Cabinet of Queensland

The Cabinet of Queensland is the chief policy-making organ of the Government of Queensland.

Composition

The Cabinet has the same membership as the Executive Council: the Premier and ministers (including the Deputy Premier and Attorney-General). Assistant ministers, formerly called parliamentary secretaries,[n 1] are not members.

Current members

Portfolio Minister
Annastacia Palaszczuk
  • Deputy Premier
  • Minister for Trade and Investment
  • Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
 Jackie Trad
  • Treasurer
  • Minister for Sport
  • Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Curtis Pitt
  • Leader of the House
  • Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games
 Stirling Hinchliffe
  • Minister for Health
  • Minister for Ambulance Services
Cameron Dick
  • Minister for Education
  • Minister for Tourism and Major Events
Kate Jones
  • Minister for State Development
  • Minister for Natural Resources and Mines
 Anthony Lynham
Yvette D'Ath
  • Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services
  • Minister for Corrective Services
 Bill Byrne
  • Minister for Main Roads, Road Safety and Ports
  • Minister for Energy, Biofuels and Water Supply
 Mark Bailey
  • Minister for Small Business
  • Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy
 Leeanne Enoch
  • Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection
  • Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef
 Steven Miles
  • Minister for Disability Services
  • Minister for Seniors
  • Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland
 Coralee O'Rourke
  • Minister for Communities, Women and Youth
  • Minister for Child Safety
  • Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
 Shannon Fentiman
  • Minister for Housing and Public Works
 Mick De Brenni
  • Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
 Leanne Donaldson
  • Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations
  • Minister for Racing
  • Minister for Multicultural Affairs
 Grace Grace

Role

Unlike the Executive Council, which is a mechanism for advising the Governor, the Cabinet meets without the Governor and is responsible for formulating and coordinating policy. In effect, the Executive Council is a vehicle for implementing decisions made in Cabinet.[3] Individual ministers are collectively responsible for the decisions made by Cabinet, so if a minister is unwilling to publicly support a collective decision of Cabinet, he or she is expected to resign.[4]

Meetings

Meetings of the Cabinet are usually held on 10:00 a.m. on Mondays in the Executive Building's Cabinet Room. The Premier (or Deputy Premier in her or his absence)[4] chairs its meetings[5] and establishes its agenda.[6] All members are expected to be present at all meetings unless excused by the Premier.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In establishing his ministry, Campbell Newman renamed them assistant ministers as he believed the term more easily understood.[1] The Constitution of Queensland Act 2001 and other statutes still use the name parliamentary secretaries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Newman appoints familiar faces". Brisbane Times. 27 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Constitution of Queensland Act 2001, section 24.
  3. ↑ "6.3 Approval Process". Executive Council Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  4. 1 2 "1.2 The Cabinet and collective responsibility". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
  5. 1 2 "1.3 Ministers". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "4.3 Determination of the business list for Cabinet meetings". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.

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