ISSN 1322-0330 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Hansard Home Page: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/hansard Email: [email protected] Phone (07) 3406 7314 Fax (07) 3210 0182 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT Tuesday, 26 August 2014 Subject Page PRESENTATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS ..................................................................................................................2621 ASSENT TO BILLS ..............................................................................................................................................................2621 Tabled paper: Message, dated 26 August 2014, from His Excellency the Governor, advising of assent to bills on 15 August 2014. ...............................................................................................2621 SPEAKER’S STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................2622 Palmer United Party, Resignation of Member ................................................................................................2622 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 18 August 2014, from the member for Gaven, Dr Alex Douglas MP, formally notifying the Speaker of his resignation from the Palmer United Party. ...............................2622 Hansard, Sesquicentenary ..............................................................................................................................2622 PETITIONS ...........................................................................................................................................................................2622 TABLED PAPERS................................................................................................................................................................2623 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................2625 Australian Red Cross Centenary, Motion to Take Note .................................................................................2625 Education, Achievements ................................................................................................................................2626 Galilee Basin State Development Area ...........................................................................................................2627 Education, Funding ..........................................................................................................................................2627 Education, Teacher Performance ....................................................................................................................2628 NOTICE OF MOTION ...........................................................................................................................................................2629 Federal Government, Budget ..........................................................................................................................2629 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ..................................................................................................................................................2629 School Group Tours .........................................................................................................................................2629 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .........................................................................................................................................2629 Strong Choices.................................................................................................................................................2629 Electricity Prices ..............................................................................................................................................2630 Education, Pumicestone Electorate ................................................................................................................2630 FS SIMPSON NJ LAURIE LJ OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Tuesday, 26 August 2014 Unemployment ................................................................................................................................................ 2631 Morayfield Electorate, Education ................................................................................................................... 2632 Sale of Public Assets ...................................................................................................................................... 2632 Tabled paper: Article from the Sydney Morning Herald, dated 26 August 2014, titled ‘Aurizon cuts up to 480 jobs in Qld’. .............................................................................................................. 2632 Toowoomba North Electorate, Education ...................................................................................................... 2633 Moreton Bay Regional Council, Draft Planning Scheme .............................................................................. 2634 Kallangur Electorate, Education ..................................................................................................................... 2634 Warrego Highway ............................................................................................................................................ 2635 Waterford Electorate, Education .................................................................................................................... 2636 Police Service, Parliamentary Committees .................................................................................................... 2637 Coomera Electorate, Education ...................................................................................................................... 2637 Biofuels Report ................................................................................................................................................ 2638 Whitsunday Electorate, Education ................................................................................................................. 2638 Gold Coast, Cruise Ship Terminal .................................................................................................................. 2639 Albert Electorate, Education ........................................................................................................................... 2640 Malanda-Upper Barron Road, Upgrade .......................................................................................................... 2640 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST ..................................................................................................................................... 2641 Strong Choices ................................................................................................................................................ 2641 Electricity Prices ............................................................................................................................................. 2642 Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative ................................................................................................ 2643 Gladstone Electorate, Crime Statistics .......................................................................................................... 2644 Democracy ....................................................................................................................................................... 2645 Unemployment ................................................................................................................................................ 2646 North Stradbroke Island, Economic Transition Group .................................................................................. 2647 Royalties for the Regions ............................................................................................................................... 2648 Workplace Health and Safety; Cultural Diversity .......................................................................................... 2649 Charlton Wellcamp Industrial Estate .............................................................................................................. 2650 Whitsunday Electorate, International Airport ................................................................................................ 2651 QUEENSLAND PLAN BILL ................................................................................................................................................. 2652 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2652 Tabled paper: Queensland Plan Bill 2014. ...................................................................................... 2652 Tabled paper: Queensland Plan Bill 2014, explanatory notes.......................................................... 2652 Tabled paper: Queensland government document titled The Queensland Plan: Queenslanders’ 30-year vision. ....................................................................................................... 2652 First Reading 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