ISSN 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-SIXTH PARLIAMENT Tuesday, 18 September 2018 Subject Page ASSENT TO BILLS ..............................................................................................................................................................2449 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 11 September 2018, from His Excellency the Governor to the Speaker advising of assent to certain bills on 11 September 2018. ..................................................2449 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................2449 Election of Senator ..........................................................................................................................................2449 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 9 September 2018, from the Speaker, Hon. Curtis Pitt, to His Excellency the Governor advising of Ms Larissa Waters’s selection to fill a casual Senate vacancy. ..............................................................................................................................2449 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 10 September 2018, and enclosure, from His Excellency the Governor to the Speaker, Hon. Curtis Pitt, regarding the appointment of Larissa Waters to fill a casual Senate vacancy. ................................................................................................................2449 Acting Ombudsman and Acting Integrity Commissioner, Appointments ....................................................2450 Tabled paper: Oath of Office of Ms Angela Michelle Pyke as Acting Ombudsman. ..........................2450 Tabled paper: Oath of Office of Mr Mark Glen as Acting Integrity Commissioner. ............................2450 SPEAKER’S RULING ..........................................................................................................................................................2450 Incident in Public Gallery, Referral to Committee of the Legislative Assembly ...........................................2450 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................2450 Photographs in Chamber .................................................................................................................................2450 E-Petition, Irregularities ...................................................................................................................................2450 MOTION OF CONDOLENCE ...............................................................................................................................................2450 Davis, Mr BJ .....................................................................................................................................................2450 PETITIONS ...........................................................................................................................................................................2455 TABLED PAPERS................................................................................................................................................................2455 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................2457 Child Sex Offenders .........................................................................................................................................2457 Jobs; Advanced Manufacturing ......................................................................................................................2457 CW PITT NJ LAURIE JM MATHERS SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Tuesday, 18 September 2018 Strawberry Industry ......................................................................................................................................... 2458 Royal Visit; Drought Appeal ........................................................................................................................... 2458 Child Sex Offenders ........................................................................................................................................ 2458 Child Sex Offenders ........................................................................................................................................ 2459 Silicosis ........................................................................................................................................................... 2460 Jobs.................................................................................................................................................................. 2460 Building our Regions ...................................................................................................................................... 2461 BeneTerra ........................................................................................................................................................ 2461 Strawberry Industry ......................................................................................................................................... 2462 Skills for Queensland ...................................................................................................................................... 2462 Tabled paper: Document, undated, titled ‘Skills for Queensland—Discussion Paper’, Department of Employment, Small Business and Training. ............................................................. 2462 Vehicle Lifts ..................................................................................................................................................... 2463 Rookwood Weir ............................................................................................................................................... 2463 Neighbourhood Centres .................................................................................................................................. 2464 Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Resources ................................................................................ 2464 TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE............................................................................................................ 2465 Report .............................................................................................................................................................. 2465 Tabled paper: Transport and Public Works Committee: Report No. 11, 56th Parliament— Subordinate Legislation tabled between 2 May 2018 and 12 June 2018. ........................................ 2465 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ........................................................................................................................................ 2465 Sex Offenders .................................................................................................................................................. 2465 Tabled paper: Document titled ‘Protecting Queenslanders from Violent and Child Sex Offenders Amendment Bill 2018’. .................................................................................................................... 2465 Tabled paper: Document titled ‘Protecting Queenslanders from Violent and Child Sex Offenders Amendment Bill 2018, explanatory notes’. ...................................................................................... 2465 Fardon, Mr RJ; GPS Tracking Devices ........................................................................................................... 2466 Business Confidence ...................................................................................................................................... 2467 Fardon, Mr RJ .................................................................................................................................................. 2468 Aged Care ........................................................................................................................................................ 2468 Sex Offenders, GPS Tracking Devices ........................................................................................................... 2469 Townsville City Deal ........................................................................................................................................ 2469 Child Sex Offenders, Housing ........................................................................................................................ 2470 Speaker’s Ruling, Question Out of Order ...................................................................................................... 2470 Aged Care ........................................................................................................................................................ 2470 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 26 March 2018, from the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services, Hon. Dr Steven Miles, to the Commonwealth Minister for Aged Care, Minister for Indigenous Health and member for Hasluck, Hon. Ken Wyatt AM, MP regarding aged care funding. .........................................................................................................................