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Former Committees (57)
- Agriculture and Environment Committee
- Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee
- Broadcast of Parliament Select 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
- Economic Development Committee
- Economics and Governance Committee
- Education and Innovation Committee
- Education, Employment and Small Business Committee
- Education, Employment and Training 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)
- 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
- 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
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Committee Secretariat Contact
Parliament House
George Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000
George Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000
Email: committeeoffice@parliament.qld.gov.au
Committee Membership
Mrs Jo-Ann Miller MP, Chair, Member for Bundamba
Mr David Gibson MP, Deputy Chair, Member for Gympie
Mr Scott Emerson MP, Member for Indooroopilly
Dr Mark Robinson MP, Member for Cleveland
Ms Mary-Anne O'Neill MP, Member for Kallangur
Ms Lillian van Litsenburg MP, Member for Redcliffe
Mr David Gibson MP, Deputy Chair, Member for Gympie
Mr Scott Emerson MP, Member for Indooroopilly
Dr Mark Robinson MP, Member for Cleveland
Ms Mary-Anne O'Neill MP, Member for Kallangur
Ms Lillian van Litsenburg MP, Member for Redcliffe
Functions of the Committee
The information on this page relates to the committee of the 53rd Parliament, which ended with the dissolution of the Parliament on 19 February 2012.
The Transport and Local Government Committee was established by a motion of the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 15 November 2011, and formerly the Transport, Local Government and Infrastructure Committee was established on 16 June 2011.
The committee is a portfolio committee of the Legislative Assembly with the following areas of responsibility:
- Transport;
- Main Roads;
- Marine Infrastructure;
- Infrastructure;
- Local Government; and
- Building industry.
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 s.4 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 deal with 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.