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| Deaf Community Visit
Queensland Parliamentary proceedings were interpreted in sign language for members of the deaf community who attended sittings at Parliament House on 7 October 2009.
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| Irene Longman High Tea - July 2009
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Irene Longman’s election to the Queensland Parliament, a special charity High Tea was held at Parliament House on 14 July 2009.
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| Indigenous Youth Parliament
The Queensland Parliament hosted the inaugural Indigenous Youth Parliament on Thursday, 28 May 2009. The Indigenous Youth Parliament provided young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders with the opportunity to share their opinions and learn how the Parliament works.
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| Unveiling of Former Speaker's Portrait
A portrait of the Honourable Tony McGrady was officially unveiled at Parliament House on 6 May 2009. Mr McGrady served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 9 August 2005 to 9 October 2006 and was the Member for Mount Isa from 1989 until his retirement in 2006.
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| Opening of the 53rd Parliament
Queensland’s 53rd Parliament was officially opened on Tuesday, 21 April 2009 following the state's general election that was held on 21 March.
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| High tea, strangers dining room, the first friday of the month
Enjoy a delicious High Tea at Queensland Parliament House! The Queensland Parliament is proud to offer High Tea in the beautiful Strangers' Dining Room on the first Friday of each month from 10am-12noon.
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October 2008, Brisbane to Cairns RFDS Charity Bike Ride
Parliament House staffer Stephen Finnimore, cycled from Brisbane to Cairns in October to promote both the Far North Queensland sitting of the Queensland Parliament in Cairns and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section).
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Regional Parliament 28-30 October 2008 - Cairns
The Far North Queensland sitting of Parliament was held in Cairns from 28 to 30 October at the Cairns Convention Centre.
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Brisbane City romp - September 2008
Over 2,500 people visited Parliament House on Sunday, 21 September
2008 as part of the Brisbane City Romp.
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Hearing awareness week, VISIT ON 26
August 2008
The Queensland Parliament hosted members of the hearing impaired
community as part of Hearing Awareness Week 2008.
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Youth Parliament, 22 August 2008
School students from across the Far North stood at the top of the
political realm at Cairns' first Youth Parliament held in August 2008.
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NAIDOC 2008, 9-11 July 2008
The Queensland Parliament participated in NAIDOC celebrations held in
Cairns from 9-11 July 2008.
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YMCA Youth Parliament, 1-4 July 2008
The 13th YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament
was held at the Queensland Parliament during the first week of July
2008.
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QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT MARKS RECONCILIATION WEEK 2008, 3 June 2008
The Queensland Parliament marked Reconciliation Week 2008 with a
screening of the documentary film, ‘The Apology’ on Tuesday, 3 June. The
event, hosted by Speaker Mike Reynolds, was attended by local Elders,
Indigenous community members and members of the Stolen Generations.
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LAUNCH OF ‘PICKERING COLLECTION’ OF PORTRAITS DONATED BY LARRY
PICKERING, 2 JUNE 2008
A collection of portraits by well-known cartoonist, Larry Pickering,
was launched at the Queensland Parliament on Monday 2 June.
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ABERGOWRIE YOUTH PARLIAMENT AT INGHAM, 22 APRIL
2008
A Youth Parliament for senior secondary school
students was conducted by Community Engagement unit of the Queensland
Parliament in Ingham on Tuesday, 22 April 2008.
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QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT MARKS APOLOGY TO STOLEN GENERATIONS,
13 February 2008
The Queensland Parliament marked
the Prime Minister's apology to the Stolen Generations yesterday with a
breakfast for over 150 Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders. The
bipartisan event paid tribute to the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
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FIRST INDIGENOUS LIAISON OFFICER
APPOINTED TO AN AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT, JANUARY 2008 The Queensland Parliament has
become the first Australian parliament to appoint an Indigenous Liaison
Officer. Mr Brett Nutley recently commenced employment with the
Queensland Parliament in the newly created position of Indigenous
Liaison Officer. He will be responsible for improving engagement between
Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' and the
Queensland Parliament.
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'WIND YARN' UNVEILED AS A NEW
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT SYMBOL, 15 November 2007 A didgeridoo known as the 'Wind
Yarn' was unveiled today as a new symbol of the Queensland Parliament.
The didgeridoo was commissioned by the Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly, Mike Reynolds, for the Queensland Parliament's celebration of
the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Federal Referendum.
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PICKERING JOINS WITH THE PARLIAMENT
TO PROMOTE QUEENSLAND WINES, 2 november 2007 Well-known cartoonist Larry Pickering joined forces with
the Queensland Parliament this week to unveil a new range of
parliamentary wines. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Mike Reynolds,
officially launched the Parliament's new range of eight wines on the 2
November 2007.
