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 Tuesday, 23 February 2010 ASSENT TO BILLS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 329 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 16 February 2010, from the Governor to the Speaker advising of assent to bills. ....... 329 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .............................................................................................................................................................. 329 Resignation of Temporary Speaker ...................................................................................................................................... 329 PETITIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 329 TABLED PAPERS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 330 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 331 Deaths of Children; Queensland Schools Alliance Against Violence ................................................................................... 331 Bligh Labor Government ...................................................................................................................................................... 332 Organ Donation .................................................................................................................................................................... 333 Health System ...................................................................................................................................................................... 333 Queensland Economy .......................................................................................................................................................... 334 Tabled paper: Queensland State Accounts, September Quarter 2009, Office of Economic and Statistical Research.................................................................................................................................................. 334 Mount Isa, Lead Levels ........................................................................................................................................................ 335 WorkCover ........................................................................................................................................................................... 335 Tabled paper: Discussion paper titled ‘The Queensland Workers’ Compensation Scheme: Ensuring Sustainability and Fairness’, Department of Justice and Attorney-General. ............................................................ 335 Disability Services ................................................................................................................................................................ 336 Science in Schools ............................................................................................................................................................... 336 Solar Hot Water Program ..................................................................................................................................................... 337 QBuild, Apprenticeships ....................................................................................................................................................... 337 Body Corporate Fees ........................................................................................................................................................... 338 Roads Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................................. 338 New Fruit Varieties ............................................................................................................................................................... 339 City of Brisbane Bill .............................................................................................................................................................. 339 Northern Pipeline Interconnector .......................................................................................................................................... 340 CRIMINAL HISTORY SCREENING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL; DISABILITY SERVICES (CRIMINAL HISTORY) AMENDMENT BILL .......................................................................................................................................................................... 340 Cognate Debate; Order of Business .................................................................................................................................... 340 ORDER OF BUSINESS .................................................................................................................................................................... 341 J MICKEL N J LAURIE L J OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents — Tuesday, 23 February 2010 PERSONAL EXPLANATION ............................................................................................................................................................341 Record of Proceedings .........................................................................................................................................................341 SCRUTINY OF LEGISLATION COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................................................342 Report ...................................................................................................................................................................................342 Tabled paper: Scrutiny of Legislation Committee Legislation Alert Issue No. 2 of 2010...........................................342 Tabled paper: Copies of submissions received by the Scrutiny of Legislation Committee regarding the Valuation of Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. ........................................................................342 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ...............................................................................................................................................................342 School Group Tour ...............................................................................................................................................................342 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .....................................................................................................................................................342 Bligh Labor Government .......................................................................................................................................................342 Fuel Subsidy .........................................................................................................................................................................342 Bligh Labor Government .......................................................................................................................................................343 Sale of Public Assets ............................................................................................................................................................344 Tabled paper: Article in the Australian Financial Review dated 19 March 2009 headed ‘Bligh faces power sale’................................................................................................................................................................344 Education Reforms ...............................................................................................................................................................345 Solar Hot Water Program ......................................................................................................................................................345 Health Services .....................................................................................................................................................................346 Taxation ................................................................................................................................................................................347 QRNational ...........................................................................................................................................................................347 Sale of Public Assets ............................................................................................................................................................348 Free-Flow Tolling ..................................................................................................................................................................349 Bligh Labor Government, Media ...........................................................................................................................................349