The Kaine Ministry was the second ministry of the

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, and was a coalition led by

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Trevor Kaine Trevor Thomas Kaine (17 February 1928 – 3 June 2008), was an Australian politician who served as Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 1989 to 1991. Kaine was elected into a multi-member single electorate in the unicameral ...

and his deputy,

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party leader

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. It was sworn in on 5 December 1989, when Collaery moved the following motion: :''That this Assembly no longer has confidence in the Chief Minister of the ACT and the minority Labor Government and has confidence in the ability of Mr Kaine to form a government.'' The vote was resolved in the affirmative (10 votes to 7), and the Follett led

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government was forced to hand over government to Kaine as leader of an Alliance Government, comprising members of both the Liberal Party and some (but not all) members of the Residents Rally in the Assembly. This ministry covers the period from 5 December 1989 until 6 June 1991, when Kaine himself lost a

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in the Assembly following unpopular decisions to close schools, close the

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and amend planning laws that led to the collapse of the Kaine led

Alliance Government with

. Follett moved the following motion: :''That this Assembly has no confidence in the Chief Minister, Mr Kaine, and his minority Government.'' The vote was resolved in affirmative (9 votes to 7, with one abstention), and the Follett led Labor Party resumed government.

First arrangement

This covers the period from 5 December 1989, when Kaine assumed all ministerial responsibilities, until 13 December 1989, when ministerial responsibilities were determined with the Alliance government. During this period of eight days, there was no

Deputy Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

Second arrangement

This covers the period from 13 December 1989, when Kaine distributed ministerial responsibilities in the Alliance government, until 29 May 1991, when Kaine announced to the Assembly that members of Residents Rally had met the previous evening and decided to dissolve the Alliance, due to an internal split in the Rally party, where two of the four members chose to align themselves with the Kaine government. The remaining two members chose to not align themselves with the Kaine government. Collaery stood down as Attorney-General and as Deputy Chief Minister.

Third arrangement

This covers the period from 29 May 1991, when Collaery stood down as Deputy Chief Minister and Attorney-General and ministerial responsibilities were shared across Kaine, Duby and Humphries, until 6 June 1991, when a motion of no confidence in Kaine, as Chief Minister, was passed and the Second Follett Ministry formed. During this period of seven days, there was no

References

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