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Cabinet Of Queensland
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 On 12 November 2020, Premier Palaszczuk announced a new line up for the ministry. 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 Monday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Queensland
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution of Queensland, Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Queensland has been a States and territories of Australia, State of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating the relationships between all state and territory governments and the Australian Government. Under the Australian Constitution, all states and territories (including Queensland) Section 51 of the Constitution of Australia, ceded powers relating to certain matters to the federal government. The government is influenced by the Westminster system and Federalism in Australia, Australia's federal system of government. The Governor of Queensland, as the representative of Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Furner
Mark Lionel Furner (born 11 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He was a Australian Labor Party, Labor member of Australian Senate from 2008 to 2014, representing the state of Queensland. Since the 2015 Queensland state election, he has represented Electoral district of Ferny Grove, Ferny Grove in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life and education Furner was born in Brisbane, Queensland and grew up a housing commission development in . Initially working as a tradesman in the transport industry, he graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with an associate diploma of business with a major in industrial relations. Between 1989 and 2008 he worked as a Trade union, union official for the Transport Workers Union of Australia, Transport Workers' Union, the Queensland Police Union, and the National Union of Workers. Furner held a range of positions within the Labor Party between 1996 and 2008. Career He was elected to the Senate at the 2007 Australian fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julieanne Gilbert
Julieanne Claire Gilbert (born 6 May 1962) is an Australian politician currently serving as the Assistant Minister for Health and Regional Health Infrastructure of Queensland. She has been the Labor member for Mackay in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. See also *Second Palaszczuk Ministry *Third Palaszczuk Ministry The Third Palaszczuk Ministry is a ministry of the Government of Queensland led by Annastacia Palaszczuk Annastacia Palaszczuk ( , Polish: Annastacia Pałaszczuk, ; born 25 July 1969) is an Australian politician who has been the 39th premier ... References 1962 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 21st-century Australian politicians Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian women politicians {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany Lauga
Brittany Louise Lauga (née McKee; born 19 June 1986) is an Australian politician and town planner. She has been the Labor member for Keppel in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Early life, education and non-political career Lauga grew up in Central Queensland, Australia, where her current residence is at the suburb of Parkhurst, in the Electoral District of Keppel. For high school Lauga went to Rockhampton Grammar School where she graduated in 2003. She went on to study a dual Bachelor of Laws/ Bachelor of Justice at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane partially for two years, then moving onto a Bachelor of Urban Development and graduating with honours. While Lauga was studying her Bachelor of Urban Development she was a founding member of the QUT Planning Students Association and a General Secretary of the QUT Student Guild. Lauga later commenced a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at CQUniversity in Rockhampton. After graduating as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charis Mullen
Charis Mullen (born 20 February 1974) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Jordan in the Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ... since 2017. References Parliamentary Profile 1974 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Place of birth missing (living people) Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly People educated at Brisbane State High School 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Labor Right politicians {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Boyd
Nikki Anne Boyd (born 20 May 1983) is an Australian politician. She has been the Australian Labor Party member for Pine Rivers in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Early life Prior to entering politics, Boyd was a lead organiser for the United Voice trade union, and an early childhood educator. Political career She was first elected the member for the seat of Pine Rivers at 2015 election with a 21.3% swing. She was re-elected with swings to her in 2017 election and 2020 election. Boyd served as the Deputy Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2017 to 2020. In May 2020 Boyd was appointed as the Assistant Minister to the Deputy Premier and Health. Following the 2020 Queensland state election, she was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Local Government in the Third Palaszczuk Ministry. See also *Second Palaszczuk Ministry *Third Palaszczuk Ministry The Third Palaszczuk Ministry is a ministry of the Government of Queensland le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Mellish
Bart John Mellish (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017, representing the electorate of Aspley. Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Mellish completed his tertiary education at the University of Southern Queensland completing a Bachelor of Science and post-graduate certificate in Environmental Management, as well as completing a Master of Business Administration, specialising in Environmental Management. Before entering politics, he was a transport and economic policy advisor, environmental consultant, rail consultant and policy advisor, and Chief of Staff to Senator Anthony Chisholm. Mellish was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2017 state election, defeating former Newman Government minister Tracy Davis Tracy Ellen Davis (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leanne Linard
Leanne Maree Linard (born 29 October 1980) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor Party member for Nudgee in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. On 12 November 2020, Linard was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the third Palaszczuk government as Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for Multicultural Affairs. Her responsibilities as Minister include adoption, child protection services, youth justice, the redress scheme for Queensland survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and multicultural affairs. Linard grew up in Banyo, lived in Nundah for many years, and along with her husband Ian, is now raising her two young boys in Nudgee. Leanne attended Virginia State Primary and was School Captain of Banyo State High (now Earnshaw State College). As the daughter of a RAAF "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meaghan Scanlon
Meaghan Alana Jenkins Scanlon is an Australian politician and lawyer. She has been the Labor member for Gaven in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017 and is currently serving as the Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs. Early life Scanlon was born on the Gold Coast and grew up in the suburb of Nerang. Her father migrated from England with his family at an early age, and her mother is from Moe, Victoria. During her school years, she attended Guardian Angels Primary School and Aquinas College. At the age of 13, she tragically lost her father to melanoma and began helping her mother care for her brother, who has Down syndrome. Following her graduation from high school, Scanlon completed a Bachelor of Laws at the Gold Coast campus of Griffith University, and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at the Queensland University of Technology. She briefly worked in Brisbane before deciding to pursue a career in pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Stewart (politician)
Scott James Stewart is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Townsville in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since February 2015. Stewart was a high school principal and educator in the Townsville region. He was the principal of Pimlico State High School when he contested the seat of Townsville. During his time in education Scott established a boxing program, aimed at helping under-achieving indigenous students re-engage with schooling through sport. Scott and his wife Jackie moved to Townsville in 1999 to raise their three children. He is a volunteer with Townsville Rotary and sits on several committees including the North Queensland Stadium Activation Group, Community Aviation Consultation Group, CBD Taskforce, Regional Economic Development Sub-Committee, Palm Island Economic Development and Palm Island Liveability Project. Scott holds a Bachelor of Education and a master's degree from the Queensland University of Technology Queensland University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Crawford (politician)
Craig Daryl Crawford (born 17 January 1970) is an Australian politician currently serving as the Queensland Minister for Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. He has been the Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor member for the Far North Queensland seat of Electoral district of Barron River, Barron River in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Career Crawford began his professional career working in hotel management. During his 20 years of voluntary service to the Victorian Country Fire Authority, he was promoted to the rank of captain and selected to be an ambulance paramedic. He went on to work for both Ambulance Victoria and the Queensland Ambulance Service respectively for over 15 years. He has a Diploma of Ambulance Paramedic Studies and a Certificate IV in Fire Technology. Prior to his promotion to the Second Palaszczuk Ministry, Crawford served as a member of Legislative Assembly of Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
