PROOF ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/hansard/ E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (07) 3406 7314 Fax: (07) 3210 0182 Subject FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT Page Wednesday, 11 October 2006 COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER OATH OR AFFIRMATION ............................................................................................................ 17 MEMBER SWORN ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Mr J Pearce ............................................................................................................................................................................ 17 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT—GOVERNOR’S OPENING SPEECH ................................................................................................... 17 Tabled paper: Copy of speech by Her Excellency the Governor to the parliament dated 10 October 2006. ............. 17 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT—LOAN OF DOCUMENT ....................................................................................................................... 17 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT—PHOTOGRAPHER .............................................................................................................................. 17 DEPUTY SPEAKER AND CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES ............................................................................................................... 17 PANEL OF TEMPORARY SPEAKERS ............................................................................................................................................. 18 MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Tabled paper: Copy of Extraordinary Government Gazette volume 343 No. 14 dated 13 September 2006. ............ 18 LEADER OF THE HOUSE ................................................................................................................................................................. 19 GOVERNMENT WHIP AND DEPUTY GOVERNMENT WHIPS ........................................................................................................ 20 OPPOSITION APPOINTMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 LIBERAL PARTY APPOINTMENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 20 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES .................................................................................................................................................... 20 Appointments ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 STANDING AND SESSIONAL ORDERS .......................................................................................................................................... 21 PETITIONS ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 TABLED PAPERS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 26 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 Election Commitments ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 Gateway Motorway Upgrade .................................................................................................................................................. 36 Driving Export Growth for Queensland: 2006-2011 ............................................................................................................... 37 Tabled paper: Report titled ‘Driving export growth for Queensland 2006-2011’ and associated documents............. 37 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Network .................................................................................................................................. 37 Population Growth .................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Tabled paper: Copy of article from Sunshine Coast Daily dated 11 October 2006 titled ‘Sol-less! Telstra’s $9M man sacks 83 coast workers’............................................................................................................... 38 Skills Recruiting ...................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Ekka Hospital Hostel .............................................................................................................................................................. 39 L J OSMOND N J LAURIE CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT Table of Contents — Wednesday, 11 October 2006 Influenza Research .................................................................................................................................................................40 Rugby Union ...........................................................................................................................................................................40 Lexmark Indy ..........................................................................................................................................................................41 Parliamentary Allowances .......................................................................................................................................................41 Death of Mr S Irwin .................................................................................................................................................................41 Death of Mr C Thiele ...............................................................................................................................................................42 Death of Mr P Brock ...............................................................................................................................................................42 Infrastructure ...........................................................................................................................................................................43 Health System ........................................................................................................................................................................44 School Community Development Fund ..................................................................................................................................45 Intensive Care Paramedics .....................................................................................................................................................45 Parliamentary Sittings .............................................................................................................................................................46 Tabled paper: Queensland Parliamentary Library brief regarding sitting days. ..........................................................46 Indigenous Police Officers ......................................................................................................................................................46 Cyclone Larry Employment Assistance Package ...................................................................................................................47 Department of Communities ...................................................................................................................................................47 NOTICES OF MOTION .......................................................................................................................................................................48 Climate Change ......................................................................................................................................................................48 Water Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................................48 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS ...............................................................................................................................................48 Beattie Government ................................................................................................................................................................48 Seabird Aviation Australia .......................................................................................................................................................48 Tabled paper: Article from www.aopa.com.au titled ‘Seabird rising’. .........................................................................49