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Speech byDavid KemptonMEMBER FOR COOKHansard Thursday, 31 May 2012MAIDEN SPEECHMr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (5.40 pm): I acknowledge the Premier, Campbell Newman, who hasprovided us all with a vision for change and a strong hand on the tiller; the Deputy Premier, ...
Speech byDavid KemptonMEMBER FOR COOKHansard Thursday, 2 August 2012NAPRANUMMr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (3.02pm): I would like to inform the House that the NapranumAboriginal community is today engaged in a whole-of-community change program that will bring ...
Speech byDavid KemptonMEMBER FOR COOKHansard Wednesday, 12 September 2012ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILLMr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (4.51 pm): The Animal Care and Protection and Other LegislationAmendment Bill is not intended to ...
Speech byDavid KemptonMEMBER FOR COOKHansard Thursday, 1 November 2012MOTION OF CONDOLENCE: DEERAL, MR EMr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (9.52 am): I acknowledge and welcome the family and friends ofMr Eric Deeral who have travelled from Hope Vale in honour of their ...
Speech byDavid KemptonMEMBER FOR COOKHansard Thursday, 15 November 2012INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, LAND TENUREMr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (2.36pm): For the first time in the history of Queensland anopportunity may exist for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander to ...
Speech byDavid KemptonMEMBER FOR COOKHansard Thursday, 15 November 2012ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND HOLDING BILL: MOTIONMr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (5.30 pm): The Leader of Opposition Business should educate themember for Bundamba about the people who ...
Speech byDavid KemptonMEMBER FOR COOKHansard Friday, 14 September 2012APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENT) BILL; APPROPRIATION BILL; FISCAL REPAIR AMENDMENT BILLMr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (4.26 pm): I offer my response to the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill2012, the ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 21 May 2014 ADJOURNMENT Port Douglas, Community Forum Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (11.53 pm): I rise in the House tonight on the occasion of my 21st speech. On 15 May I invited the Minister for ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 4 June 2014 ADJOURNMENT Cooktown, Community Cabinet Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (11.26 pm): I am proud to report that the 14th community cabinet, held in Cooktown two weeks ago, was an outstanding ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 7 August 2014 MEMBERS' STATEMENTS Moloney, Sergeant M; Port, Mr B Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (3.24 pm): Sergeant Matt Moloney is the officer in charge of Coen Police Station in remote Cape York. It is ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 28 August 2014 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND (PROVIDING FREEHOLD) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (4.01 pm): On a windy morning on 26 January 1788, Captain ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 27 November 2014 MEMBERS' STATEMENTS Steve Moneghetti Marathon Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (3.24 pm): While Tony Abbott and Barack Obama are trading blows over the Great Barrier Reef, our government is ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 18 March 2014 ADJOURNMENT Mareeba, Community Forum Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (10.12 pm): A community is defined as a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 3 April 2014 MEMBER'S STATEMENT Cook Electorate, Napranum Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (3.25 pm): Eric Deeral, the first Aboriginal parliamentarian in Queensland, said in his maiden speech nearly 30 ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 6 May 2014 ADJOURNMENT Cyclone Ita Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (12.43 am): During the week of 10 April 2014, Tropical Cyclone Ita threatened the communities of Cape York from Lockhart River to ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 28 August 2014 MEMBERS' STATEMENTS Weipa, Community Forum Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (2.56 pm): Weipa, a Rio Tinto Alcan mining town and hub of the western cape, is set to have a facelift following a ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 16 October 2014 MEMBER'S STATEMENT Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (2.55 pm): This afternoon the member for Bundamba made an allegation that the doctors ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 28 October 2014 ADJOURNMENT Coconut, Auntie M Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (9.55 pm): Madam Speaker, you have saved the best for last, of course. I would like to pay tribute to Maryann Coconut, an elder ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 30 October 2013 ADJOURNMENT Scarth-Johnson, Ms V, OAM Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (10.39 pm): Vera Scarth-Johnson was born in 1912 in Yorkshire, very near the birthplace of James Cook. Vera was sent to ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENT) BILL; APPROPRIATION BILL; REVENUE AMENDMENT AND TRADE AND INVESTMENT QUEENSLAND BILL Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (12.48 pm): There is a fundamental trap for new players in any business. It is the ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK ADJOURNMENT Cape Indigenous Mayors Alliance Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (9.01 pm): There is a new conversation going on in the Indigenous communities in my electorate of Cook. It is a conversation about hope and the future, ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS Cook Electorate Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (3.48 pm): Cook is a complex geographic and diverse demographic electorate which posed challenges when responding to the Queensland Plan. For this ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK MULTICULTURAL RECOGNITION BILL Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (8.32 pm): I wish to speak against the Multicultural Recognition Bill 2012. As I read through this extraordinary document I visualise the Leader of the Opposition ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK PRIVATE MEMBER'S STATEMENTS Katter Sr, Mr R Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (3.48 pm): The Native Title Act 1993 is a federal act of parliament in response to the common law rights arising out of the High Court decision in ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST Napranum, Housing Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (11.12 am): Last week the Minister for Housing, Tim Mander, and I visited the Napranum community to inspect the progress of the National Partnership ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK LAND PROTECTION LEGISLATION (FLYING-FOX CONTROL) AMENDMENT BILL Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (9.10 pm): I am going to speak to the Land Protection Legislation (Flying-fox Control) Amendment Bill 2012. The member for ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK ADJOURNMENT SPEECH Daintree Coast, Boat Ramps Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (8.11 pm): During the election campaign the LNP promised to upgrade three boat ramps on the Daintree coast, which is an iconic stretch of tropical ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK ADJOURNMENT First Contact Memorial Project Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (12.40 am): It is little known that the first European contact with Australia was in 1606 when the Duyfken, or Little Dove, of the Dutch East India ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 12 December 2024 MAKING QUEENSLAND SAFER BILL Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (4.38 pm): My 10-minute speech is now down to about a third of a page, so I will say the most important part of it and we will ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 18 February 2025 REVENUE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (7.59 pm): I have waited 10 years for this moment. Finally, I am back here to give this speech. It is particularly ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 20 February 2025 PRIVATE MEMBER'S STATEMENT Cook Electorate Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (2.53 pm): The electorate of Cook is the furthermost electorate in the state from this House. It is literally at ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 1 May 2025 QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT BILL Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (6.28 pm): As a member of the State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee, it was a pleasure to inquire into the ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 1 May 2025 ADJOURNMENT Olympic and Paralympic Games Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (9.21 pm): I rise tonight not on a point of order, but on a point of contention. How is it that the noble and ancient ...
Speech By David Kempton MEMBER FOR COOK Record of Proceedings, 29 April 2025 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST Youth Crime Mr KEMPTON (Cook—LNP) (2.31 pm): Queensland has suffered for a decade under Labor’s failed youth justice laws. Every year for 10 years under ...