Committee Details

The Education, Arts and Communities Committee of the 58th Parliament was established by the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 28 November 2024 as a portfolio committee with responsibility for the following portfolio areas:

• Education and Arts
• Women, Women’s Economic Security, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism
• Families, Seniors, Disability Services, Child Safety and Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence

In relation to its areas of responsibility, the committee:

• examines Bills and subordinate legislation to consider the policy to be enacted, the application of the fundamental legislative principles set out in section 4 of the Legislative Standards Act 1992, and the compatibility of the legislation with the Human Rights Act 2019
• examines the estimates of each department (and relevant statutory agencies)
• 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 the 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 also initiate an inquiry into anything it considers appropriate within its portfolio area.

In addition, the committee has a monitor and review function in relation to the performance of the functions of the Family Responsibilities Commission. The committee does not have jurisdiction to investigate individual complaints in relation to the Family Responsibilities Commission. 

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