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 Fax (07) 3553 6369 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT Thursday, 17 March 2016 Subject Page PRIVILEGE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 827 Alleged Misleading of the House by a Minister ............................................................................................... 827 Alleged Intimidation of a Member .................................................................................................................... 827 Speaker’s Ruling, Alleged Deliberate Misleading of the House by a Minister ............................................... 827 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 22 February 2016, from the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Lawrence Springborg MP, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged misleading of the House by the Deputy Premier, Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Trade and Investment, Hon. Jackie Trad, relating to Ethics Committee Report No. 162. ............................................................................................................................................ 828 Tabled paper: Letter, dated 24 February 2016, from the Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Trade and Investment, Hon. Jackie Trad, to the Speaker, Hon. Peter Wellington, regarding an alleged deliberate misleading of the House by Hon. Jackie Trad. .................................................................................. 828 Speaker’s Ruling, Referral to Ethics Committee ............................................................................................. 828 PETITIONS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 828 TABLED PAPERS................................................................................................................................................................. 829 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 829 National Close the Gap Day .............................................................................................................................. 829 Ministerial Trade Missions, Forward Plan ....................................................................................................... 830 Trade and Investment Queensland .................................................................................................................. 831 National Close the Gap Day .............................................................................................................................. 831 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Health .................................................................................................. 832 Domestic and Family Violence ......................................................................................................................... 833 Closing the Gap, Year 12 Attainment ............................................................................................................... 833 Mining Industry, Fly-in Fly-out ......................................................................................................................... 834 Tabled paper: Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources Committee: Report No. 9—Inquiry into fly-in fly-out and other long distance commuting work practices in regional Queensland, government response. ...................................................................................................................... 834 PW WELLINGTON NJ LAURIE LJ OSMOND SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER Table of Contents – Thursday, 17 March 2016 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games ................................................................................................................. 834 State Infrastructure Plan ................................................................................................................................... 835 Advance Queensland, Ignite Ideas Fund ......................................................................................................... 836 St Patrick’s Day; Electrical Safety .................................................................................................................... 836 HEALTH, COMMUNITIES, DISABILITY SERVICES AND DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMITTEE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 837 Report ................................................................................................................................................................ 837 Tabled paper: Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee: Report No. 14—Subordinate legislation tabled between 13 October 2015 and 16 February 2016. ...................................................................................................................... 837 ETHICS COMMITTEE............................................................................................................................................................ 837 Report ................................................................................................................................................................ 837 Tabled paper: Ethics Committee: Report No. 163—Report on a right of reply No. 29. ....................... 837 NOTICES OF MOTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 837 North Stradbroke Island Protection and Sustainability Legislation ............................................................... 837 Weapons Advisory Panel .................................................................................................................................. 837 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 838 Regional Youth Unemployment ........................................................................................................................ 838 Tabled paper: Front page of the Townsville Bulletin, dated 17 March 2016, with the headline ‘Revealed: How Labor short-changes Townsville—Great Southern Scam’. ....................................... 838 Tabled paper: Map of Australia, undated, indicating youth unemployment in various regions. ........... 838 Newman LNP Government, Performance ........................................................................................................ 839 Nurses, Enterprise Bargaining ......................................................................................................................... 839 Liberal National Party, Performance ................................................................................................................ 840 Member for Cairns ............................................................................................................................................. 841 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .......................................................................................................................................... 842 Member for Cairns ............................................................................................................................................. 842 Member for Cairns ............................................................................................................................................. 842 National Disability Insurance Scheme ............................................................................................................. 843 Criminal Organisations ..................................................................................................................................... 843 Unemployment .................................................................................................................................................. 844 Member for Cairns ............................................................................................................................................. 844 Skilling Queenslanders for Work...................................................................................................................... 845 Carmichael Mine ................................................................................................................................................ 845 Infrastructure Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 846 Tabled paper: Extracts of Capital Statements from 2012-13 to 2015-16 state budgets. ..................... 846 Early Childhood Development Program .......................................................................................................... 846