RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

1 ISSN 1322-0330. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS . Hansard Home Page: Email: Phone (07) 3553 6344. FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT. Thursday, 17 March 2022. Subject Page PRIVILEGE .. 507. Confidentiality of Portfolio Committee PROCEEDINGS .. 507. SPEAKER'S RULING .. 507. Questions on Notice and Responses, Compliance with Standing Orders .. 507. PRIVILEGE .. 510. Speaker's Ruling, Alleged Reflection on the Chair .. 510. Tabled paper: Letter, dated 20 December 2021, from the member for Capalaba, Mr Don Brown MP, to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Hon. Curtis Pitt, regarding a matter of privilege .. 511. Tabled paper: Letter, dated 24 January 2021, from the member for South Brisbane, Dr Amy MacMahon MP, to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Hon. Curtis Pitt, regarding a matter of privilege .. 511. Table paper: Letter, dated 10 January 2022, from the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Hon. Curtis Pitt, to the member for South Brisbane, Dr Amy MacMahon MP, regarding a matter of privilege.

2 511. SPEAKER'S STATEMENT .. 512. School Group 512. MOTION OF CONDOLENCE .. 512. Dollin, Mr RH .. 512. TABLED PAPER .. 515. MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS .. 515. Renewable Energy .. 515. Sunshine Coast, Rail Infrastructure .. 516. Gold Coast Commonwealth Games; Queen's Baton 517. Weather 517. Renewable Energy .. 518. Renewable Energy .. 519. CW PITT NJ LAURIE JM MATHERS. SPEAKER CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT CHIEF HANSARD REPORTER. Table of Contents Thursday, 17 March 2022. National Day of Action against Bullying and 519. Queensland Floods, Housing .. 520. Queensland Floods, Environment .. 521. Queensland Floods, Resources Industries Support .. 521. Public Safety Mobile Broadband .. 522. Work in Paradise Campaign .. 523. Workforce 523. COMMITTEES .. 524. Membership .. 524. Reporting 524. SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT .. 524. PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS .. 524. Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Email Accounts .. 524. Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen and Minister for Public Works and Procurement, Email Accounts.

3 525. QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE .. 525. Public Service, Appointments .. 525. Minister for Transport and Main Roads .. 526. Queensland Floods, Agriculture 526. Palaszczuk Labor 527. Natural Disaster 528. Cabinet 529. Employment .. 529. Palaszczuk Labor 530. Respectful Relationships and Consent Education .. 530. Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Email Accounts .. 531. Integrity in Government .. 531. Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister Assisting the Premier on Olympics Infrastructure, Email Accounts .. 532. Great Barrier Reef Protection .. 532. Domestic and Family Violence .. 533. Manufacturing, Jobs .. 534. Coronavirus, Vaccination Mandate .. 535. Resources Industries, Jobs .. 535. Tabled paper: Article from the West Australian, dated 16 March 2022, titled Why WA is so critical to nation' .. 535. Ukraine, Immigration .. 536. Events .. 536. STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT (MODERNISATION) AMENDMENT BILL .. 537. Message from Governor.

4 537. Tabled paper: Message, dated 17 March 2022, from Her Excellency the Governor recommending the State Penalties Enforcement (Modernisation) Amendment Bill 2022 .. 537. Introduction .. 537. Tabled paper: State Penalties Enforcement (Modernisation) Amendment Bill 2022 .. 537. Tabled paper: State Penalties Enforcement (Modernisation) Amendment Bill 2022, explanatory notes .. 537. Tabled paper: State Penalties Enforcement (Modernisation) Amendment Bill 2022, statement of compatibility with human rights .. 537. First Reading .. 539. Referral to Economics and Governance Committee .. 539. LAND AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL .. 539. Message from Governor .. 539. Tabled paper: Message, dated 16 March 2022, from Her Excellency the Governor recommending the Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 .. 539. Introduction .. 540. Tabled paper: Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 .. 540. Tabled paper: Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, explanatory notes.

5 540. Tabled paper: Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, statement of compatibility with human rights .. 540. First Reading .. 542. Referral to Transport and Resources 542. SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSIONER BILL .. 542. Second Reading .. 542. PRIVATE MEMBERS' 552. Anderson, Mr 552. Citipointe Christian College .. 552. Queensland Floods, Palaszczuk Labor Government .. 553. Stretton Electorate, Businesses .. 553. Queensland Floods, Housing .. 554. Ipswich West Electorate, School Infrastructure .. 555. Toowoomba Royal Show .. 555. Redland City, Housing .. 556. Gregory Electorate, Renal Dialysis Services .. 556. Maryborough, Flood Barrier .. 557. Water Security .. 558. Table of Contents Thursday, 17 March 2022. Shave for the 558. Tabled paper: Document, undated, list of names and companies .. 559. Tabled paper: Document, undated, depicting advertisement for Department of Agriculture and Fisheries fundraising Easter sausage sizzle and raffle .. 559. Canungra, Road 559. Operation Energise.

