Queensland Cabinet Handbook
The Queensland Cabinet Handbook is part of the Governing Queensland suite of handbooks.
The handbook outlines the procedures and conventions for the operation of the Queensland Cabinet.
Summary
Details the entire Cabinet process from preparation, lodgement and consideration of Cabinet business to maintenance of Cabinet records.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- The Process of Cabinet
- Roles and responsibilities
- Committees
- Procedures
- 4.1 Notification of Cabinet Meetings
- 4.2 Cabinet Timetable
- 4.3 Determination of the business list for Cabinet meetings
- 4.4 Lodgement process for Cabinet submissions
- 4.5 Lodgement process for Cabinet Committee submissions
- 4.6 Lodgement letter
- 4.7 Number of copies to be lodged
- 4.8 Oral Cabinet submissions
- 4.9 Circulation of Cabinet submissions and "The Cabinet bag"
- 4.10 Cabinet Agenda
- 4.11 Collective Cabinet Minutes
- 4.12 Cabinet decisions
- 4.13 Briefing information on Cabinet submissions
- 4.14 Security and management of Cabinet information
- 4.15 Access to Cabinet documents
- 4.16 Cabinet cycle: Procedural timelines
- 4.17 Matters to Note Template
- Preparation of submissions
- 5.1 Types of submissions
- 5.2 Security classifications on Cabinet submissions
- 5.3 General formatting and style for submissions
- 5.4 Information requirements for submissions
- 5.5 Example Cabinet submission coversheet
- 5.6 Example Cabinet Committee submission coversheet
- 5.7 Example body of Policy and Policy Memorandum submission
- 5.8 Example body of Authority to Prepare a Bill submission
- 5.9 Example body of Authority to Introduce a Bill submission
- 5.10 Example body of Authority to Forward Significant Subordinate Legislation submission
- 5.11 Example body of an Information submission
- 5.12 Example body of a Significant Appointment submission
- Consultation
- Legislation
- Guidelines for briefing
- Intergovernmental Processes and Procedures
- 9.1 Principles for intergovernmental activities
- 9.2 National Cabinet
- 9.3 Council on Federal Financial Relations
- 9.4 National Cabinet Reform Committees
- 9.5 National Federation Reform Council
- 9.6 Other Ministers’ Meetings and Engagement
- 9.7 Commonwealth-State funding agreements
- 9.8 Non-financial intergovernmental agreements
- 9.9 Queensland’s international interjurisdictional relationships
- 9.10 Free Trade Agreements, United Nations Conventions, and other international treaties
- 9.11 Negotiating framework template
- Caretaker arrangements