The Cabinet of Queensland is the chief policy-making group of people within the Government of Queensland in Australia.
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.
See also: Miles ministry. 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.[1] [2]
| Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Took office | Left office | Duration of tenure | Party | Electorate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Ministers | |||||||||
| Steven Miles | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Murrumba | |||||
| Cameron Dick |
| 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Woodridge | ||||
| Grace Grace |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | McConnel | ||||
| Shannon Fentiman |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Waterford | ||||
| Yvette D'Ath |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Redcliffe | ||||
| Mick de Brenni |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Springwood | ||||
| Meaghan Scanlon |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Gaven | ||||
| Mark Ryan |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Morayfield | ||||
| Leeanne Enoch |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Algester | ||||
| Di Farmer |
| 18 May 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Bulimba | ||||
| Mark Furner |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Ferny Grove | ||||
| Glenn Butcher |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Gladstone | ||||
| Scott Stewart |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Townsville | ||||
| Leanne Linard |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Nudgee | ||||
| Nikki Boyd |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Pine Rivers | ||||
| Bart Mellish |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Aspley | ||||
| Lance McCallum |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Bundamba | ||||
| Charis Mullen |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Jordan | ||||
| Michael Healy |
| 21 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Cairns | ||||
| Assistant Ministers[3] [4] | |||||||||
| Bruce Saunders |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Maryborough | ||||
| Julieanne Gilbert |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Mackay | ||||
| Brittany Lauga |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Keppel | ||||
| Ali King |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Pumicestone | ||||
| Jennifer Howard |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Ipswich | ||||
| Shane King |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Kurwongbah | ||||
| Corrine McMillan |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Mansfield | ||||
| Jimmy Sullivan |
| 18 December 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Stafford | ||||
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.[5] 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.[6]
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[7] and establishes its agenda.[8] All members are expected to be present at all meetings unless excused by the Premier.