Government of Queensland
His Majesty's Government | |
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Overview | |
Established | 2016 |
State | Kingdom of Queensland |
Leader | Prime Minister (Sir Paul Gordon) |
Appointed by | The Supreme Head of Queensland |
Main organ | Cabinet of the Queensland |
Ministries | 17 Ministerial departments, 6 non-ministerial departments |
Responsible to | Parliament of Queensland |
Headquarters | Prime Minister's House, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Road, Queensland City |
The Government of the Kingdom of Queensland, domestically referred to as His Majesty's Government or Her Majesty's Government is the central government of the Kingdom of Queensland. The government is led by the prime minister (currently Paul Gordon, since 2 March 2023), who selects all the other ministers. The prime minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet.
The Queenslandian monarch, currently King Albert, is the head of state and the sovereign, but not the head of government. The monarch takes little direct part in governing the country and remains neutral in political affairs. However, the authority of the state that is vested in the sovereign, known as the Crown, remains as the source of executive power exercised by the government.
List of Ministry in Queensland
At present there are 17 ministries in total.
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Treasury
- Home Department
- Department for Defence
- Department for Homeland Security and Intelligence
- Department for Federal Territories
- Department for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs
- Department for Health and Social Care
- Department for Emergency Situations and Public Safety
- Ministry of Justice
- Department for Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development
- Department for Transport
- Department for Foreign, Queenslandian Commonwealth and Development Affairs
- Department for Education
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Department for International Development
- Department for Government Administration Reform
List of non-ministerial departments
non-ministerial in Queensland is maintained by the Cabinet Office, which currently states that the following 6 are in existence:
- Charity Commission for Queensland
- Forestry Commission
- The National Archives
- National Crime Agency
- Serious Fraud Office
- Supreme Court of the Queensland
Current cabinet
As of 2 March 2023, the makeup of the Cabinet (in order of ministerial ranking) is:
Cabinet Ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Prime Minister and Chairman of the Council of Ministers First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Federal Territories Secretary of State for the Government Administration Reform | Sir Paul Gordon | 2 March 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal | |
Deputy Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Secretary of State for the Home Department Secretary of State for the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Secretary of State for the Health and Social Care | Sir Robert Brian | 2 March 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal | |
Secretary of State for Defence Secretary of State for Homeland Security Secretary of State for the Emergency Situations and Public Safety | Pieter Hendrik | 2 March 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal | |
Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice Secretary of State for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development Secretary of State for Transport | Sir Colin Thomas | 2 March 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal | |
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Secretary of State for the Education | Michael Braun | 2 March 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal | |
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary of State for the International Development Secretary of State for Transport | Stephanie Wera | 2 March 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal |