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Committee Secretariat Contact

Parliament House George Street Brisbane Qld 4000

Email: committeeoffice@parliament.qld.gov.au

Committee Membership

Mr Chris Whiting MP, Member for Bancroft, Chair
Mr Jim McDonald MP, Member for Lockyer, Deputy Chair
Mr Michael Hart MP, Member for Burleigh
Mr Robbie Katter MP, Member for Traeger
Mr Tom Smith MP, Member for Bundaberg

Functions of the Committee

The information on this page relates to the committee of the 57th Parliament. This committee ceased to exist on 13 February 2024 by a motion in the House.

This committee ceased to exist on 13 February 2024 and its portfolio responsibilities were transferred to other committees as follows:

The Housing, Big Build and Manufacturing Committee: 

  • State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government, Planning
  • Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water.

Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee:

  • Agricultural Industry Development, Fisheries and Rural Communities.

Information about the following inquiries that were still being undertaken by the former committee at that date can be found at:

Functions of the Committee

The State Development and Regional Industries Committee of the 57th Parliament was established by the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 26 November 2020 as a portfolio committee.

The committee has responsibility for the following portfolio areas:

  • State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
  • Agricultural Industry Development, Fisheries and Rural Communities
  • Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water

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 may initiate an inquiry into anything it considers appropriate within its portfolio area.

The committee also has a monitor and review function in relation to the performance of the functions of the Independent Assessor.

Published Minutes

From time to time committees can resolve to publish minutes of their private meetings. Minutes published by the State Development and Regional Industries Committee are available by clicking the All Publications tab and selecting Minutes as the Publication Type.   

Annual Reports

View: Report No. 13, 57th Parliament - Annual Report 2020-21 tabled on 7 September 2021

View: Report No. 29, 57th Parliament - Annual Report 2021-22 tabled on 24 October 2022

View: Report No. 49, 57th Parliament - Annual Report 2022-23 tabled on 10 November 2023