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Phone: 07 3553 6657
Email: eetc@parliament.qld.gov.au
Committee Membership
Mr James Lister MP, Member for Southern Downs (Deputy Chair)
Mr Mark Boothman MP, Member for Theodore
Mr Nick Dametto MP, Member for Hinchinbrook
Mr Barry O'Rourke MP, Member for Rockhampton
Mr Jimmy Sullivan MP, Member for Stafford
Functions of the Committee
The Education, Employment and Training Committee of the 57th Parliament was established as a portfolio committee of the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 26 November 2020. The committee has responsibility for the following portfolio areas:
- Education, Industrial Relations and Racing
- Employment, Small Business, Training, Skills Development and Youth Justice.
Responsibility for Youth Justice was shifted from the Community Support and Services Committee to the Education, Employment and Training Committee on 23 May 2023.
In relation to its areas of responsibility, the committee:
- examines Bills and subordinate legislation to consider the policy to be enacted and the application of the fundamental legislative principles set out in section 4 of the Legislative Standards Act 1992 and compatibility with the Human Rights Act 2019.
- examines the estimates of each department
- investigates any issue referred to it by the Legislative Assembly or under an Act, whether or not the issue is within the committee’s areas of responsibility
- assesses public accounts in its portfolio area in regard to integrity, economy, efficiency and effectiveness of financial management
- assesses public works in its portfolio area in regard to the suitability of the works for the purpose.
The committee must also investigate any issue referred to it by the Legislative Assembly or under an Act, whether or not the issue is within the committee’s areas of responsibility.
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View: Report No. 10, 57th Parliament - Annual Report 2021-21 tabled 21 September 2021
View: Report No. 24, 57th Parliament - Annual Report 2021-22 tabled 6 September 2022
View: Report No. 39, 57th Parliament-Annual Report 2022-23 tabled 19 October 2023
Staff
Mr Rob Hansen, Committee Secretary
Dr Susan Dodsworth, Assistant Committee Secretary
Miss Hannah Koorockin, Committee Support Officer
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Please note that not all committee hearings and briefings are broadcast.
Watch live and archived broadcasts of the Education, Employment and Training Committee here.