Speaker
Role / OfficeReferenced in 13 bills
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2025
This bill authorises funding for the Queensland Parliament for the 2025-26 financial year. It allocates $146.5 million to the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for their operations, and provides roughly half that amount as interim supply for 2026-27 to bridge the gap until next year's budget.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2022
This bill allocates $146.7 million to fund the Queensland Parliament for the 2022-23 financial year. It also provides $73.4 million in interim funding for 2023-24 so Parliament can keep operating until the next annual budget is passed.
Electoral (Constitutional) Amendment Bill 2015
This bill was a private member's bill that proposed technical changes to the Electoral Act 1992 to support a separate proposal for fixed four-year parliamentary terms in Queensland. It did not stand alone — it was designed to work with a companion constitutional bill. The bill lapsed and did not become law.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2021
This bill provides the annual budget for Queensland's Parliament, appropriating $103.3 million for the 2021-22 financial year. It also provides $51.7 million in interim funding for 2022-23 to keep Parliament operating until the next budget is passed.
Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill gives the Director-General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Clerk of the Parliament formal legal authority to conduct criminal history checks on people working in ministerial offices, electorate offices, and the Parliamentary Service. It formalises interim arrangements that were already in place since December 2017, bringing these checks in line with the powers that already exist for Queensland public service employees.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2015
This bill sets Parliament's own budget. It authorises $87.274 million to run the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in 2015-16, plus $43.637 million of interim supply to keep Parliament going in 2016-17 until next year's budget bill passes.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2016
This bill is the annual budget appropriation for running Queensland's Parliament itself. It authorises $87.384 million to fund the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in 2016-17, plus $43.692 million in interim supply to keep Parliament operating into 2017-18 until the next appropriation bill is passed.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2023
This bill authorises $142.189 million in funding for the Queensland Parliament's operations in the 2023-24 financial year. It also provides $71.095 million in interim supply for 2024-25 to keep Parliament running until the next budget is passed. This is a standard annual appropriation bill required under the Financial Accountability Act 2009.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2017
This bill is the annual budget for running Queensland's Parliament. It authorises the Treasurer to pay $91.69 million to the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for 2017-18, plus $45.845 million of interim funding so Parliament can keep operating at the start of 2018-19.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2018
This bill provides the annual budget for Queensland Parliament. It authorises the Treasurer to pay $97.2 million from the consolidated fund for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in 2018-19, plus $48.6 million in interim supply for early 2019-20.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2024
This bill provides the annual budget for Queensland Parliament's operations in 2024-25. It appropriates $131.9 million for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, provides $66 million in interim supply for the first half of 2025-26, and covers $18.2 million in unforeseen expenditure from the previous year.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2019
This bill provides the annual budget for Queensland's Parliament. It appropriates $100 million for the 2019-20 financial year to fund the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, and provides $50 million in interim supply for 2020-21 so Parliament can keep operating until the next budget is passed.
Appropriation (Parliament) (2020-2021) Bill 2020
This bill appropriates $101.8 million for Queensland Parliament's operations in the 2020-21 financial year. It also provides $50.9 million in interim funding for early 2021-22 so parliament can keep running until the next annual budget bill passes.