Peter Lawlor - Labor for Southport PO Box 340
Chirn Park
Queensland 4215
Tel: 5532 5068
Fax: 5532 0394
email: southport@parliament.qld.gov.au
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Parliamentary Speeches - Questions Without Notice

Questions without notice are asked of Ministers and answered during Question Time.

  • Sale of Public Assets; Racing Queensland

    My question is to the Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading. I refer to secret Labor government plans to dispose of the famed Albion Park racecourse by this cash-strapped, long-term Labor government.

    Tourism Queensland, Website

    My question is to the Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading. Last week the minister helped launch the Queensland government’s ‘Queensland, Where Australia Shines’ campaign. The minister is aware an effective Tourism Queensland campaign requires an effective Tourism Queensland website. Will the minister explain why a person cannot book a Queensland holiday on the Tourism Queensland website because the ‘select a location’ and ‘select a destination’ options simply do not work?

    Buy Smart

    My question is to the honourable the Minister for Fair Trading. I ask: in reference to the need to teach school students to be more consumer wise, will he advise the House with regard to the annual Buy Smart competition?

    Tourism Industry

    My question is to the Minister for Tourism. I note the minister spoke about international tourism numbers recently. But are there any developments with domestic visitor numbers the minister can inform the House about?

    Ekka

    It is an ideal time to remind parents and traders about the important of product safety. Product safety is shared responsibility between Government traders and consumers.

    Alcohol fuelled violence

    This is an initiative of the Bligh Government. It is part of the attack on alcohol fuelled violence. It is something that the Government cannot stand by and put up with.

    Consumer Protection

    Will the minister update the House on how important it is for consumers to protect themselves against fraud?

    Home Insulation Program

    I refer the minister to his answer in the House yesterday relating to the house fires this week and to speculation of a casual link to the Labor Party’s discredited home insulation scheme.

    Tourism Industry

    Will the minister please tell the house how important the international market briefings held this week in Cairns and on the GOld Coast are for tourism?

    Home Insulation Program

    In a phone hook-up on 29 April 2009, officials from the Queensland Office of Fair Trading were warned about the Federal Government’s insulation scheme and the likelihood of unregisterted operators and shonky operators leading to a forecast 10 per cent failure rate in the program.

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