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
  • 1.1 Principles of Cabinet
  • 1.2 The Cabinet and collective responsibility
  • 1.3 Management of Conflicts of Interest
  • 1.4 Matters for consideration by Cabinet
  • 1.5 Definition of Cabinet documents
• Roles and responsibilities
  • 2.1 Ministers
  • 2.2 Cabinet Secretary (Secretariat)
  • 2.3 Cabinet and Legislation Liaison Officers
  • 2.4 Executive Council
  • 2.5 Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel
  • 2.6 Assistant Ministers
• Procedures
  • 3.1 Notification of Cabinet Meetings
  • 3.2 Non-Cabinet members attending Cabinet
  • 3.3 Cabinet Timetable
  • 3.4 Determination of the business list for Cabinet meetings
  • 3.5 Lodgement process for Cabinet submissions
  • 3.6 Distribution of Cabinet submissions
  • 3.7 Cabinet Agenda
  • 3.8 Collective Cabinet Minutes
  • 3.9 Cabinet decisions
  • 3.10 Security and management of Cabinet information
  • 3.11 Access to Cabinet documents
• Committees
  • 4.1 Cabinet Committees
  • 4.2 Lodgement process for Cabinet Committee submissions
  • 4.3 Cabinet Budget Review Committee
• Preparation of submissions
  • 5.1 Types of submissions
  • 5.2 Security classifications on Cabinet submissions
• Consultation
  • 6.1 Community consultation
  • 6.2 Consultation within Government
  • 6.3 Discussion (Green) Papers and Policy (White) papers
• Proactive release of Cabinet Material
  • 7.1 Cabinet material subject to proactive release
  • 7.2 Timeline for proactive release
  • 7.3 Requirements for Cabinet submissions relevant to proactive release
  • 7.4 Cabinet material not suitable for proactive release
  • 7.5 Approval for proactive release material
  • 7.6 Publication
• Parliament and Legislation
  • 8.1 Queensland Parliamentary Committees
  • 8.2 Legislation program
  • 8.3 Development of a Bill
  • 8.4 Finalisation of a Bill
  • 8.5 Parliamentary Portfolio Committees
  • 8.6 Subordinate Legislation
  • 8.7 Private Members Bills
• Guidelines for briefings and submissions to Members of Parliament, Parliamentary Committees and Commonwealth inquiries
  • 9.1 Guidelines for departmental officers required to brief Members (including Opposition Members) of Parliament in relation to Bills before the House
  • 9.2 Guidance in relation to dealings with Queensland Parliamentary Committees
  • 9.3 Guidelines for Queensland submissions to Commonwealth inquiries/reviews
• Intergovernmental Processes and Procedures
  • 10.1 Principles for intergovernmental activities
  • 10.2 National Cabinet
  • 10.3 Council on Federal Financial Relations
  • 10.4 Ministerial Council Meetings and Engagement
  • 10.5 Commonwealth-State funding agreements
  • 10.6 Non-financial intergovernmental agreements
  • 10.7 Queensland’s international interjurisdictional relationships
  • 10.8 Free Trade Agreements, United Nations Conventions, and other international treaties
• Caretaker arrangements
• Appendices

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