The Bligh government has made its commitment to the environment and Queensland’s tourism industry very clear.

I present a bill for an act to refer certain matters relating to the provision of credit and certain other financial transactions to the Parliament of the Commonwealth for the purposes of section 51(xxxvii) of the Commonwealth Constitution, to repeal the Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994 and the regulations under that act, to repeal the Credit Act 1987 and the regulations under that act, to provide for transitional and other matters relating to the referral of those matters and the repeal of those acts and regulations, to continue to provide for a maximum annual percentage rate for credit contracts and to make consequential amendments to the acts mentioned in the schedule.

I know I speak on behalf of everyone in Queensland’s legal, business, sporting and racing communities when I say that the recent passing of Leo Williams is a major loss to our state.

Three recent Tourism Queensland marketing campaigns reported strong results.

I thank all members for their contributions and support for the bill. The Personal Property Securities (Commonwealth Powers) Bill, which I will shorten to the PPS referral bill, provides for the referral of powers to the Commonwealth parliament to make laws for the regulation of personal property securities.