ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/hansard Email: [email protected] Phone (07) 3553 6344 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH PARLIAMENT Thursday, 14 June 2018 Subject Page SPEAKER’S RULINGS ........................................................................................................................................................1527 Question on Notice No. 359 of 2018 ................................................................................................................1527 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 6 June 2018, from the member for Burleigh, Mr Michael Hart MP, to the Speaker, Hon. Curtis Pitt, regarding a complaint about an answer to a question on notice. ....1527 Question on Notice No. 85 of 2018 ..................................................................................................................1527 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 12 June 2018, from the member for Southern Downs, Mr James Lister MP, to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Hon. Curtis Pitt, regarding a complaint about an answer to a question on notice. .........................................................................................1527 PETITION .............................................................................................................................................................................1528 TABLED PAPERS................................................................................................................................................................1528 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................1529 Herston Quarter ................................................................................................................................................1529 Literacy .............................................................................................................................................................1529 Proserpine Entertainment Centre ...................................................................................................................1530 Budget ..............................................................................................................................................................1530 Natural Disasters, Recovery Assistance ........................................................................................................1531 Queen’s Wharf; Topgolf ...................................................................................................................................1532 Budget, Small Business...................................................................................................................................1532 Budget, Law and Order ....................................................................................................................................1532 Budget, Health ..................................................................................................................................................1533 Budget, Early Education ..................................................................................................................................1534 Budget, Domestic Violence Shelters ..............................................................................................................1534 Budget, Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Upgrade Project ................................................................................1535 Budget, Mining Industry ..................................................................................................................................1536 Budget, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services ......................................................................................1536 Budget, Seniors ................................................................................................................................................1536 CW PITT NJ LAURIE JM MATHERS SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Thursday, 14 June 2018 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ........................................................................................................................................ 1537 Palaszczuk Labor Government, State Debt ................................................................................................... 1537 Budget, Taxation ............................................................................................................................................. 1538 Budget, Advance Queensland ........................................................................................................................ 1539 Queensland Rail .............................................................................................................................................. 1539 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................................................... 1540 Water Prices .................................................................................................................................................... 1541 Budget, Economic Strategy ............................................................................................................................ 1542 Betting Tax ....................................................................................................................................................... 1543 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................................................... 1543 Queensland Rail .............................................................................................................................................. 1544 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 25 May 2018, from the member for Nudgee, Ms Leanne Linard MP, to the Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Hon. Mark Bailey, regarding rail services to Nundah. .......................................................................................................................................... 1544 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................................................... 1545 Transport, Funding .......................................................................................................................................... 1545 Tabled paper: Article from the Queensland Times, dated 6 June 2018, titled ‘“Accept the feds’ funds”: MP urges’. ........................................................................................................................... 1545 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................................................... 1546 Dimbulah Health Clinic.................................................................................................................................... 1547 Private Hospitals ............................................................................................................................................. 1547 Tabled paper: Document, undated, titled ‘Private Hospital Providers’ Donations to the Federal LNP’. .................................................................................................................................. 1548 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................................................... 1548 APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENT) BILL; APPROPRIATION BILL; REVENUE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL; BETTING TAX BILL ............................................................................................................................................................ 1549 Second Reading (Cognate Debate) ................................................................................................................ 1549 Tabled paper: Documents, updated, depicting Twitter feed of the member for Nanango, Mrs Deb Frecklington MP, regarding air conditioning in schools. ..................................................... 1564 Tabled paper: Proof transcript, Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee estimates hearing—Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Corrective Services, 21 July 2016, p. 8........... 1575 Tabled paper: Web page from Logan Country Safe City, dated 14 June 2018, titled ‘When is an Emergency Dept not an Emergency Dept?’................................................................................ 1576 Tabled paper: Document, undated, titled ‘Queensland assets sale—the myths vs the facts’. .......... 1633 Tabled paper: Bundle of letters from MA Kent & Associates, Solicitors, regarding the Queensland Ombudsman investigation into complaints by Mr and Mrs Sellars about Ipswich City Council. ........ 1636 ADJOURNMENT ................................................................................................................................................................. 1677 Gold Coast, Short-Term Accommodation ...................................................................................................... 1678 Tabled paper: Email, dated 1 June 2018, regarding party houses in the Broadbeach area. ............ 1678 Employment Market