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Cabinet of Queensland

Coat of Arms of Queensland
Legal status	Constitution of Queensland 2001 (Qld) s 42
Purpose	Chief decision-making body of the Queensland Government
Location	Cabinet room, level 409, 1 William Street, Brisbane
Premier	David Crisafulli
Current Cabinet	Crisafulli ministry (since October 2024)
Membership	Maximum of 19 ministers
Website	cabinet.qld.gov.au

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, 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.

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.

Portrait	Minister	Portfolio	Took office	Left office	Duration of tenure	Party		Electorate
Cabinet Ministers
	David Crisafulli	Premier Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services and Minister for Women Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Public Works Minister for Police and Community Safety Minister for Treaty, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Minister for Communities and Minister for the Arts Minister for Education and Minister for Youth Justice Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Minister for Water Minister for Resources and Critical Minerals Minister for Fire and Disaster Recovery and Minister for Corrective Services Minister for Tourism and Sport	28 October 2024	1 November 2024 (all offices except Premier)	56 days		Liberal National	Broadwater
	Jarrod Bleijie	Deputy Premier Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Minister for State Development and Infrastructure, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Racing Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Innovation Minister for Transport and Main Roads and Minister for Digital Services Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development Minister for Child Safety, Minister for Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Multicultural Affairs	28 October 2024	1 November 2024 (all offices except those listed below)	56 days	Kawana

Full ministry

On 1 November 2024, the full ministry was formally sworn in, as follows:

Portrait	Minister	Portfolio	Took office	Left office	Duration of tenure	Party		Electorate
Cabinet Ministers
	David Crisafulli	Premier Minister for Veterans	28 October 2024	Incumbent	56 days		Liberal National	Broadwater
	Jarrod Bleijie	Deputy Premier Minister for State Development and Infrastructure Minister for Industrial Relations	28 October 2024	Incumbent	56 days	Kawana
	David Janetzki	Treasurer Minister for Energy Minister for Homes	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Toowoomba South
	Ros Bates	Minister for Finance and Trade Minister for Employment and Training	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Mudgeeraba
	Tim Nicholls	Minister for Health and Ambulance Services	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Clayfield
	Deb Frecklington	Attorney-General Minister for Justice Minister for Integrity	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Nanango
	Dale Last	Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Minister for Manufacturing Minister for Rural and Regional Development	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Burdekin
	John-Paul Langbroek	Minister for Education Minister for the Arts	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Surfers Paradise
	Dan Purdie	Minister for Police and Community Safety	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Ninderry
	Laura Gerber	Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support Minister for Corrective Services	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Currumbin
	Brent Mickelberg	Minister for Transport and Main Roads	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Buderim
	Ann Leahy	Minister for Local Government Minister for Water Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Minister for Disaster Recovery Minister for Volunteers	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Warrego
	Sam O'Connor	Minister for Housing and Public Works Minister for Youth	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Bonney
	Tony Perrett	Minister for Primary Industries	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Gympie
	Fiona Simpson	Minister for Women Minister for Women's Economic Security Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Maroochydore
	Andrew Powell	Minister for the Environment Minister for Tourism Minister for Science and Innovation	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Glass House
	Amanda Camm	Minister for Families, Seniors and Disabilities Minister for Child Safety Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Whitsunday
	Tim Mander	Minister for Sport and Racing Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 days	Everton
	Steve Minnikin	Minister for Customer Service Minister for Open Data	1 November 2024	Incumbent	52 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. 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.

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) chairs its meetings and establishes its agenda. All members are expected to be present at all meetings unless excused by the Premier.

See also

• Cabinet of Australia
• Government of Queensland
• First Palaszczuk Ministry
• Second Palaszczuk Ministry

Notes

1. In establishing his ministry, Campbell Newman renamed them assistant ministers as he believed the term more easily understood. The Constitution of Queensland Act 2001 and other statutes still use the name parliamentary secretaries.

References

1. "Games Funding Deal Doubt". The Courier Mail. News Corp Australia. 5 November 2024. pp. 8–9.
2. Constitution of Queensland 2001 (Qld) s 43
3. "Newman appoints familiar faces". Brisbane Times. 27 March 2012.
4. Constitution of Queensland Act 2001, section 24.
5. "David Crisafulli sworn in as Queensland premier — as it happened". ABC News. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
6. McKay, Jack (28 October 2024). "David Crisafulli sworn in as Queensland premier — as it happened". ABC News. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
7. "Premier David Crisafulli reveals new Queensland cabinet moments before swearing in ceremony begins". ABC News. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
8. "6.3 Approval Process". Executive Council Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
9. ^ "1.2 The Cabinet and collective responsibility". Cabinet Handbook. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 3 April 2012.
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.

External links

• Cabinet Handbook

• Government of Queensland