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PROOF ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/hansard/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/hansard </a> E-mail: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a> Phone: (07) 3406 7314 Fax: (07) 3210 0182 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Subject </li><li style="flex:1">Page </li></ul>FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT Wednesday, 11 July 2012 ADDRESS-IN-REPLY ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1117 Presentation to Governor ................................................................................................................................................... 1117 SPEAKER’S RULINGS .................................................................................................................................................................. 1117 Disallowance of Statutory Instrument ................................................................................................................................. 1117 Dissent from Speaker’s Ruling ........................................................................................................................................... 1117 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 1118 Suspension of Media from Chamber .................................................................................................................................. 1118 TABLED PAPERS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1118 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 1118 G20 Summit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1118 Carbon Tax ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1119 Carbon Tax ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1120 Commission of Audit .......................................................................................................................................................... 1120 Tabled paper: Queensland Government Interim Response to Commission of Audit, dated 11 July 2012............. 1120 Racing Queensland ............................................................................................................................................................ 1122 HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................ 1122 Report ................................................................................................................................................................................. 1122 Tabled paper: Health and Community Services Committee: Report No. 4: Report on Subordinate Legislation. ............................................................................................................................................................. 1122 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ................................................................................................................................................... 1122 Review of Government Business Units .............................................................................................................................. 1122 Review of Government Business Units .............................................................................................................................. 1123 Carbon Tax ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1124 Review of Government Business Units .............................................................................................................................. 1124 Carbon Tax ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1125 Review of Government Business Units .............................................................................................................................. 1125 Electricity Prices ................................................................................................................................................................. 1126 Review of Government Business Units .............................................................................................................................. 1126 Carbon Tax ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1127 National Parks .................................................................................................................................................................... 1128 Carbon Tax ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1128 FS SIMPSON SPEAKER N J LAURIE CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT L J OSMOND CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents — Wednesday, 11 July 2012 Alcohol Management Plans ................................................................................................................................................1129 Teachers, Enterprise Bargaining Agreement ......................................................................................................................1129 Public Housing ....................................................................................................................................................................1130 Carbon Tax .........................................................................................................................................................................1130 Public Housing ....................................................................................................................................................................1131 Carbon Tax .........................................................................................................................................................................1131 Public Housing ....................................................................................................................................................................1132 PENALTIES AND SENTENCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL ....................................................................1132 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................1132 Tabled paper: Penalties and Sentences and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012...........................................1132 Tabled paper: Penalties and Sentences and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, explanatory notes. ...........1132 First Reading ......................................................................................................................................................................1135 Referral to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee ........................................................................................1135 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (GREENTAPE REDUCTION) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL ................1135 Second Reading .................................................................................................................................................................1135 Tabled paper: Agricultural, Resources and Environment Committee report No. 3, Environmental Protection (Greentape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill—Response from Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection. ....................................................................................................................1135 Tabled paper: Track-changed Environmental Protection (Greentape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012..............................................................................................................................................1137 Tabled paper: Queensland Law Society submission, dated 5 June 2012, on the Environmental Protection (Greentape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012....................................................1138 Tabled paper: Agreement between the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland under section 45 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amending the principal agreement relating to environmental assessment. .................................................................................................1138 Tabled paper: Redacted memorandum to the Environmental Regulatory Practice Unit regarding interpreting legislation, dated 2012. ........................................................................................................................1141 WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING AMENDMENT REGULATION (NO. 1) ........................................................................1161 Disallowance of Statutory Instrument .................................................................................................................................1161 Tabled paper: Extract from the Record of Proceedings, dated 11 June 2012, pages 2184-7, regarding the Appropriation Bills and Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill. .........................................................................1161 Tabled paper: Article, dated 14 June 2012, titled ‘Cheaper to dump rubbish on the Coast’...................................1163 Tabled paper: Extract from Brisbane City Council (Ordinary) Meeting, dated 11 May 2010, pages 18-19. ...........1163 Division: Question put—That leave be granted.......................................................................................................1170 Tabled paper: Document, dated 10 July 2012, titled ‘The Rubbish Removers current position’.............................1170 Tabled paper: Notes of the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, Hon. Andrew Powell, for the debate of the disallowance motion regarding the Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012..........................................................................................................................................1173 Division: Question put—That the motion be agreed to. ..........................................................................................1175 Resolved in the negative.........................................................................................................................................1175 SUSTAINABLE PLANNING AMENDMENT REGULATION (NO. 