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parliament celebrates National Deaf Week,
October 2007 History was made in the Queensland Parliament
today when Question Time was interpreted in sign language to visiting
members of the deaf community. For the first time in the Parliament's
history, interpreters were situated in the Parliament's Public Gallery
to provide a sign language version of Question Time. Approximately 150
deaf persons filled the Parliament's Public Gallery to capacity to be
part of this historic occasion, marking the National Week of Deaf
People.
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UN Peace Parliament, 24-26 september 2007
Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, the International
Day of Peace was first celebrated in September 1982. Since then the
United Nations has set 21 September as the permanent date for the peace
day’s celebration.
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QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS THE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, 21 September 2007 In an Australian first, a Proclamation for Peace was
today read by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland,
Mike Reynolds, during a function at Parliament House. Mr Reynolds is the
first Speaker of an Australian parliament to read such a Proclamation
marking the United Nations' International Day of Peace.
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PARLIAMENT'S HISTORY COMES TO LIFE
WITH 'A MOST UNUSUAL VOLUME', 6 September 2007 A "Most Unusual Volume" was on display at the Queensland
Parliament today when the Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly,
John English, launched a publication which uncovered an intriguing
mystery linking the Queensland Parliament and Napoleon.
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CHINESE LINKS WITH QUEENSLAND
PARLIAMENT STRENGTHENED THROUGH DONATION, 21 August 2007 Links between the Queensland Parliament and People's
Republic of China were today strengthened when Speaker Mike Reynolds AM
MP received a significant donation of books, CDs and DVDs from the
Chinese Consulate-General in Brisbane.
In a first for the Queensland Parliament, China's Consul-General in
Brisbane, Mr Ren Gongping made the important donation to Mr Reynolds in
recognition of the dynamic and growing relationship between China and
the State of Queensland.
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croc festival 2007, 17 -19 July 2007 Croc Festival is a performing
arts and education festival for primary and high school students in
regional and remote Australia.
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NAIDOC, 8-15 jULY 2007
The Queensland
Parliament participated in the 50th anniversary of NAIDOC Week, which
was celebrated between 8 - 15 July 2007.
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Queensland Parliament's Online Broadcast, June 2007
In the past, to see Parliament in action, Queenslanders had to go to
Parliament House in Brisbane. All Queenslanders can now view state
parliamentary proceedings over the Internet following delivery of the
second stage of a three stage project aimed at increasing people's
access to Queensland's democratic processes.
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CAPE YORK TO PARLIAMENT TO MEET
STATE'S LEADERS AND ORIGIN GREATS, May 2007
The Speaker Mike Reynolds today introduced Indigenous
children from Far North Queensland to the State's Parliamentary leaders
and State of Origin Greats as part of its Cape York to Parliament
program.
Speaker Mike Reynolds said the Cape York to Parliament program involved
providing the students with amazing opportunities to broaden their life
experiences that would be educational, cultural and recreational.
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Traditional owners are acknowledged in parliament,
May 2007
On the 147th anniversary of the first sitting of the Queensland
Parliament, the Speaker Mike Reynolds said he hoped that Indigenous
Queenslanders will feel a greater sense of connection to their
Parliament. This followed the Speaker’s introduction of two historic and
significant initiatives which includes acknowledging the traditional
owners of the land on which the Parliament meets each sitting day and
flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags daily outside
Parliament House in Brisbane.
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indigenous flags fly at parliament House,
May 2007 On the 147th anniversary of the first sitting of the
Queensland Parliament, the Speaker Mike Reynolds said he hoped that
Indigenous Queenslanders will feel a greater sense of connection to
their Parliament.This followed the Speaker’s introduction of two
historic and significant initiatives which includes acknowledging the
traditional owners of the land on which the Parliament meets each
sitting day and flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags
daily outside Parliament House in Brisbane.
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DIDGERIDOO - A NEW PARLIAMENTARY SYMBOL
As part of the Queensland Parliament's celebrations of the 40th
anniversary of the 1967 referendum and Reconciliation Week 2007, the
Queensland Parliament launched its inaugural Indigenous
artist-in-residence program in May 2007.
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Cultural art display, may 2007
Over a fortnight in May 2007, the Parliament's Legislative Council
Chamber hosted a cultural art display which showcased the work of
emerging Indigenous Queensland artists.
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Historic first address by the
Speaker of State Parliament to the Supreme Court of Queensland, December
2006 In December 2006, the Speaker, Mike Reynolds AM MP,
returned to the Supreme Court of Queensland a portrait of former
premier, the Honourable TJ Byrnes. Mr Reynolds also delivered an address
to the Supreme Court of Queensland at the invitation of the Chief
Justice, the Hon Paul de Jersey AC. This was the first occasion in
Queensland political and judicial history that a Speaker had attended
the Supreme Court in an official capacity.
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