weekly hansard - Queensland Parliament - Queensland Government

2542 Ministerial Statement 23 Aug 2005
Formal deputations will follow at the Victoria Point State High School Sports Hall from 3.30pm to 5pm that day.
On Monday 12 September, Cabinet will meet from 9.30am at the Redlands Community Cultural Centre, 2 Middle Street, 2 Middle
Street, Cleveland.
Deputations can be booked by filling out request forms available from:
Electorate Office, Member for Redlands, John English MP, Redlands Corner, Cnr Cleveland-Redland Bay Road & Colburn
Avenue, Victoria Point. Phone: 3207 6910 Fax: 3207 6897.
Electorate Office, Member for Cleveland, Darryl Briskey MP, “Kramer Place”, 19 Waterloo Street, Cleveland. Phone: 3286
2726 Fax: 3286 5418.
Electorate Office, member for Capalaba, Michael Choi MP, Shop 60, Capalaba Park, Mount Cotton Road, Capalaba.
Phone 07 3245 6950 Fax: 3245 4871.
Cabinet Secretariat on 1800 448 377 or 1800 448 378;
Redland Shire Council (Customer Service Centre), Corner Bloomfield and Middle Streets, Cleveland. Phone: 3829 8999
Fax: 3829 8765.
Deputation request forms must be received by noon on Thursday 1 September.
Cabinet has in the past 12 months met at: Queensland Art Gallery, the Whitsundays, Brisbane Convention Centre (Ausbiotech),
Caboolture, Charleville, Ipswich, University of Queensland (Smart Queensland launch), Kawana, Gold Coast (Gaven) and the
Ekka.
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
Gympie Country Music Muster
Hon. PD BEATTIE (Brisbane Central—ALP) (Premier and Treasurer) (9.45 am): The state
government has signed a $130,000 sponsorship deal to provide emergency services on site at this
week’s Toyota Country Music Muster in Gympie. I seek leave to incorporate details in Hansard.
Leave granted.
During the past 24 years the muster has grown to become one of Australia’s greatest celebrations of the rural spirit.
This annual festival of music and poetry has become a major tourist drawcard for south east Queensland, with about 25,000
people from all over Australia and overseas expected to attend this year.
The musters are organised by the Apex Club of Gympie and since 1982 they‘ve raised more than $9 million for charitable and
community organisations throughout Australia, a tremendous effort from an organisation with just over 40 members.
The venue for the festival and the satellite city is the remote and beautiful Amamoor Creek State Forest Park, which is why the
whole range of emergency services has to be available onsite.
Without State Government sponsorship organisers say that we would not be able to meet the level of police, ambulance and fire
and rescue standards needed to effectively service the festival.
The 24th Muster is scheduled to begin TODAY (Tuesday, August 23) and run through to Sunday, August 28.
The Toyota Country Music Muster is a great example of what can be done when a vibrant service club harnesses willing
volunteers—in this case, 1,500 of them—to work together to produce a showpiece event that benefits so many organisations.
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Hon. PD BEATTIE (Brisbane Central—ALP) (Premier and Treasurer) (9.46 am): Last Saturday
was an important day for Health in Queensland. I had the pleasure of joining the member for
Greenslopes, Gary Fenlon, to officially open the new plastic and reconstructive surgery facility at
Greenslopes Private Hospital. We are working increasingly in partnership with the private sector to
provide health services to Queenslanders. I thank the member for Greenslopes for his support of this
facility. I seek leave to incorporate details in Hansard.
Leave granted.
There is clearly a benefit to patients in having facilities like the modern, high tech centre at Greenslopes which has under the one
roof the full range of services including diagnostic, surgical and post operative.
The centre does everything from screening moles through to major surgical procedures, and covers all conditions ranging from
emergency to highly elective procedures.
Reconstructive surgery can be an extremely significant benefit to patients after cancer or major injuries, as well as those with birth
deformities.
It can literally change their lives for the better.
I was particularly pleased to accept the request to do this official opening knowing that overseas patients in the Operation Smile
program, started here by Dr Richard Lewandowski, would also benefit from the services at Greenslopes.
Richard was named one of our Queensland Greats last year for his work as Co-founder and Chairman of Operation Smile.
Operation Smile brings new hope to children from developing countries, who were born with cleft lips or cleft palates. It’s an
outstanding program.