Queensland Ministerial Handbook

The Queensland Ministerial Handbook is part of the Governing Queensland suite of handbooks.

It has been developed to assist Ministers, Assistant Ministers and their staff in the running of the Ministerial Office and is designed to act as a single, simple and user friendly reference.

It sets out the common policies, practices and procedures to be adopted in Ministerial Offices with respect to a broad range of operational and policy issues relating to the functioning of the Ministerial Office.

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Ministers are held to the highest ethical standard and are expected to conduct themselves with integrity, exercising their discretionary powers in the public interest. Ministers’ obligations are set out in the Ministerial Code of Conduct, with which they must comply.

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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Appendices
• Amendments
• 1.0 Human Resource Management
  • 1.1 Office staff
    • 1.1.1 Staff entitlement
    • 1.1.2 Departmental Liaison Officers
    • 1.1.3 Basis of employment
    • 1.1.4 Relief arrangements
    • 1.1.5 Salary level reviews
    • 1.1.6 Termination of employment
  • 1.2 Workers’ Compensation
  • 1.3 Personal Development
  • 1.4 Intern/Volunteer Arrangements
  • 1.5 Employee Assistance Service
  • 1.6 Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
• 2.0 Information Management
  • 2.1 Information security
  • 2.2 Ministerial records
    • 2.2.1 Records to keep
    • 2.2.2 Disposal of Ministerial records
    • 2.2.3 During a Minister’s Term of Office
    • 2.2.4 Storage and Access
  • 2.3 Privacy
• 3.0 Accountability and Ethics
  • 3.1 Administrative arrangements
  • 3.2 Ministerial Code of Conduct
  • 3.3 Code of Conduct Ministerial Staff Members
  • 3.4 Declaration of Interests
  • 3.5 Memberships of boards, committees or councils
  • 3.6 Lobbying Contact
  • 3.7 Gifts - received
  • 3.8 Gifts - made
  • 3.9 Indemnities
  • 3.10 Accountability and budget process
  • 3.11 Public Report of Ministerial Office Expenses
  • 3.12 Ministers, Assistant Ministers and Chiefs of Staff Diaries
• 4.0 Expenses relating to a Minister's Office
  • 4.1 Allowable Expenditure
    • 4.1.1 Ministerial expenditure
    • 4.1.2 Departmental expenditure
    • 4.1.3 Whole of Government expenditure
  • 4.2 Parliamentary Service support for Ministerial Offices
  • 4.3 Expenditure that is not allowable
  • 4.4 Accommodation
    • 4.4.1 Office accommodation
    • 4.4.2 Refurbishment
    • 4.4.3 Parking
  • 4.5 Consultants
  • 4.6 Delegations
  • 4.7 Hospitality and Official Functions
    • 4.7.1 Hospitality (including Entertainment) – Provided by the Minister
    • 4.7.2 Hospitality (including Entertainment) Benefits Received
    • 4.7.3 Working meals
  • 4.8 Office equipment
  • 4.9 Partner's expenses
  • 4.10 Political Party Expenses
    • 4.10.1 Political Party meetings
  • 4.11 Telecommunications
    • 4.11.1 Minister
    • 4.11.2 Staff
    • 4.11.3 Office
  • 4.12 Transportation
    • 4.12.1 Fines
    • 4.12.2 Cars
    • 4.12.3 Taxis
  • 4.13 Travel
    • 4.13.1 Whole of Government Travel Provider
    • 4.13.2 Cash advances
    • 4.13.3 Domestic Travel
    • 4.13.4 Travel to and from the Electorate (office or home)
    • 4.13.5 Air Charter
    • 4.13.6 Class of Travel
    • 4.13.7 Airline Club Memberships
    • 4.13.8 Government aircraft
    • 4.13.9 Overseas Travel
    • 4.13.10 Passports
  • 4.14 Other
    • 4.14.1 Cards and wreaths
    • 4.14.2 Credit cards
    • 4.14.3 Petty cash
    • 4.14.4 Purchases
    • 4.14.5 Security
• 5.0 Entitlements
  • 5.1 Staff
    • 5.1.1 Chauffeurs
    • 5.1.2 Other Staff
  • 5.2 Ministers
  • 5.3 Assistant Ministers
  • 5.4 Former Premiers