visitorsISSN 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-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT Tuesday, 11 May 2021 Subject Page ASSENT TO BILLS ..............................................................................................................................................................1189 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 23 April 2021, from His Excellency the Governor to the Speaker advising of assent to bills on 23 April 2021. .....................................................................................1189 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 30 April 2021, from His Excellency the Governor to the Speaker advising of assent to a bill on 30 April 2021. ....................................................................................1190 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................1190 Absence of Member .........................................................................................................................................1190 Absence of Member, Proxy Voting ..................................................................................................................1190 School Group Tours .........................................................................................................................................1190 PETITIONS ...........................................................................................................................................................................1190 TABLED PAPERS................................................................................................................................................................1191 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................1193 Population Growth; Federal Budget ...............................................................................................................1193 Coronavirus, Update ........................................................................................................................................1193 Coronavirus, India ............................................................................................................................................1193 Outback Queensland, Investment ...................................................................................................................1194 Beef 2021 ..........................................................................................................................................................1194 Beef Industry ....................................................................................................................................................1195 Federal Budget .................................................................................................................................................1195 NAPLAN; Early Childhood Education, Funding .............................................................................................1196 Health Services, Funding.................................................................................................................................1197 Regional Queensland, Road Infrastructure; Federal Budget, Roads ............................................................1198 Federal Budget, Housing .................................................................................................................................1198 Federal Budget, Manufacturing .......................................................................................................................1199 Beef 2021 ..........................................................................................................................................................1199 Tabled paper: Queensland Country Life newspaper, dated Thursday, 6 May 2021. .........................1200 Homicide Victims’ Support Group ..................................................................................................................1200 CW PITT NJ LAURIE JM MATHERS SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Tuesday, 11 May 2021 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 1201 Visitors to Public Gallery ................................................................................................................................ 1201 ABSENCE OF MINISTER .................................................................................................................................................... 1201 LEGAL AFFAIRS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................... 1201 Office of the Information Commissioner, Report .......................................................................................... 1201 Tabled paper: Information Commissioner of Queensland—Follow-up of Report to Parliament No. 2 for 2019-20: Audit of Bundaberg Regional Council’s implementation of recommendations: Compliance with right to information and information privacy. ......................................................... 1201 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ........................................................................................................................................ 1201 Hospitals, Code Yellow ................................................................................................................................... 1201 Hospitals, Code Yellow ................................................................................................................................... 1202 Beef 2021 ......................................................................................................................................................... 1202 Hospitals, Wait Times ..................................................................................................................................... 1203 Tabled paper: Email, dated 15 February 2021, to the Mudgeeraba Electorate Office regarding an individual’s wait listing for surgery. .................................................................................................. 1203 Beef 2021 ......................................................................................................................................................... 1204 Princess Alexandra Hospital, Elective Surgery ............................................................................................. 1205 Speakers Ruling, Question Out of Order ....................................................................................................... 1205 Beef 2021; Beef Industry ................................................................................................................................. 1205 Princess Alexandra Hospital, Elective Surgery ............................................................................................. 1206 Bundaberg Electorate, Infrastructure............................................................................................................. 1207 Hospitals, Wait Times ..................................................................................................................................... 1207 Women, Workforce .......................................................................................................................................... 1208 Infrastructure, Funding ................................................................................................................................... 1208 Federal Budget, Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 1209 Age of Criminal Responsibility ....................................................................................................................... 1209 Housing, Federal Funding .............................................................................................................................. 1210 Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Newborn Screening.............................................................................................. 1210 Renewable Energy, Jobs ................................................................................................................................ 1211 North Queensland, Insurance Premiums ....................................................................................................... 1211 Townsville, Water Security ............................................................................................................................. 1212 Infrastructure, Investment .............................................................................................................................. 1212 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 1213 Warrick, Mr F ..................................................................................................................................................