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 Tuesday, 20 February 2007 ASSENT TO BILLS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 285 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 16 February 2007, from Her Excellency the Governor to Mr Speaker advising of assent to Bills. ...................................................................................................................................................... 285 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT .............................................................................................................................................................. 285 Retirement of Clerk Assistant and Sergeant-at-Arms .......................................................................................................... 285 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 285 Speaker’s Statement—Parliamentary Language ................................................................................................................. 285 PETITIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 286 TABLED PAPERS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 286 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 287 World Athletics Championships ............................................................................................................................................ 287 Purified Recycled Water ....................................................................................................................................................... 288 Tabled paper: Kit by the Queensland Government addressed to South East Queensland Members containing fact sheets in relation to purified recycled water....................................................................................................... 288 Ministerial Expenses ............................................................................................................................................................ 288 Tabled paper: Public Reports of Ministerial Expenses for the period 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2006................ 288 Council for the Australian Federation ................................................................................................................................... 288 Tabled paper: Council of Australian Federation Communique dated 9 February 2007. ......................................... 289 Atherton Community Cabinet ............................................................................................................................................... 289 Tabled paper: Brochure by the Queensland Government, dated February 2007, titled ‘Community Cabinet—taking Government to the people’......................................................................................... 289 Smart State Ambassadors ................................................................................................................................................... 290 Chinese New Year ............................................................................................................................................................... 290 World Junior Dancesport Championships ............................................................................................................................ 290 Northern Australia ................................................................................................................................................................ 291 Powerdirect Australia ........................................................................................................................................................... 291 Sugarcane Smut ................................................................................................................................................................... 292 Tabled paper: Report, dated 18 February 2007, by Dr David Watson titled ‘The Economic Impact of Sugarcane Smut on the Queensland Sugarcane Industry—Final Report’. .............................................................. 292 Energy Policy ....................................................................................................................................................................... 292 L J OSMOND N J LAURIE CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT Table of Contents — Tuesday, 20 February 2007 Water Savings; Q-Fleet, Tree Planting .................................................................................................................................293 Tabled paper: Table titled ‘Summary of Water Usage at BCC Buildings’. ................................................................293 Patel, Dr J; Hicks, Mr D; Greenhouse Gas Emissions ..........................................................................................................293 Greenhouse Gas Emissions .................................................................................................................................................294 Clean Coal Technology ........................................................................................................................................................294 Greener Prisons ....................................................................................................................................................................295 Queensland Roads ...............................................................................................................................................................295 Energy Efficient Schools and TAFE Campuses ....................................................................................................................296 ecoBiz ...................................................................................................................................................................................296 Road Awareness and Accident Prevention Program ............................................................................................................297 Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Campaigns ........................................................................................................297 Child Safety ..........................................................................................................................................................................298 SCRUTINY OF LEGISLATION COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................................................298 Report ...................................................................................................................................................................................298 Tabled paper: Scrutiny of Legislation Committee ‘Alert Digest Issue No. 2 of 2007’................................................298 NOTICE OF MOTION ........................................................................................................................................................................298 Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2006 ................................................................................298 PRIVATE MEMBER’S STATEMENT ................................................................................................................................................299 Water Supply ........................................................................................................................................................................299 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .....................................................................................................................................................299 Water Restrictions ................................................................................................................................................................299 Water Infrastructure ..............................................................................................................................................................300 Aboriginal Communities, Meeting with Mayors .....................................................................................................................300 Water Infrastructure ..............................................................................................................................................................301 WorkChoices ........................................................................................................................................................................302 Tabled paper: Paper, dated February 2007, by David Peetz, Griffith