Cabinet Support

The Cabinet Secretariat is located within Policy Division in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. We provide administrative and operational support to Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and Community Cabinet meetings.

Cabinet is the principal formal decision making body of the Government with Ministers collectively responsible for decisions of Cabinet.

The main support services we provide include:

• administration and coordination of all Cabinet and Cabinet Committee business, including timetabling and scheduling of submissions and the distribution of Cabinet minutes and decisions;
• providing direct support to the Premier and Ministers when they attend Cabinet, Cabinet Committee and Community Cabinet meetings;
• ensuring secure custodianship of the Cabinet and Cabinet Committee record from current and previous Queensland Governments until it is legally able to be publicly released; and
• providing logistical and administrative support to Community Cabinet meetings held throughout Queensland, including the coordination of public deputations with the Premier and Ministers.

The Cabinet Secretary, who heads the Secretariat, also has a primary role of attending Cabinet meetings to record the minutes and decisions of Cabinet.

Our unit is also responsible for the strategic management of Cabinet and Cabinet Committee processes in Queensland and we achieve this through ongoing assessment of the operation of our systems and processes to ensure optimum performance, and by ensuring that all Cabinet and Cabinet Committee business is conducted in accordance with Cabinet conventions, protocols and established processes.

Further information on the operations and processes of Cabinet and Cabinet Committees in Queensland can be found in the Queensland Cabinet Handbook.