Interacting with Parliament - Practice and Procedure 2026

This full-day seminar is designed to give public sector officers a detailed knowledge and understanding of the processes and procedures the Parliament uses to scrutinise the actions of Executive Government. Topics covered include:

• Queensland's unicameral Parliament;

• sources of Parliamentary procedure;

• the Budget and Estimates processes;

• scrutiny of the legislative process;

• the cabinet process and public policy cycle, and

• the role of a Minister at the parliamentary and Executive levels.

Officers will have the opportunity to observe the Parliament at work during Question Time and also to participate in a session with a Minister to discuss the Minister's parliamentary and Executive roles and responsibilities. A tour of the Parliament and its historical environs is included.

Designed for, but not restricted to, AO5 - S01 or equivalent classifications.