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Contract Cleaning Amendment Regulation 2011
The Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Scheme in Queensland. provides long service leave benefits to contract cleaning industry workers. Such benefits are for service to the industry rather than to one employer. The Scheme recognises that because of the transient nature of the industry and the propensity for contracts to change hands on a regular basis, relatively few worker

Fair Trading Inspectors Bill 2011
A 2002 Office of Fair Trading review of the Fair Trading Act 1989 and a 2007 review of the then Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development by the former Service Delivery and Performance Commission identified that there were inconsistencies in the inspectorate provisions contained in the fair trading legislation. Inspectorate provisions are provisions which deal with the app

Response Indigenous Economic Development and Review of Wild Rivers Bill
On 3 November 2010 the Honourable Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous asked the Parliament of Australia’s House of Representatives Economics Committee to inquire into and report on Indigenous economic development in Queensland including the issues surrounding the Queensland Government’s Wild Rivers Act 2005. The Terms of Reference for Committee cons

Queensland Reconstruction Authority Bill 2011
Queensland experienced significant and widespread flooding over large areas of the State during December 2010 and January 2011, culminating in approximately 70% of the State being subject to disaster area declarations affecting 60% of Queensland’s population. Tropical Cyclone Yasi crossed the Queensland coast as a category 5 severe tropical cyclone on 2 February 2011 and moved inland on 3 Februar

Queensland Coastal Plan
A review of the State Coastal Management Plan (2001) (SCMP) was completed in May 2009 in accordance with the requirements of the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 (Coastal Act). The review of the 2001 plan and associated legislative framework for coastal protection and management found that significant revision of the SCMP was required. The findings of the review are summarised in the Rep

Significant Appointments - February 2011
Cabinet considered and supported the following significant appointments. Name of Body Names of Appointees Term of Appointment  Premier and Minister for Reconstruction  Board of the Queensland Museum Hon David Hamill AM (Chair) From 22 February 2011 to 31 October 2013  Deputy Premier and Attorney-General, Minister for Local Government and Special Minister of State  Crime and Miscondu

Teacher Education and School Induction Programs
The Education Green Paper, A Flying Start for Queensland Children, announced a review of teacher training and school induction programs and the establishment of Teaching Education Centres of Excellence. Distinguished educational leaders, Professor Brian Caldwell and Mr David Sutton, were appointed as joint review leaders and two review reports have been prepared. The first report outlines the ap