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
Premier Minister for the Arts	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
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Minister for Training and Skills	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

• Cabinet of Australia
• Government of Queensland
• Palaszczuk Ministry

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.

External links

• Cabinet Handbook