Cabinet of Queensland
The Cabinet of Queensland is the chief policy-making group of people within the
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
The Miles Ministry is a ministry of the
Cabinet outlook
Initial composition
Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Took office | Left office | Duration of tenure | Party | Electorate | |
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Cabinet Ministers | ||||||||
Steven Miles | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | 104 days | Labor | Murrumba | |||
Cameron Dick |
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15 December 2023 | Incumbent | 104 days | Labor | Woodridge | ||
Grace Grace |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | McConnel | ||
Shannon Fentiman |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Waterford | ||
Yvette D'Ath |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Redcliffe | ||
Mick de Brenni |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Springwood | ||
Meaghan Scanlon |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Gaven | ||
Mark Ryan |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Morayfield | ||
Leeanne Enoch |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Algester | ||
Di Farmer |
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18 May 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Bulimba | ||
Mark Furner |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Ferny Grove | ||
Glenn Butcher |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Gladstone | ||
Scott Stewart |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Townsville | ||
Leanne Linard |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Nudgee | ||
Nikki Boyd |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Pine Rivers | ||
Bart Mellish |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Aspley | ||
Lance McCallum |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Bundamba | ||
Charis Mullen |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Jordan | ||
Michael Healy |
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21 December 2023 | Incumbent | 98 days | Labor | Cairns | ||
Assistant Ministers[5][6] | ||||||||
Bruce Saunders |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Maryborough | ||
Julieanne Gilbert |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Mackay | ||
Brittany Lauga |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Keppel | ||
Ali King |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Pumicestone | ||
Jennifer Howard |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Ipswich | ||
Shane King |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Kurwongbah | ||
Corrine McMillan |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Mansfield | ||
Jimmy Sullivan |
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18 December 2023 | Incumbent | 101 days | Labor | Stafford |
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.[7] Individual ministers are collectively responsible for the decisions made by Cabinet, so ministers are expected to resign if unwilling to publicly support a collective decision of Cabinet.[8]
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)[8] chairs its meetings[9] and establishes its agenda.[10] All members are expected to be present at all meetings unless excused by the Premier.[9]
See also
- Cabinet of Australia
- Government of Queensland
- First Palaszczuk Ministry
- Second Palaszczuk Ministry
Notes
- 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
- ^ "Newman appoints familiar faces". Brisbane Times. 27 March 2012.
- ^ Constitution of Queensland Act 2001, section 24.
- ^ "Steven Miles to replace Annastacia Palaszczuk as Queensland premier, Cameron Dick to become deputy". ABC News. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "New Queensland premier Steven Miles outlines his priorities for 2024". ABC News. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ McCormack, Madura (19 May 2023). "Revealed: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's other quiet reshuffle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "6.3 Approval Process". Executive Council Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ a b "1.2 The Cabinet and collective responsibility". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
- ^ a b "1.3 Ministers". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
- ^ "4.3 Determination of the business list for Cabinet meetings". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.