PROOF ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/hansard E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (07) 3406 7314 Fax: (07) 3210 0182 Subject FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT Page 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 N J LAURIE L J OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT 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