Cabinet of Queensland
File:Coat of Arms of Queensland.svg | |
Legal status | Constitution of Queensland 2001 (Qld) s 42 |
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Purpose | Chief decision-making body of the Queensland Government |
Location |
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David Crisafulli | |
Current Cabinet | Crisafulli ministry (since October 2024) |
Membership | Maximum of 19 ministers[2] |
Website | cabinet |
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 Crisafulli Ministry is a ministry of the Government of Queensland led by David Crisafulli. Crisafulli was sworn in on October 28 2024, following the 2024 Queensland State Election.[5]
Cabinet outlook
Initial composition
On 27 October 2024, Crisafulli announced that he and Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie would be sworn in as an interim two-person cabinet. Crisafulli and Bleijie were formally sworn in by Governor Jeanette Young on 28 October.[6]
Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Took office | Left office | Duration of tenure | Party | Electorate | |
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Cabinet Ministers | ||||||||
David Crisafulli |
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28 October 2024 | 1 November 2024 (all offices except Premier) | 75 days | Liberal National | Broadwater | ||
File:Jarrod Bleijie.jpg | Jarrod Bleijie |
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28 October 2024 | 1 November 2024 (all offices except those listed below) | 75 days | Kawana |
Full ministry
On 1 November 2024, the full ministry was formally sworn in, as follows:[7]
Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Took office | Left office | Duration of tenure | Party | Electorate | |
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Cabinet Ministers | ||||||||
David Crisafulli |
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28 October 2024 | Incumbent | 75 days | Liberal National | Broadwater | ||
File:Jarrod Bleijie.jpg | Jarrod Bleijie |
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28 October 2024 | Incumbent | 75 days | Kawana | ||
David Janetzki |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Toowoomba South | |||
File:RosBatesT1.jpg | Ros Bates |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Mudgeeraba | ||
File:Tim Nicholls MP 2023.png | Tim Nicholls | 1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Clayfield | |||
File:Deb Frecklington headshot crop narrow.jpg | Deb Frecklington |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Nanango | ||
Dale Last |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Burdekin | |||
File:John-Paul Langbroek 2021 (cropped).jpg | John-Paul Langbroek |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Surfers Paradise | ||
Dan Purdie |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Ninderry | |||
Laura Gerber |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Currumbin | |||
File:RockyRingRoadRally7.jpg | Brent Mickelberg | 1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Buderim | |||
Ann Leahy |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Warrego | |||
Sam O'Connor |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Bonney | |||
Tony Perrett | 1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Gympie | ||||
Fiona Simpson |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Maroochydore | |||
Andrew Powell |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Glass House | |||
Amanda Camm |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Whitsunday | |||
Tim Mander |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Everton | |||
File:Steve Minnikin.jpg | Steve Minnikin |
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1 November 2024 | Incumbent | 71 days | Chatsworth |
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.[8] 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.[9]
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)[9] chairs its meetings[10] and establishes its agenda.[11] All members are expected to be present at all meetings unless excused by the Premier.[10]
See also
Notes
- ↑ In establishing his ministry, Campbell Newman renamed them assistant ministers as he believed the term more easily understood.[3] The Constitution of Queensland Act 2001 and other statutes still use the name parliamentary secretaries.[4]
References
- ↑ "Games Funding Deal Doubt". The Courier Mail. News Corp Australia. 5 November 2024. pp. 8–9.
- ↑ Constitution of Queensland 2001 (Qld) s 43
- ↑ "Newman appoints familiar faces". Brisbane Times. 27 March 2012.
- ↑ Constitution of Queensland Act 2001, section 24.
- ↑ "David Crisafulli sworn in as Queensland premier — as it happened". ABC News. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ↑ McKay, Jack (28 October 2024). "David Crisafulli sworn in as Queensland premier — as it happened". ABC News. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ↑ "Premier David Crisafulli reveals new Queensland cabinet moments before swearing in ceremony begins". ABC News. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ↑ "6.3 Approval Process". Executive Council Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "1.2 The Cabinet and collective responsibility". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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.