Past Inquiries

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Committee Secretariat Contact

Parliament House
George Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000

Email: committeeoffice@parliament.qld.gov.au

Committee Membership

Ms Leanne Donaldson MP, Member for Bundaberg, Chair
Mr Mark McArdle MP, Member for Caloundra, Deputy Chair
Miss Nikki Boyd MP, Member for Pine Rivers
Ms Ann Leahy MP, Member for Warrego
Mr Matt McEachan MP, Member for Redlands
Mr Rob Pyne MP, Member for Cairns

Functions of the Committee

The information on this page relates to the committee of the 55th Parliament. This committee ceased to exist on 18 February 2016 by a motion in the House.

 

This committee ceased to exist on 18 February 2016 and its portfolio responsibilities were transferred to other committees as follows:

Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee:

  • Communities, Women, Youth and Child Safety
  • Domestic and Family Violence Prevention, and
  • Disability Services and Seniors.

Finance and Administration Committee:

  • Multicultural Affairs

 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 Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee was established by the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 27 March 2015 as a portfolio committee with responsibility for the following areas:

  • Communities, Women, Youth, Child Safety and Multicultural Affairs,
  • Domestic and Family Violence Prevention, and
  • Disability Services and Seniors

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 section4 of the Legislative Standards Act 1992;
  • 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 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.