6 560. Fuel 560. Queensland Women's Week; Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence .. 561. Maiwar Electorate, Primary School .. 561. Tabled paper: Letter, dated 26 February 2021, from the member for Maiwar, Mr Michael Berkman MP, to Building Future Schools regarding a new school in the inner west of Brisbane .. 562. Tabled paper: Letter, dated 30 June 2021, from the member for Maiwar, Mr Michael Berkman MP to Building Future Schools regarding a primary school for Maiwar second round of consultation .. 562. Queensland Floods, Recovery; North Queensland Cowboys .. 562. Queensland Floods .. 563. 563. LEGAL AFFAIRS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE .. 564. Report, Motion to Take Note .. 564. PARLIAMENTARY CRIME AND CORRUPTION COMMITTEE .. 568. Report, Motion to Take Note .. 568. COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY .. 574. Portfolio Committees, Reporting Dates; Referral of Auditor-General's Report .. 574. SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSIONER 574. Second Reading .. 574. ADJOURNMENT .. 595. Surfers Paradise Electorate, Youth Crime.

7 595. Tabled paper: Bundle of photographs depicting a break and enter .. 596. Queensland Floods, Flagstone .. 596. Warrego Highway, Glenore 597. Queensland Floods, Aspley 597. Tabled paper: Letter, dated 2 March 2022, from the councillor for McDowall Ward, Tracy Davis, to the member for Aspley, Mr Bart Mellish MP, regarding eligibility for state government assistance for flood damage .. 597. Bundaberg Hospital .. 598. Tabled paper: Document, undated, titled AMA Position Statement: Building Capacity for Clinical Supervision in the Medical Workforce ' .. 599. Tabled paper: Document, undated, titled Clinical services capability framework ' .. 599. Hervey Bay Electorate .. 599. Coronavirus, Vaccination Mandate .. 599. McDowall, Mr M .. 600. Upper Coomera War Memorial .. 601. Rare Ovarian Cancer, Ride for Research .. 601. ATTENDANCE .. 602. 17 Mar 2022 Legislative Assembly 507. THURSDAY, 17 MARCH 2022. _____. The Legislative Assembly met at am. Mr Speaker (Hon. Curtis Pitt, Mulgrave) read prayers and took the chair.

8 Mr SPEAKER: Honourable members, I respectfully acknowledge that we are sitting today on the land of Aboriginal people and pay my respects to elders past and present. I thank them, as First Australians, for their careful custodianship of the land over countless generations. We are very fortunate in this country to have two of the world's oldest continuing living cultures in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples whose lands, winds and waters we all now share. PRIVILEGE. Confidentiality of Portfolio Committee PROCEEDINGS Mr STEVENS (Mermaid Beach LNP) ( am): The three LNP members of the Economics and Governance Committee boycotted this morning's scheduled meeting. We do not take this action lightly. However, we will not be silenced or allow our silence to become misrepresented by the failing of the portfolio system which allows four votes of government members to three votes of non-government members. Honourable members interjected. Mr SPEAKER: Order! Members, I do not need any assistance.

9 I ask, member for Mermaid Beach, if you can point to a particular standing order which is relevant to this being a matter of privilege;. otherwise, I will ask you to resume your seat. Mr STEVENS: It would be under standing order 211, Mr Speaker, that the LNP members of the Economics and Governance Committee are totally committed to honesty, openness and transparency for the public interest of matters for its jurisdiction. Mr SPEAKER: I am going to ask, member, that you get to the point or you write to me because matters . Mr STEVENS: Mr Speaker, I shall be writing to you to outline what we believe . Mr SPEAKER: No, member . Mr Hinchliffe interjected. Mr SPEAKER: No; thank you, Acting Leader of the House. This is not an opportunity to have a platform to speak about the issue. Mr STEVENS: I will be writing to you, Mr Speaker. Mr SPEAKER: I appreciate that and I look forward to receiving that correspondence. Honourable members interjected. Mr SPEAKER: Order! SPEAKER'S RULING. Questions on Notice and Responses, Compliance with Standing Orders Mr SPEAKER: Honourable members, the Legislative Assembly's standing orders exist to ensure that we have a framework within which the Assembly can carry out its responsibilities.

10 A fundamental responsibility of this Assembly is to scrutinise the activities of government. An important way that all members participate in this role is by asking questions of the government about its policies and its administration. Unfortunately, there has been an increase in disputation in relation to questions on notice and responses. This has led to increased pressure on the resources of the parliament. I take this opportunity to remind all members of my expectations in respect of questions on notice and ministerial responses to those questions. Some members, unfortunately, require this advice more than others. Some key points of this advice need to be explicitly stated, which I will now do. 508 Speaker's Ruling 17 Mar 2022. In relation to questions, I shall consider questions which contain gratuitous political statements as argumentative and such questions will be ruled out of order. Furthermore, misleading the House via a question on notice is just as unacceptable as doing so in the chamber.