Ms Bligh signed using Auslan, Australian sign language.
Hon. AM BLIGH (South Brisbane—ALP) (Premier and Minister for the Arts) (9.33 am): I welcome the deaf community here to Queensland’s Parliament House.Honourable members: Hear, hear!
Subject: Commonwealth Games Bid; Queensland Events [Legislative Assembly - Ministerial Statements]
Date: 7 October 2009
Hansard reference: p. 2578 [online (pdf)]
Hon. RE SCHWARTEN (Rockhampton—ALP) (Minister for Public Works and Information and
Communication Technology) (10.09 am): [...] The principal also provides a copy of the school’s BEMIR before work commences to ensure that contractors are always aware of any asbestos present.Dr Flegg: We can’t hear you.
Mr SCHWARTEN: I am sorry, I have a voice complaint. I am doing my best.
Mr McArdle: Have a glass of water.
Mr SCHWARTEN: It is not actually a glass of water that I need. I have a throat complaint. Wake up to yourself.
Mr Hopper: That’s not like you, Robbie, to be nasty.
Mr SCHWARTEN: I am doing my best to speak.
Subject: QBuild, Asbestos in Schools [Legislative Assembly - Ministerial Statements]
Date: 6 October 2009
Hansard reference: pp. [online (pdf)]
Dr J.M. WOOLLARD: I believe that, under that public policy discretion, the people that the minister wants to have apprehended because of weapons or drugs could be apprehended and that there could be a successful prosecution.
Mr R.F. Johnson: “Could be”, not “will be”. We are in the hands of a magistrate’s discretion or a judge’s discretion. They all rule differently. I am told that there are some cases. I do not know how many, but I am sure we will be able to give them to the member at some stage. The police have told me, and I believe them, that defence lawyers use the grounds —
Ms M.M. Quirk: Defence lawyers are showing —
Mr R.F. Johnson: You can interject in a minute. The member is taking my interjection at the moment.
Mrs M.H. Roberts: You are talking drivel.
Mr R.F. Johnson: Welcome back. It is nice to see you in the chamber once in a blue moon!
Mrs M.H. Roberts: Have you had some nasty pills for dinner?
The ACTING SPEAKER (Mrs L.M. Harvey): The member for Alfred Cove has the call.
Dr J.M. WOOLLARD: This is my time!
Subject: Criminal Investigation Amendment Bill 2009 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 11 November 2009
Hansard reference: p. 8829 [online (pdf)]
Hon. AM BLIGH (South Brisbane—ALP) (Premier and Minister for the Arts) (9.44 am): As members know, I recently participated in the Network 10 program Celebrity MasterChef. As Queenslanders will see when my episode goes to air next week, this was an excellent opportunity to showcase some of our state’s fantastic produce to the nation. I was delighted to receive thousands of ingredient ideas from people all over the state, and I thank local producers who went to great lengths to ensure that I considered their products when selecting my final dishes. While I cannot reveal the full details of all the dishes until the show airs, I am confident they represent the diversity of delicious ingredients that we have available to us here in Queensland.
Mr Lucas: You didn’t ask for my recipe.
Ms BLIGH: I can absolutely assure the people of Queensland that the Deputy Premier’s recipe for curried sausages did not see the light of day.
Ms Simpson: Biological warfare.
Ms BLIGH: I take the interjection from the member for Maroochydore, who just accused the Deputy Premier of an attempt at biological warfare by supplying the ABC with his curried sausages.
Subject: Celebrity MasterChef [Legislative Assembly - Ministerial Statements]
Date: 8 October 2009
Hansard reference: p. 2676 [online (pdf)]
Mr MALONE (Mirani—LNP) (7.39 pm): [...]Like the member for Callide, I have absolute admiration for those teachers who teach in those very remote areas. I am not just saying that because I am married to a schoolteacher and have some real understanding of their trials and tribulations as my wife taught in schools for many years after we were married. It is with some knowledge that I understand the issues before teachers across Queensland and more particularly in my electorate.
Mr Wilson: She’s still trying to educate you, Ted, is she?
Mr MALONE: Indeed. I will not take that comment.
Mr Wilson: You just did!
Mr MALONE: She has given up on me, mate!
Subject: Education Legislation Amendment Bill / Education and Training Legislation Amendment Bill [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading -- Cognate Debate]
Date: 6 October 2009
Hansard reference: p. 2550 [online (pdf)]
So, somehow, without any plan and with a lot of stubborn persistence, Houses & Motions has now been running for three years. Just why it keeps going remains to be seen, but if you want to know why this all got started, last year’s retrospective may help. Anyway, today’s post isn’t related to any of this, I’d queued it up a while ago so I’m tacking on the intro now…
Mr DEMPSEY: I implore this state government to be realistic in its approach and make sure that it
pays teachers adequately in comparison to teachers elsewhere in Australia for the hard work that they do.Mr Schwarten: How much? What’s the offer from the opposition?
Mr KNUTH (Dalrymple—LNP) (9.56 pm): In speaking to the Education and Training Legislation
Amendment Bill, I acknowledge the minister’s intention to streamline—Mr Dempsey: How much is enough?
Mr Schwarten: How much?
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Member for Bundaberg.
Mr Schwarten: Just gratuitous waffle.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Minister!
Mr Schwarten: No offer.
Mr Dempsey interjected.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! I am on my feet. I will ask the member for Bundaberg to withdraw
that unparliamentary comment.Mr DEMPSEY: I withdraw that comment.
Mr Schwarten interjected.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Minister, the member for Dalrymple has the call.
