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, 12 February 2019 Subject Page ASSENT TO BILL ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 30 November 2018, from His Excellency the Governor to the Speaker advising of assent to a certain bill on 30 November 2018. .................................................................... 1 PRIVILEGE ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Comments by Member for Maiwar, Apology ....................................................................................................... 1 ADDRESS-IN-REPLY ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 Reply from Governor ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Tabled paper: Speech by His Excellency the Governor, dated 11 December 2018, titled ‘Presentation of the Address-in-Reply for the first session of the 56th Parliament of Queensland’. ....... 2 REPORT.................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Information Commissioner ................................................................................................................................... 2 Tabled paper: Office of the Information Commissioner: Report No. 1 of 2018-19—Awareness of privacy obligations: How three Queensland government agencies educate and train their employees about their privacy obligations. ............................................................................................................. 2 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Works in Parliamentary Precinct .......................................................................................................................... 2 PRIVILEGE ............................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Member ................................................... 2 Tabled paper: Correspondence in relation to the allegation by the Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts, Hon. Leeanne Enoch, that the member for Maiwar, Mr Michael Berkman MP, deliberately misled the House. ..................................... 3 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Answers to Questions on Notice ......................................................................................................................... 3 SPEAKER’S RULING ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 Question on Notice, Out of Order ........................................................................................................................ 3 PRIVILEGE ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Speaker’s Ruling, Referral to Ethics Committee ................................................................................................. 3 CW PITT NJ LAURIE JM MATHERS SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Tuesday, 12 February 2019 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Absence of Member .............................................................................................................................................. 4 School Group Tour ................................................................................................................................................ 4 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 Minister for Communities and Minister for Disability Services and Seniors ..................................................... 4 PETITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 TABLED PAPERS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 13 Weather Events, Floods ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Weather Events, Bushfires ................................................................................................................................. 14 Weather Events, Insurance Industry Round Table ............................................................................................ 15 Weather Events, State Economic Recovery Group ........................................................................................... 15 Weather Events, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services ........................................................................... 16 Tabled paper: Document, undated, by the Inspector-General Emergency Management titled ‘The 2019 Monsoon Trough Rainfall and Flood Review: Terms of Reference for a review of preparedness for a response to the monsoon trough rainfall and flooding event across Queensland’ . 16 Weather Events, Floods ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Weather Events, Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements ........................................................... 17 Weather Events, Floods ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Weather Events, Critical Disaster Funding Assistance for Schools ................................................................ 18 Building Industry; Floods, Recovery Assistance .............................................................................................. 18 Floods, Recovery Assistance ............................................................................................................................. 19 INNOVATION, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ................................................................... 20 Membership ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 ETHICS COMMITTEE.............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Reports ................................................................................................................................................................ 20 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 20 Chamber Speech Timing System ....................................................................................................................... 20 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Floods, Ross River Dam ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Floods, Ross River Dam ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Floods, Schools and Housing ............................................................................................................................ 22 Floods, Ross River Dam ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Floods, Recovery Assistance ............................................................................................................................. 22 Fardon, Mr RJ .....................................................................................................................................................