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Former Committees (67)
- Agriculture and Environment Committee
- Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee
- Broadcast of Parliament Select Committee
- Business Committee
- Clean Economy Jobs, Resources and Transport Committee
- Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis Select Committee
- Committee of Subordinate Legislation
- Committee System Review Committee
- Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee
- Community Affairs Committee
- Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee
- Community Support and Services Committee
- Cost of Living and Economics Committee
- Economic Development Committee
- Economics and Governance Committee
- Education and Innovation Committee
- Education, Employment and Small Business Committee
- Education, Employment and Training Committee
- Education, Employment, Training and Skills Committee
- Education, Tourism, Innovation and Small Business Committee (formerly the Education, Tourism and Small Business Committee)
- Environment and Resources Committee
- Environment, Agriculture, Resources and Energy Committee
- Finance and Administration Committee
- Health and Community Services Committee
- Health and Disabilities Committee
- Health and Environment Committee
- Health Quality and Complaints Commission Select Committee
- Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee (formerly the Health and Ambulance Services Committee)
- Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee
- Housing, Big Build and Manufacturing Committee
- Impact of Petrol Pricing Select Committee
- Industry, Education, Training and Industrial Relations Committee
- Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources Committee
- Innovation, Tourism Development and Environment Committee
- Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee
- Law, Justice and Safety Committee (formerly the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee)
- Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee
- Legal Affairs and Safety Committee
- Legal Affairs, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Committee
- Mental Health Select Committee
- Natural Resources, Agricultural Industry Development and Environment Committee
- Palm Island Select Committee
- Parliamentary Committee for Electoral and Administrative Review
- Public Accounts and Public Works Committee
- Public Accounts Committee
- Public Works and Utilities Committee (formerly the Transportation and Utilities Committee, also formerly the Utilities, Science and Innovation Committee)
- Public Works Committee
- Review of Organ and Tissue Donation Procedures Select Committee
- Scrutiny of Legislation Committee
- Select Committee on Ethics
- Select Committee on Parliamentary Entitlements
- Select Committee on Procedural Review
- Select Committee on the Consequences of Changing Political Status
- Social Development Committee
- Speaker's Advisory Committee
- Standing Orders Committee
- State Development and Regional Industries Committee
- State Development, Infrastructure and Industry Committee
- State Development, Natural Resources and Agricultural Industry Development Committee
- State Development, Tourism, Innovation and Manufacturing Committee
- Supermarket Pricing Select Committee
- Transport and Local Government Committee (formerly the Transport, Local Government and Infrastructure Committee)
- Transport and Public Works Committee
- Transport and Resources Committee
- Transport, Housing and Local Government Committee
- Travelsafe Committee
- Youth Justice Reform Select Committee
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Committee Secretariat Contact
George Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000
Email: committeeoffice@parliament.qld.gov.au
Committee Membership
Ms Jackie Trad MP, Deputy Chair, Member for South Brisbane
Mr Jason Costigan MP, Member for Whitsunday
Mr Sam Cox MP, Member for Thuringowa
Mr Shane Knuth MP, Member for Dalrymple
Mrs Anne Maddern MP, Member for Maryborough
Mr Michael Trout MP, Member for Barron River
Functions of the Committee
The information on this page relates to the committee of the 54th Parliament, which ended with the dissolution of the Parliament on 6 January 2015.
The Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee of the 54th Parliament was established by the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 17 May 2012 as a portfolio committee.
The committee has responsibility for the following areas:
- Agriculture
- Fisheries and Forestry
- Environment and Heritage Protection
- Natural Resources and Mines.
In relation to its areas of responsibility, the Committee:
- examines Bills to consider the policy to be enacted;
- examines the estimates of each department;
- examines Bills for the application of the fundamental legislative principles set out in section 4 of the Legislative Standards Act 1994;
- considers the lawfulness of subordinate legislation;
- assesses the public accounts of each department in regard to the integrity, economy, efficiency and effectiveness of financial management by:
- examining government financial documents, and
- considering the annual and other reports of the auditor-general.
- considers Departments’ public works in light of matters including, but not limited to the:
- suitability of the works for the purpose,
- necessity for the works,
- value for money of the works,
- revenue produced by, and recurrent costs of, the works, or estimates of revenue and costs,
- present and prospective public value of the works,
- procurement methods used for the works, and
- actual suitability of the works in meeting the needs in and achieving the stated purpose of the works.
The Committee also investigates any matters referred to it by the Legislative Assembly or under an Act, whether or not the issue is within the Committee’s areas of responsibility.