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, 8 February 2007 PRIVILEGE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 209 Comments by Member for Burnett ....................................................................................................................................... 209 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .............................................................................................................................................................. 209 Members’ Daily Travelling Allowance Claims ....................................................................................................................... 209 Tabled paper: Annual Report of Daily Travelling Allowance Claims by Members of the Legislative Assembly for 2005-2006........................................................................................................................................... 209 PETITION .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 209 TABLED PAPER .............................................................................................................................................................................. 209 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 209 Queensland 150th Anniversary Celebrations ....................................................................................................................... 209 Road Safety .......................................................................................................................................................................... 215 World Athletics Championships ............................................................................................................................................ 215 Queensland Cultural Centre ................................................................................................................................................. 216 Federalism ............................................................................................................................................................................ 216 Tabled paper: Report by Queensland Government titled ‘Reclaiming the vision: Restoring Australia’s federal balance’ dated February 2007. .................................................................................................................... 217 Community Cabinet, Atherton .............................................................................................................................................. 217 Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee, Government Response to Report .......................................................................................................................................................................... 217 Tabled paper: Government Response to the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee Report No.55—Voices and Votes—A Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into Young People Engaging in Democracy. ............................................................................................................................. 218 Export Workshops ................................................................................................................................................................ 218 Coal Communities, Assistance ............................................................................................................................................. 218 Purified Recycled Water ....................................................................................................................................................... 219 Electricity Supply .................................................................................................................................................................. 219 North Queensland Floods; Moggill Electorate, First Responder Group ............................................................................... 220 Smart Academies ................................................................................................................................................................. 221 Emergency Departments ...................................................................................................................................................... 221 Child Protection .................................................................................................................................................................... 222 Banana Industry, Labour Shortage ...................................................................................................................................... 222 L J OSMOND N J LAURIE CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT Table of Contents — Thursday, 8 February 2007 Tropical Cyclone Larry, Update ............................................................................................................................................223 Queensland Tourism in India ................................................................................................................................................223 Public Housing Water Saving ...............................................................................................................................................224 Sunlander Award ..................................................................................................................................................................224 Pest Offensive Grants ...........................................................................................................................................................225 SCRUTINY OF LEGISLATION COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................................................225 Amendments to Bills .............................................................................................................................................................225 MOTION ............................................................................................................................................................................................225 Standing Orders ....................................................................................................................................................................225 MEMBERS’ ETHICS AND PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE ...................................................................................226 Report ...................................................................................................................................................................................226 Tabled paper: Report by the Members’ Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee titled ‘Report No. 80 Matter Referred under Schedule 2 of the Standing Rules and Orders of the Legislative Assembly’. ...........226 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CANDIDATES FOR STATE ELECTIONS) AMENDMENT BILL ............................................................226 First Reading ........................................................................................................................................................................226 Second Reading ...................................................................................................................................................................226 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS .............................................................................................................................................228 Beattie Labor Government ....................................................................................................................................................228 School Crossings ..................................................................................................................................................................228 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .....................................................................................................................................................229 Water Infrastructure ..............................................................................................................................................................229 Water Infrastructure ..............................................................................................................................................................230 National Water Reform .........................................................................................................................................................230 Water Prices .........................................................................................................................................................................231 Bowen, Feature Film 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