Queensland parliament updates: Anti-discrimination, biofuel bills introduced on last day of sitting week

MPs are back from lunch and have now given their private members’ statements.

These were kicked off by Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, who again raised evidence out of today’s CFMEU inquiry hearing aimed at senior opposition figure and former Labor minister Grace Grace.

While LNP MPs mostly spruiked local matters or government activity, most Labor MPs lined up to use their speeches as Stafford byelection campaign attacks against the government and endorsements of their candidate, Luke Richmond.

Labor’s deputy leader Cameron Dick used this as an opportunity to reference a post by the 29,000-follower strong One Nation Supporters Network Facebook page.

In it, the group took a break from federal political matters to recommend One Nation supporters support LNP candidate Fiona Hammond, sharing her how-to-vote card.

We’re into the rest of the day’s business now, with debate on a bill to set up a new authority overseeing Sunshine Coast waterways from Noosa to the broken-through Bribie Island.

LNP members had taken the proposal to the 2024 election and say the bill is delivering on this promise, with independent Noosa MP Sandy Bolton criticising it for a lack of consultation and an added layer of bureaucracy.

Labor MPs have also raised concerns about a lack of consultation with First Nations groups in the drafting of the bill.

The bill, to be passed by the 1pm lunch break under today’s schedule and the government’s majority in the house, will set up the statutory authority overseen by a board, and run by a chief executive.

Question time has descended into accusations that Labor is politicising the death of a minister’s grandmother and a finding of contempt against Opposition Leader Steven Miles by LNP MPs.

Labor turned questions to Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm today, after revelations she had not disclosed shares in a number of companies linked to her late grandmother.

The questions come amid broader scrutiny of a relationship between Camm and Olympics Minister Tim Mander, which has seen the pair and premier referred to the corruption watchdog.

Camm told parliament she had become director of several company structures and executor and trustee of her grandmother’s estate after her death, for the benefit of a family member with an intellectual disability.