749 Traveston Crossing Dam; Local Government Reform ........................................................................................................3750 Traveston Crossing Dam ....................................................................................................................................................3750 Green Vehicles Concession ...............................................................................................................................................3751 Federal Election ..................................................................................................................................................................3752 Bligh Labor Cabinet, Unionism ...........................................................................................................................................3753 Federal Government, Queensland Infrastructure ...............................................................................................................3754 Traveston Crossing Dam ....................................................................................................................................................3754 Gold Coast, Public Transport ..............................................................................................................................................3755 Northern Pipeline Interconnector ........................................................................................................................................3756 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 12 October 2007, from SG & JE Prentis to Mr Wellington relating to the South East Queensland water grid-northern pipeline. ............................................................................................3756 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 12 October 2007, from Andrew Page to the Minister for Infrastructure relating to Stage 2 of the Traveston Dam water pipeline. .......................................................................................3756 Intensive Care Paramedics .................................................................................................................................................3757 Sunshine Coast, Multimodal Transport Corridor .................................................................................................................3757 Mine Simulators ..................................................................................................................................................................3758 Gas Supply Charges ...........................................................................................................................................................3759 Broadband Access ..............................................................................................................................................................3759 Basil Stafford Centre ...........................................................................................................................................................3760 QUEENSLAND HERITAGE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL ...........................................................................3760 Second Reading .................................................................................................................................................................3760