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Coat of arms of Queensland
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Up to 1892, suggestions were being made as to what the states coat of arms was to constitute and the pictures below illustrate the four main depictions that were considered. Below are the four proposed coat of arms submitted to the British College of Arms and these suggestions were accompanied by a letter by the Chief Secretary to the Government Office in London. The alterations continued over the years because the crown that is impaled upon the Maltese cross keeps in synchronisation with the monarch in England, due to the switching of crowns. The Imperial State Crown or Tudor Crown, and the St. Edwards Crown are the two crowns that have been used since Charles IIs restoration in 1660. Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George VI used the Imperial Crown, while George V and Elizabeth II used the St Edwards Crown. Therefore, between the years of 1893–1910 and 1936–1952, the Imperial crown was bestowed upon the cross, the final and current addition to the coat of arms was created in 1977, during the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, with the granting of supporting animal. A red deer, to represent the old world and it is an animal of heraldry, and a brolga. The symbols on the shield are representations of Queenslands most abundant industries, the wheat industrys origins belong with the first settlers in 1788, as the farms were worked by the convicts brought over from England, an idea of Governor Phillip. During the years till 1795, the industry slowly gained popularity. The sugar industry became established by 1868 in Mackay which was a four years after the first commercial sugar mill was opened in Cleveland. As for the animals, the brolga is Australias only native crane and is described as more than a metre tall. The adults are grey and have a long thin neck, a bare head. They are mostly found along the coast from Rockhampton to the Gulf of Carpentaria and have featured on the coat of arms since 1977 and has been the state bird since 1986, the Maltese cross has a stranger history than the rest of the elements upon the arms. Not even the Queensland government is aware of why the Maltese Cross was chosen for the coat of arms, below is a visual evolution of the Queensland coat of arms
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Flag of Queensland
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The state flag of Queensland is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state badge on a white disc in the fly. The badge is a light blue Maltese Cross with a crown in the centre of the cross. The flag dates from 1876, with variations, and the badge was designed by William Hemmant. On 10 December 1859, a blue flag with a red St Georges Cross. The State Flag was first created in 1870 with the Union Jack upon the blue background, however. In its place was a profile of Queen Victoria on a blue disc surrounded by a white annulus on which the word Queensland was inscribed in gold. The next alteration occurred in 1876 as there were complaints that the reproduction of Victorias head was too difficult. Many complaints by State Officials were made, including the example found in the Queensland State Archives. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, N Hemmant His Excellency WW Cairns, Esq, the final official alteration occurred in 1901 with the death of Queen Victoria. The change was in relation to the crown impaled upon the Maltese Cross, as Victoria and Edward VII had chosen different coronation crowns, however over the years the monarchs of Australia have chosen differing coronation crowns and therefore, the crowns have unofficially kept up with each change
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Annastacia Palaszczuk
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Annastacia Palaszczuk is an Australian politician and 39th Premier of Queensland, serving since the 2015 election. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since the 2006 election and she held various ministerial portfolios in the Bligh Labor government from 2009. Following Labors defeat in the 2012 election, Palaszczuk succeeded Bligh as leader of Queensland Labor, after the defeat of the Newman LNP government in 2015, Palaszczuk became the first woman in Australia to become Premier of a state from Opposition. Her ministry was majority female, a first in Australia, Palaszczuk was raised in the Brisbane suburb of Durack, the daughter of veteran state Labor MP Henry Palaszczuk, who was born in Germany to Polish parents. Her Australian mother, Lorelle, is descended from German settlers and she attended St Marys College, Ipswich from 1982-1986. She has degrees in Arts and Laws from the University of Queensland, a Masters of Arts from the University of London, and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from Australian National University. Palaszczuk worked as an adviser to a number of Labor ministers, including Minister for Communities, Disabilities and Seniors, Warren Pitt and former Minister for the Environment. She later decided to have a career in the profession and was studying for admission as a solicitor when her father announced his intention to retire at the 2006 election. On 9 October 2008, Palaszczuk was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Main Roads, just over five months later, she was appointed Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs in the Bligh ministry following the 2009 election. In February 2011, she was promoted to Minister for Transport, at the 2012 election, the Bligh government was overwhelmingly defeated by Campbell Newman-led Liberal National Party, losing 44 seats. Palaszczuk suffered a 14-point swing in Inala, but retained her seat with a 46.2 per cent primary vote, the day after the election, Bligh resigned as premier and party leader and retired from politics. Palaszczuk, as one of three surviving members of Blighs cabinet, announced that she would be a candidate to succeed Bligh. Curtis Pitt initially said he would stand, but withdrew and this left Palaszczuk to take the leadership unopposed at a meeting of the Labor Caucus on 28 March in Ipswich. Bligh did not attend the meeting, tim Mulherin was elected Deputy Leader, also unopposed. She also faced the difficulty of leading a caucus of only seven members. After taking the leadership, Palaszczuk said, We need to make ourselves relevant to voters and we need to get back to our basics. Workers rights, protecting the environment, investment in education—these are core Labor principles and she also said, Im under no illusion of the task ahead, of the rebuild that we need to do and the fact that we need to restore peoples faith in the Queensland Labor Party. This decision had been communicated to the community, she said, There were other issues
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Cabinet of Queensland
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The Cabinet of Queensland is the chief policy-making organ of the Government of Queensland. The Cabinet has the membership as the Executive Council, the Premier. Assistant ministers, formerly called parliamentary secretaries, are not members, ===Current members=== Unlike the Executive Council, which is a mechanism for advising the Governor, the Cabinet meets without the Governor and is responsible for formulating and coordinating policy. In effect, the Executive Council is a vehicle for implementing decisions made in Cabinet, meetings of the Cabinet are usually held on 10,00 a. m. on Mondays in the Executive Buildings Cabinet Room. The Premier chairs its meetings and establishes its agenda, all members are expected to be present at all meetings unless excused by the Premier. Cabinet of Australia Government of Queensland Palaszczuk Ministry Cabinet Handbook
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Governor of Queensland
