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 Wednesday, 9 September 2020 Subject Page PRIVILEGE ..........................................................................................................................................................................2245 Comments by Member for Mudgeeraba, Apology..........................................................................................2245 Speaker’s Ruling, Operation of Parliament ....................................................................................................2245 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 15 July 2020, from the member for Kawana, Mr Jarrod Bleijie MP, to the Speaker, Hon. Curtis Pitt, regarding a matter of privilege ..........................................................2245 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 3 September 2020, from Mr Gim Del Villar QC to the Clerk of the Parliament, Mr Neil Laurie, regarding an opinion on alleged breaches of the Queensland Constitution ....................................................................................................................................2245 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House ....................................................................2248 Tabled paper: Bundle of correspondence relating to an alleged deliberate misleading of the House by the member for Mudgeeraba, Ms Ros Bates MP`. ...........................................................2248 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Contempt of Parliament .......................................................................................2248 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................2248 Australian South Sea Islanders, Recognition .................................................................................................2248 School Group Tour...........................................................................................................................................2249 PETITIONS ...........................................................................................................................................................................2249 TABLED PAPER ..................................................................................................................................................................2249 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................2249 Coronavirus, Health Update ............................................................................................................................2249 Gold Coast, Shark Fatality ...............................................................................................................................2250 Manufacturing Industry ...................................................................................................................................2250 Australian South Sea Islanders, Recognition .................................................................................................2251 Coronavirus, Mental Health .............................................................................................................................2251 Gold Coast, Shark Fatality ...............................................................................................................................2252 Coronavirus, Economic Response .................................................................................................................2252 Coronavirus, Medical Research ......................................................................................................................2253 CW PITT NJ LAURIE JM MATHERS SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Wednesday, 9 September 2020 Far North Queensland, School Infrastructure ............................................................................................... 2253 Manufacturing Industry ................................................................................................................................... 2254 State General Election .................................................................................................................................... 2254 Water Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................ 2255 Public Transport .............................................................................................................................................. 2256 NOTICES OF MOTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 2256 Palaszczuk Labor Government, Performance ............................................................................................... 2256 Energy Generation .......................................................................................................................................... 2257 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 2257 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Annual General Meeting ........................................................ 2257 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ........................................................................................................................................ 2257 Coronavirus, Personal Protective Equipment ............................................................................................... 2257 Queensland Border Closure, Exemptions ..................................................................................................... 2258 Electricity Prices ............................................................................................................................................. 2259 Queensland Border Closure, Exemptions ..................................................................................................... 2260 Coronavirus, Economic Recovery .................................................................................................................. 2261 Queensland Border Closure, Exemptions ..................................................................................................... 2262 Coronavirus, Aged-Care Facilities ................................................................................................................. 2262 Townsville, Youth Crime ................................................................................................................................. 2263 QRIDA Loans ................................................................................................................................................... 2263 North Stradbroke Island, Ferry ....................................................................................................................... 2264 Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................... 2265 Coronavirus, Quarantine ................................................................................................................................. 2266 Tabled paper: Article from 9 News online, dated 4 September 2020, titled ‘How a Nine reporter’s double tragedies were made worse by Queensland’s “deplorable” quarantine conditions’ . ............. 2266 Renewable Energy........................................................................................................................................... 2266 Coronavirus, Whitsundays ............................................................................................................................. 2267 Gold Coast, Transport Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 2267 Coronavirus, Quarantine ................................................................................................................................. 2268 Police Resources ............................................................................................................................................ 2269 LIQUOR (ARTISAN LIQUOR) AMENDMENT BILL ............................................................................................................. 2270 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2270 Tabled paper: Liquor (Artisan Liquor) Amendment Bill 2020 .......................................................... 2270 Tabled paper: Liquor (Artisan Liquor) Amendment Bill 2020, explanatory notes ............................. 2270 Tabled paper: Liquor (Artisan Liquor) Amendment Bill 2020, statement of compatibility with human rights .................................................................................................................................. 2270 First Reading 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