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Committee Secretariat Contact

Parliament House
George Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000

Email: committeeoffice@parliament.qld.gov.au

Committee Membership

Mrs Rosemary Menkens MP, Chair, Member for Burdekin
Mr Ray Hopper MP, Deputy Chair, Member for Condamine
Mr Steve Bennett MP, Member for Burnett
Mr Mark Boothman MP, Member for Albert
Mr Michael Latter MP, Member for Waterford
Dr Anthony Lynham MP, Member for Stafford
Mr Neil Symes MP, Member for Lytton

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 Education and Innovation Committee was established by the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 18 May 2012.

The Committee is a portfolio committee of the Legislative Assembly, consisting of both government and non-government members. 

It has the following areas of responsibility:

  • Department of Education, Training and Employment;
  • Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts

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.