The Cabinet of Queensland is the chief policy-making group of people within the Government of Queensland in Australia.

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 Government of Queensland led by Steven Miles. Miles was elected the leader, of the Queensland Labor Party and subsequently premier following the resignation of Annastacia Palaszczuk on 15 December 2023.[3][4]

Cabinet outlook

Initial composition

Portrait Minister Portfolio Took office Left office Duration of tenure Party Electorate
Cabinet Ministers
Steven Miles 15 December 2023 Incumbent 28 days Labor Murrumba
Cameron Dick
15 December 2023 Incumbent 28 days Labor Woodridge
Grace Grace
  • Minister for State Development and Infrastructure
  • Minister for Industrial Relations
  • Minister for Racing
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor McConnel
Shannon Fentiman 18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Waterford
Yvette D'Ath
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Redcliffe
Mick de Brenni
  • Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Springwood
Meaghan Scanlon
  • Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning
  • Minister for Public Works
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Gaven
Mark Ryan
  • Minister for Police and Community Safety
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Morayfield
Leeanne Enoch
  • Minister for Treaty
  • Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
  • Minister for Communities
  • Minister for the Arts
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Algester
Di Farmer
  • Minister for Education
  • Minister for Youth Justice
18 May 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Bulimba
Mark Furner
  • Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries
  • Minister for Rural Communities
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Ferny Grove
Glenn Butcher
  • Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing
  • Minister for Water
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Gladstone
Scott Stewart
  • Minister for Resources and Critical Minerals
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Townsville
Leanne Linard
  • Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef
  • Minister for Science and Innovation
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Nudgee
Nikki Boyd
  • Minister for Fire and Disaster Recovery
  • Minister for Corrective Services
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Pine Rivers
Bart Mellish
  • Minister for Transport and Main Roads
  • Minister for Digital Services
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Aspley
Lance McCallum
  • Minister for Employment and Small Business
  • Minister for Training and Skills Development
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Bundamba
Charis Mullen
  • Minister for Child Safety
  • Minister for Seniors and Disability Services
  • Minister for Multicultural Affairs
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Jordan
Michael Healy
  • Minister for Tourism and Sport
21 December 2023 Incumbent 22 days Labor Cairns
Assistant Ministers[5][6]
Bruce Saunders
  • Assistant Minister for Train Manufacturing, Regional Development and Jobs
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Maryborough
Julieanne Gilbert
  • Assistant Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Industrial Relations and Racing
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Mackay
Brittany Lauga
  • Assistant Minister for Health and Regional Health Infrastructure
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Keppel
Ali King
  • Assistant Minister for Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Pumicestone
Jennifer Howard
  • Assistant Minister for Treasury, Trade and Investment
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Ipswich
Shane King
  • Assistant Minister for Clean Economy Jobs
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Kurwongbah
Corrine McMillan
  • Assistant Minister for Education and Youth Justice
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 days Labor Mansfield
Jimmy Sullivan
  • Assistant Minister for Justice and Veterans' Affairs
18 December 2023 Incumbent 25 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

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. "Steven Miles to replace Annastacia Palaszczuk as Queensland premier, Cameron Dick to become deputy". ABC News. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. "New Queensland premier Steven Miles outlines his priorities for 2024". ABC News. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. McCormack, Madura (19 May 2023). "Revealed: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's other quiet reshuffle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. Messenger, Andrew (15 December 2023). "Steven Miles unveils five new cabinet ministers as he's sworn in as Queensland premier". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  7. "6.3 Approval Process". Executive Council Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  8. 1 2 "1.2 The Cabinet and collective responsibility". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
  9. 1 2 "1.3 Ministers". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
  10. "4.3 Determination of the business list for Cabinet meetings". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
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