Mr DEMPSEY: I rise to a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. What was the word—parrot? Was it
parrot or was it to do with brains because if brains were rubber bands they could be wrapped around a
parrot’s ankle.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Member for Bundaberg.
Mr DEMPSEY: I withdraw.
Mr Hinchliffe: It’s a bit too late to come back at that point.
Opposition members interjected.
Mr Schwarten: No wonder the coppers got rid of you.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Schwarten: No offer; no guts.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Minister!
Mr Dempsey interjected.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Member for Bundaberg, you leave me no option but to warn you.
This is it. The member for Dalrymple has the call. Any further interjections will be treated that way.Mr Schwarten interjected.
Mr DEMPSEY: I rise to a point of order. I take offence and I ask the minister to withdraw.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Minister, he has asked you to withdraw.
Mr SCHWARTEN: I withdraw, Mr Deputy Speaker. I don’t like him winking at me.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Minister, withdraw unreservedly.
Mr SCHWARTEN: I withdraw. I ask him to stop winking at me across the chamber. It is quite
embarrassing.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Minister, I will ask you to withdraw again unreservedly.
Mr SCHWARTEN: I withdraw unreservedly, Mr Deputy Speaker.
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you. The member for Dalrymple has the call.
Subject: Education Legislation Amendment Bill / Education and Training Legislation Amendment Bill [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading -- Cognate Debate]
Date: 6 October 2009
Hansard reference: pp. 2569 – 2570 [online (pdf)]
HON ALYSSA HAYDEN (East Metropolitan) [10.24 pm]: [...] The committee’s “Touch of Pink” breakfast was held at the Burswood entertainment complex and more than 460 people were in attendance. I was joined by my colleagues Hon Helen Morton and Hon Donna Faragher, along with Andrea Mitchell, the hard member for Kingsley.
Hon Ken Travers: The hard member?
Hon ALYSSA HAYDEN: The hardworking member for Kingsley.
Hon Ken Travers: I always found her a bit of a softie, myself.
Hon ALYSSA HAYDEN: She is a lovely lady!
Hon Ken Travers: Yes. I’m going to tell her you called her hard; I think that’s very unfair!
Hon Liz Behjat: No-one’s ever called you that!
Subject: Breast Cancer Month — “Touch of Pink” Breakfast [Legislative Council - Adjournment Debate]
Date: 14 October 2009
Hansard reference: p. 8011 [online (pdf)]
Hon KEN TRAVERS: [...] There is almost unanimous agreement within the chamber on the policy of the bill, but I believe it is important that we understand whether this bill, as it has been agreed to by the Committee of the Whole, will be good legislation that achieves the policy implications as were agreed to in the second reading debate.
Hon Simon O’Brien: It is exactly the same as what you agreed to in the second reading debate. Are you voting against it now?
Hon KEN TRAVERS: No.
Hon Simon O’Brien: Then you’re a phoney and a fraud in what you’re saying and so are all your colleagues!
Hon KEN TRAVERS: Hon Simon O’Brien would probably know more about phoneys and frauds than anyone else in this chamber.
Hon Simon O’Brien: Yes, because I’ve sat here and stared at them for 12 years!
The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon KEN TRAVERS: Hon Simon O’Brien has sat next to them for 12 years; he has not stared at them for 12 years, although I have occasionally seen him do googly eyes at those who sit next to him.
Subject: Criminal Code Amendment (Graffiti) Bill 2009 [Legislative Council - Third Reading]
Date: 14 October 2009
Hansard reference: p. 7988 [online (pdf)]
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: [...] It appears that the opposition spokesperson for health has had a leak come to her; she is in possession of a leak! The mover of the motion has also got an interest in this matter, so her ears have pricked up. Hon Alison Xamon has beaten this slack opposition to move an urgency motion on the subject.
Hon Sue Ellery: Don’t be ridiculous!
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: I did not see the Leader of the Opposition come out with it.
Hon Sue Ellery: I stood up early in the debate —
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: The Leader of the Opposition did not move the motion.
Hon Sue Ellery: The Greens (WA) asked for the motion. We agreed that they should move the motion.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: Bully for you! It saved the member the trouble of actually doing some work!
Hon Sue Ellery: We actually had that motion planned and they asked —
Hon Ken Travers: What is happening in the other place?
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: Mr President, we have just —
The PRESIDENT: Order! The comments the last minute or so have very tenuous links to the real issue; that is, mental health services. That includes the comments being made by the speaker on his feet and the interjections.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: Mr President, the —
Hon Ken Travers: Stop disobeying the Chair and sit down!
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: Why don’t you just pull your head in for half a minute!
Hon Norman Moore: I think he should go back to sleep!
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: He was sound asleep a minute ago.
Hon Norman Moore: We are really disappointed that Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich woke him up!
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: That is where he needs to be.
Hon Sue Ellery: Why does the minister not answer the question about why the great advocate for mental health did not —
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: This is why, Mr President, I cannot get a word in edgeways. Can I ask for some order?
The PRESIDENT: Order! I will close the debate in a minute if we cannot get some order. Let us have one speaker on his feet and no interjections—speaking to the motion, I would add.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN: Mr President, with respect, I have been speaking to the motion. I shall continue to do so.
Hon Ken Travers: The minister cannot challenge the President like that!
The PRESIDENT: Order!
Subject: Mental Health Services [Legislative Council - Urgency Motion]
Date: 13 October 2009
Hansard reference: pp. 7744- 7745 [online (pdf)]
