Queensland’s new premier has remained tight-lipped on whether or not Lawyer-Normal Yvette D’Ath will keep in her function, as ministers had been anticipated to be briefed on their portfolios over the weekend forward of their swearing-in on Monday.
Steven Miles was sworn in as premier on Friday the place he used his first speech to make commitments to spice up the state’s local weather motion plans, sort out youth crime, and handle different authorities priorities, together with price of residing.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles talking on Saturday.
Miles advised reporters on Saturday morning he and now Deputy Premier Cameron Dick would meet with ministers over the weekend to talk with them about their roles.
“We have now 5 new contemporary faces and that can imply that we have to make some adjustments to the ministry and so they’re the varieties of selections we’ll be making at this time, tomorrow, in time for Monday when they are going to be sworn in,” he stated.
The 5 “contemporary faces” are Nikki Boyd, Bart Mellish, Lance McCallum, Michael Healy, and Charis Mullen.
Ali King, Shane King, Jimmy Sullivan, Jennifer Howard, and Corrine McMillan can even be elevated from the backbench.
Miles stated his authorities had been acutely aware of not “unduly disrupting” public servants with the shuffling of ministers and adjustments.
“That’s the balancing act for us to think about right here, the competing tensions that we’ll want to think about,” he stated.
However when questioned over the way forward for D’Ath’s function as Lawyer Normal, Miles remained tight-lipped. Earlier this yr, D’Ath was shifted out of the closely scrutinised well being portfolio and made Lawyer-Normal throughout a reshuffle.