Cabinet of Queensland

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		Electorate
Cabinet Ministers
	Steven Miles	Premier	15 December 2023	Incumbent	278 days	Labor	Murrumba
	Cameron Dick	Deputy Premier Treasurer Minister for Trade and Investment	15 December 2023	Incumbent	278 days	Labor	Woodridge
	Grace Grace	Minister for State Development and Infrastructure Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Racing	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	McConnel
	Shannon Fentiman	Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services Minister for Women	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Waterford
	Yvette D'Ath	Attorney General and Minister for Justice Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Redcliffe
	Mick de Brenni	Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Springwood
	Meaghan Scanlon	Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning Minister for Public Works	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Gaven
	Mark Ryan	Minister for Police and Community Safety	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 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	275 days	Labor	Algester
	Di Farmer	Minister for Education Minister for Youth Justice	18 May 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Bulimba
	Mark Furner	Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Minister for Rural Communities	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Ferny Grove
	Glenn Butcher	Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing Minister for Water	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Gladstone
	Scott Stewart	Minister for Resources and Critical Minerals	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Townsville
	Leanne Linard	Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Minister for Science and Innovation	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Nudgee
	Nikki Boyd	Minister for Fire and Disaster Recovery Minister for Corrective Services	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Pine Rivers
	Bart Mellish	Minister for Transport and Main Roads Minister for Digital Services	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Aspley
	Lance McCallum	Minister for Employment and Small Business Minister for Training and Skills Development	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Bundamba
	Charis Mullen	Minister for Child Safety Minister for Seniors and Disability Services Minister for Multicultural Affairs	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Jordan
	Michael Healy	Minister for Tourism and Sport	21 December 2023	Incumbent	272 days	Labor	Cairns
Assistant Ministers^[5]^[6]
	Bruce Saunders	Assistant Minister for Train Manufacturing, Regional Development and Jobs	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Maryborough
	Julieanne Gilbert	Assistant Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Industrial Relations and Racing	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Mackay
	Brittany Lauga	Assistant Minister for Health and Regional Health Infrastructure	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Keppel
	Ali King	Assistant Minister for Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Pumicestone
	Jennifer Howard	Assistant Minister for Treasury, Trade and Investment	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Ipswich
	Shane King	Assistant Minister for Clean Economy Jobs	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Kurwongbah
	Corrine McMillan	Assistant Minister for Education and Youth Justice	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 days	Labor	Mansfield
	Jimmy Sullivan	Assistant Minister for Justice and Veterans' Affairs	18 December 2023	Incumbent	275 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]

Notes

^ 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

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.

External links

Cabinet Handbook

[3] 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]

[1] "Newman appoints familiar faces". Brisbane Times. 27 March 2012.

[2] Constitution of Queensland Act 2001, section 24.

[4] "Steven Miles to replace Annastacia Palaszczuk as Queensland premier, Cameron Dick to become deputy". ABC News. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[5] "New Queensland premier Steven Miles outlines his priorities for 2024". ABC News. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[6] McCormack, Madura (19 May 2023). "Revealed: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's other quiet reshuffle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

[7] 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.

[8] "6.3 Approval Process". Executive Council Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

[collective-9] "1.2 The Cabinet and collective responsibility". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.

[ministers-10] "1.3 Ministers". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.

[11] "4.3 Determination of the business list for Cabinet meetings". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.

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