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
See also: Second Palaszczuk Ministry
Portfolio Minister
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
  • Treasurer
  • Minister for Infrastructure and Planning
 Cameron Dick
  • Minister for Innovation
  • Minister for Tourism Industry Development
  • Minister for State Development
 Kate Jones
Yvette D'Ath
  • Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
 Anthony Lynham
  • Minister for Transport and Main Roads
 Mark Bailey
  • Minister for Education
  • Minister for Industrial Affairs
 Grace Grace
  • Minister for Employment
  • Minister for Training and Skills Development
  • Minister for Small Business
 Shannon Fentiman
  • Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef
  • Minister for Science
  • Minister for the Arts
 Leeanne Enoch
  • Minister for Disability Services
  • Minister for Seniors
  • Minister for Communities
 Coralee O'Rourke
Minister for Housing and Public Works
  • Minister for Sport
  • Minister for Digital Technology
 Mick de Brenni
  • Minister for Police
  • Minister for Corrective Services
 Mark Ryan
  • Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries
 Mark Furner
  • Minister for Local Government
  • Minister for Racing
  • Minister for Multicultural Affairs
 Stirling Hinchliffe
  • Minister for Fire and Emergency Services
  • Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
 Craig Crawford
  • Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Women
  • Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
 Di Farmer
  • Minister for Manufacturing
  • Minister for Regional Development
 Glenn Butcher
Assistant Ministers
  • Assistant Minister of State Assisting the Premier
  • Assistant Minister for Veteran Affairs
 Jennifer Howard
  • Assistant Minister to the Deputy Premier
 Nikki Boyd
  • Assistant Minister for State Development
 Julieanne Gilbert
  • Assistant Minister for Education
 Brittany Lauga
  • Assistant Minister for Tourism Industry Development
 Meaghan Scanlon

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 The Cabinet and collective responsibility". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
  5. "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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