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The Governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the Queen of Australia. In an analogous way to the Governor-General of Australia at the national level, in particular the Governor has the power to appoint and dismiss the Premier of Queensland and all other Ministers in the Cabinet, and issue writs for the election of the state Parliament. The current Governor, Paul de Jersey, was sworn in on 29 July 2014, as from June 2014, The Queen, upon the recommendation of then-Premier Campbell Newman, accorded all current, future and living former Governors the title The Honourable in perpetuity. The Governor of Queensland has resided at Government House, Brisbane since 1910, the mansion, set in 14 hectares of gardens and bushland in the Brisbane suburb of Bardon, is also known as Fernberg. Unlike Fernberg, the original Government House was purpose-built and was used from 1862 to 1910, the office of Governor is established by the Constitution of Queensland. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the powers of the Crown, and has the right to appoint and dismiss Ministers, issue pardons. Sir Joh elected to resign on 1 December 1987, the Governor is head of the Executive Council, a Queensland equivalent to the Federal Executive Council. The Council is composed of ministers from the government of the day, the Chief Justice of Queensland and other judges in the Queensland judicial system are appointed by the Governor acting on the advice of the Executive Council. The first Australian- born Governor of Queensland was Lieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack and his successor, Sir Henry Abel Smith was British. All subsequent governors have been Australian-born, except for Leneen Forde, four former governors of Queensland are alive, the oldest being Leneen Forde. The most recent death of a governor was that of Sir Walter Campbell. Administrators and Lieutenant-Governors are deputy roles generally appointed to carry out the duties of the Governor when the Governor is unavailable, the following are the Administrators and Lieutenant-Governors of Queensland, Official Website of the Governor of Queensland
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Term of office
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A term of office is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there is a limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to re-election. Some jurisdictions exercise term limits, setting a number of terms an individual may hold in a particular office. Being the origin of the Westminster system, aspects of the United Kingdoms system of government are replicated in other countries. The monarch serves as head of state until his or her death or abdication, in the United Kingdom Members of Parliament in the House of Commons are elected for the duration of the parliament. Following dissolution of the Parliament, an election is held which consists of simultaneous elections for all seats. For most MPs this means that their terms of office are identical to the duration of the Parliament, an MP elected in a by-election mid-way through a Parliament, regardless of how long they have occupied the seat, is not exempt from facing re-election at the next general election. The Septennial Act 1715 provided that a Parliament expired seven years after it had been summoned, prior to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 parliaments had no minimum duration. Parliaments could be dissolved early by the monarch at the Prime Ministers request, the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 mandated that Parliaments should last their full five years. Early dissolution is possible, but under much more limited circumstances. Hereditary peers and life peers retain membership of the House of Lords for life, Lords Spiritual hold membership of the House of Lords until the end of their time as bishops, though a senior bishop may be made a life peer upon the end of their bishopric. The devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are variations on the system of government used at Westminster, the office of the leader of the devolved administrations has no numeric term limit imposed upon it. However, in the case of the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government there are fixed terms for which the legislatures can sit and this is imposed at four years. Elections may be held before this time but only if no administration can be formed, offices of local government other regional elected officials follow similar rules to the national offices discussed above, with persons elected to fixed terms of a few years. Federal judges have different terms in office, however, the majority of the federal judiciary, Article III judges, such as those of the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and federal district courts, serve for life. The terms of office for officials in state governments according to the provisions of state constitutions. The term for state governors is four years in all states but Vermont and New Hampshire, the National Conference of State Legislatures reported in January 2007 that among state legislatures,44 states had terms of office for the lower house of the state legislature at two years. Five had terms of office at four years,37 states had terms of office for the upper house of the state legislature at four years
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Robert Herbert
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Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, GCB, was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. Born in Brighton, England on 12 June 1831, Herbert was the son of the Hon. Algernon Herbert. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford and he won a Balliol scholarship in 1849 and subsequently the Hertford and Ireland scholarships. He took a first class in classical moderations, won the Latin verse prize in 1852 and he was elected Fellow of All Souls in 1854 and was Eldon law scholar. In 1855 he was secretary to William Ewart Gladstone and was called to the bar of the Inner Temple in 1858. When Queensland was formed into a separate colony Sir George Bowen was appointed the first governor and he arrived at Brisbane on 10 December 1859 and brought Herbert with him as his private secretary. On the day of the arrival, Herbert was gazetted as colonial secretary with Ratcliffe Pring as attorney-general. These with the governor formed a council to which additions were made afterwards. At the election early in 1860 Herbert was returned unopposed for one of the Leichhardt seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He showed himself to be a leader and held office from December 1859 to February 1866. During his time as Premier four land acts were passed, certainly the first Queensland government was in marked contrast to those of the other colonies, each of which averaged half a dozen ministries in the same period. Herbert, however, fell into some disfavour when financial difficulties arose and he resigned in February 1866 and was succeeded by Arthur Macalister who was premier until 20 July 1866. Herbert then left for England, having gained much experience which was to be useful to him in later years. He held this position for 21 years with great distinction and his attitude was generally conciliatory and he was tactful in dealing with men who came in contact with him. In 1882 he was created K. C. B. in the same year he was appointed chancellor of the Order of St Michael and St George. He left the office in 1892, but afterwards took up his duties again for a few months at the special request of Joseph Chamberlain. In 1893-6 he was agent-general for Tasmania, and did work in connection with the formation of the British Empire League. In December 1903 he was chairman of the tariff commission, in later years, Robert Herbert suffered from heart trouble
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