2) .............................................................................................1175 Disallowance of Statutory Instrument .................................................................................................................................1175 Division: Question put—That the motion be agreed to. ..........................................................................................1178 Resolved in the affirmative......................................................................................................................................1178 ADJOURNMENT .............................................................................................................................................................................1178 National Rugby League ......................................................................................................................................................1178 Woodridge Electorate, Programs ........................................................................................................................................1179 Junior Touch Football State Cup ........................................................................................................................................1179 Bulk Water Prices ...............................................................................................................................................................1180 Social Housing ....................................................................................................................................................................1180 Samford Show ....................................................................................................................................................................1181 Eric Deeral Indigenous Youth Parliament ...........................................................................................................................1181 Sunshine Coast, Train Services; Caloundra South Development ......................................................................................1182 Tabled paper: Article from the Sunshine Coast Daily online, dated 11 July 2012, titled ‘Change brings business as usual’...................................................................................................................................................1182 Lytton Electorate, Sporting Organisations ..........................................................................................................................1183 Deception Bay, Prime Ministerial Visit ................................................................................................................................1183 ATTENDANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................1184 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">11 Jul 2012 </li><li style="flex:1">Legislative Assembly </li><li style="flex:1">1117 </li></ul>WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY 2012 Legislative Assembly <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_135955" target="_blank">The Legislative Assembly met at 2.00 pm. </a>Madam Speaker (Hon. Fiona Simpson, Maroochydore) read prayers and took the chair. ADDRESS-IN-REPLY Presentation to Governor Madam SPEAKER: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140053" target="_blank">Honourable members, I have to inform the House that Her Excellency the </a> Governor will be pleased to receive the address-in-reply at Government House on Tuesday, 14 August <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140053" target="_blank">2012 at 10 am. I invite all honourable members to accompany me on the occasion of its presentation. </a>SPEAKER’S RULINGS Disallowance of Statutory Instrument Madam SPEAKER: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140115" target="_blank">Honourable members, it has come to my attention that a number of portfolio </a>committee reports tabled in this parliament have recorded incorrect disallowance dates. This error has <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140115" target="_blank">come about by the noninclusion of two sitting days, the first two sitting days of this parliament, on which </a>normal business was not conducted. The Statutory Instruments Act 1992, section 50(1), provides that— The Legislative Assembly may pass a resolution disallowing subordinate legislation if notice of a disallowance motion is given by a member within 14 sitting days after the legislation is tabled in the Legislative Assembly. The Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 29B, provides that— In working out a particular number of sitting days of the Legislative Assembly, it does not matter whether the days are within the same or different Parliaments or within different sessions of Parliament. In addition, the Acts Interpretation Act, section 36, defines that a ‘sitting day’ means a day on which the Legislative Assembly actually sits. On 10 July 2012, the Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning gave notice of motion to disallow a statutory instrument. The instrument in question is the Forestry and Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011, which was tabled in the House on 14 February 2012. Essentially, in relation to the calculation of sitting days for the purpose of giving notice of disallowance for the instrument tabled on 14 February 2012, the final day on which a notice of motion could be given was 21 June 2012. I therefore rule that the notice of motion given by the Deputy Premier is out of order. Dissent from Speaker’s Ruling Madam SPEAKER: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140314" target="_blank">Honourable members, I refer to the notice of dissent from the Speaker’s </a>ruling given yesterday by the member for Nicklin. I have taken advice on this matter and have come to <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140314" target="_blank">the conclusion that the notice of dissent is out of order. </a>The member’s notice of dissent relates to my decision to exclude the media gallery’s television cameras from the chamber for a period of nine sitting days after breaches of guidelines for the media which cover the recording and broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. This is a very complex matter of procedural law. But, essentially, motions of dissent under standing order 250 are only able to be moved in respect of Speaker’s rulings, not matters of order which the Speaker may impose, even summary decisions by the Speaker regarding order. Matters of order are within the Speaker’s sole discretion and, therefore, not appealable to the Assembly. The decision to expel the media’s cameras are akin to suspending a member for disorder under standing orders and is not appealable. In this regard I refer to the ruling by Speaker McGrady on 16 February 2006 at page 191, where he stated— As this was an order to withdraw, it does not appear to fall under the provisions of standing order 250, which provides for members to dissent from rulings of the Speaker. Erskine May’s 22nd edition at page 343 states— Under Standing Orders the Chair is entrusted with summary and expeditious powers of dealing with disorder. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1118 </li><li style="flex:1">Ministerial Statements </li><li style="flex:1">11 Jul 2012 </li></ul>A Speaker’s enforcement of order is distinct from a ruling on a procedural matter as contemplated by standing order 250. In this regard, House of Representatives Practice, 2nd edition, at page 224 states— A ruling is a decision or determination of the Chair on a matter to do with the business or operation of the House— usually in relation to a point of order. And at page 520, House of Representatives Practice, 2nd edition, states— Pursuant to standing orders ... if the Speaker considers a Member’s conduct to be disorderly he or she may direct the Member to leave the Chamber ... The direction to leave is not open to debate or dissent. Further, at page 521, House of Representatives Practice, 2nd edition, states— The Chair has refused to accept a dissent motion to the action of naming a Member on the quite correct ground that, in naming a Member, the Chair has not made a ruling. Finally, McGee in Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, 3rd edition, page 63, provides that the ‘Press Gallery is subject to the general control of the Speaker who from time to time makes rules for its members’. SPEAKER’S STATEMENT Suspension of Media from Chamber Madam SPEAKER: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140600" target="_blank">Honourable members, I can confirm for the interest of members that I am </a>advised television cameras are not allowed on the floor of chambers in federal parliament and the <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=0Mba20120711_140600" target="_blank">majority of state and territory parliaments within Australia and have only been allowed on the floor of </a>Queensland parliament subject to the guidelines contained in the Media Access Policy, tabled in 2006. I now wish to inform the House of some matters in order to correct the public record. The notice of breach issued to the media gallery on Monday, 9 July 2012 was preceded by several reminders as to the current Media Access Policy. On 29 May 2012 the Speaker’s executive officer, acting on my behalf, met with the president of the media gallery to reaffirm, both verbally and in writing, that the Media Access Policy tabled in 2006 was current and in effect. These guidelines were reissued to the president of the media gallery for dissemination. The guidelines under which the media gallery operates place no obligation on the Speaker or her delegate to remind members of the media gallery when they are breaching the guidelines; neither does it state that there should be a warning given when guidelines have been breached. Notwithstanding that, and during the events of 21 June 2012, there were reminders given by the Speaker and her delegates that footage of the public gallery should not be recorded, nor should it be broadcast. Given this, the nature of the offence was an aggravated one and this was taken into consideration when deciding on a penalty.

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