Premier of QueenslandMinister for Trade

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27 FEB 7018

The Honourable Yvette D'Ath MPAttorney−General and Minister for JusticeGPO Box 149BRISBANE QLD 4001

Dear Atto7yral

1 William Street BrisbaneP0 Box 15185 City EastQueensland 4002 AustraliaTelephone +617 3719 7000Email ThePremier@premiers.qldgov.auWebsite www5hepremierqldgov.au

On 11 December 2017, I announced a new Cabinet team and reaffirmed our conrmitment toQueenslanders to provide a strong, stable majority Government, and to drive theQueensland Government's policy agenda which prioritises jobs, health and education.

We will work closely together advancing Queensland to create jobs in a strong economy,ensure a great start for our children, improve the health of Queenslanders, support safecommunities, protect the Great Barrier Reef and ensure a responsive Government.

Queenslanders have entrusted us with providing principled and stable government, anddelivering on the promises we have made. It is critical that we work hard to prove ourselvesworthy of this trust.

For this reason, I write to outline the delivery priorities to meet our Government'scommitments. For many of these delivery priorities, it will be essential that you work closelyand constructively with your colleagues to deliver the best outcome for Queenslanders.

Following on from last week's Council of Australian Governments meeting, it is essential thatyou focus your attention on National Agreements, Partnerships and reforms related to yourportfolio responsibilities to ensure Queensland's interests are represented and the benefits toQueenslanders are maximised.

The attached Portfolio Priorities Statement defines your key priorities for this term ofgovernment. It is intended that these priorities will also inform Chief Executive Officerperformance agreements and shape the functions and activities of departments and agencies.

I intend to regularly meet with you to discuss progress in implementing the actions identified.

I expect that at all times ministers will make all decisions and take all actions in the public'sinterest without regard to personal, party political or other immaterial considerations. I referyou to Governing Queensland, on the Department of the Premier and Cabinet website at

www.premiersq1d.gov. aulpublications/categories/policies−and−codes/handbooks.aspx for asuite o f policy and administrative handbooks.

I look forward to working closely with you to deliver great outcomes for Queensland.

Yours sincerely

ANNASTACIA PALASZCZUK MPPREMIER OF QUEENSLANDMINISTER FOR TRADE

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Portfolio Priorities Statement

Whole−of−Government Priorities

OvearchingDirection

All Ministers and their staff to work closely together advancing Queensland, focusing onthe following priorities:

• Create jobs in a strong economy;• A great start for our children;• Healthy Queenslanders;• Safe communities;• Protect the Great Barrier Reef; and• A responsive Government.

All Ministers and their staff to focus on meeting regularly with the community and keyCorlsult~ltimi stakeholders to inform policy development and achieve the best outcomes for all

Queenslanders.

i1J• • U d All Ministers and their staff demonstrate transparent, accountable and ethical behaviour

and make all decisions and take all actions in the public interest without regard toAccountability personal, party political or other immaterial considerations.

CollaborationI All Ministers, supported by their Chief Executive Officers, establish strong working

relationships across portfolios to deliver the Government's priorities.

Investing in All Ministers support their Chief Executive Officers to focus on motivating andOur People increasing the capability of the public sector.

Government Commitments

Election All Ministers prioritise the delivery of all election commitments.Commitments

D e l i v e r y Priorities

J iceEnhance the accountability, openness and effectiveness of our institutions andsystems, including implementing amendments at the State level to ban politicaldonations from property developers.Deliver an effective, responsive and efficient justice system that underpins a justand safe Queensland. A justice system informed by:

• the continuation of the Specialist Magistrates Court for Domestic andFamily Violence and expansion of specialist domestic violenceapproaches in other locations;

• the continuation of specialist courts and court diversion programs suchas CourtLink, the Murri Court, Drug and Alcohol Court and other courtdiversion programs, and the evaluation of those courts and programs;

• consultation with the Legal Services Commissioner on whetherconsumers of legal services would benefit from an investigation of theimpacts on the justice system of lay representatives appearing in legalmatters;

• consideration of any strategies and practices that continue to addressdemand management across the system; and

• the work of a crime statistics and research unit, which will publishindependent crime statistics for all criminal offending acrossQueensland;

Deliver effective laws and responsive systems that target criminal behaviourstrategically, including support to the implementation of the response to theDomestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy 2016−26, and theGovernment response to the Report from the Taskforce on Domestic andFamily Violence in Queensland.Continue to deliver key initiatives of the Government's Keeping our CommunitySafe and Tackling Alcohol Fuelled Violence policies.Continue the review of the Body Corporate and Community Management Act1997.Continue to contribute to the Government's child and family reform agenda'Supporting Families Changing Futures − Advancing Queensland's childprotection and family support reforms'.Contribute to the development and implementation of the QueenslandGovernment response to the Report of the Royal Commission into InstitutionalResponses to Child Sexual Abuse.Develop a problem gambling framework by the end of 2018 based on a publichealth approach which incorporates primary, secondary and tertiaryinterventions, taking into account numbers of poker machines in pubs and clubs.Introduce legislation to create a new offence relating to non−consensual sharingof intimate images.Bring forward a bill to Parliament based on recommendations of the QueenslandLaw Reform Commission review of laws relating to the termination ofpregnancy.Improve fairness and provide greater rights for Queenslanders buying a vehicle.Amend the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000and introduce automated blue card application processes to prevent peoplecommencing paid work while a blue card application is pending.Support the implementation of the Action on Ice plan to address use and harmscaused by crystal methamphetamine.

Ct f tG NationalAqreenents, National

PartneFship &Significant National

I e f o m Pojects

Lead the implementation of existing National Agreements and Partnerships andnegotiations associated with proposed new Agreements:

o Legal Assistance Services National Partnership Agreemento National Domestic Violence Order Scheme• Intergovernmental Agreement on National Exchange of Criminal History

Information for People working with Children• Family Advocacy and Support Services Project Agreement.

Contribute to:

• Intergovernmental Agreement on Australia's National Counter−TerrorismArrangements

o National Counter Terrorism Plan

o National Indigenous Reform Agreement (Closing the Gap)

o National Disability Strategy

o Bilateral Agreement between the Commonwealth and Queensland forthe transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.