Kaine ministry

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The Kaine Ministry was the second ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, and was a coalition led by Liberal Chief Minister Trevor Kaine and his deputy, Residents Rally party leader Bernard Collaery. It was sworn in on 5 December 1989, when Collaery moved the following motion:^[1]

This ministry covers the period from 5 December 1989 until 6 June 1991, when Kaine himself lost a no confidence vote in the Assembly following unpopular decisions to close schools, close the Royal Canberra Hospital and amend planning laws that led to the collapse of the Kaine led Liberal Alliance Government with Residents Rally.^[2] Follett moved the following motion:

That this Assembly has no confidence in the Chief Minister, Mr Kaine, and his minority Government.

The vote was resolved in affirmative (9 votes to 7, with one abstention), and the Follett led Labor Party resumed government.

First arrangement

This covers the period from 5 December 1989,^[3] when Kaine assumed all ministerial responsibilities, until 13 December 1989, when ministerial responsibilities were determined with the Alliance government. During this period of eight days, there was no Deputy Chief Minister.

Office	Minister	Party affiliation
Chief Minister Treasurer Attorney-General Minister for Industry, Employment and Education Minister for Community Services and Health Minister for Housing and Urban Services	Trevor Kaine		Liberal

Second arrangement

This covers the period from 13 December 1989,^[4] when Kaine distributed ministerial responsibilities in the Alliance government, until 29 May 1991, when Kaine announced to the Assembly that members of Residents Rally had met the previous evening and decided to dissolve the Alliance, due to an internal split in the Rally party, where two of the four members chose to align themselves with the Kaine government. The remaining two members chose to not align themselves with the Kaine government. Collaery stood down as Attorney-General and as Deputy Chief Minister.^[5]

Office	Minister
Chief Minister Treasurer	Trevor Kaine	Liberal
Deputy Chief Minister Attorney-General Minister for Housing and Community Services	Bernard Collaery	Residents Rally
Minister for Finance and Urban Services	Craig Duby	Independents Group
Minister for Health, Education and the Arts	Gary Humphries	Liberal

Third arrangement

This covers the period from 29 May 1991,^[6] when Collaery stood down as Deputy Chief Minister and Attorney-General and ministerial responsibilities were shared across Kaine, Duby and Humphries, until 6 June 1991, when a motion of no confidence in Kaine, as Chief Minister, was passed.^[2] The arrangement ended on 7 June 1991. During this period, there was no Deputy Chief Minister.

Office	Minister
Chief Minister Treasurer Attorney-General	Trevor Kaine	Liberal
Minister for Housing and Community Services Minister for Finance and Urban Services	Craig Duby	Independents Group
Minister for Health, Education and the Arts	Gary Humphries	Liberal

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References

↑ "Assembly Debate – 5/12/1989" (PDF). ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 December 1989. pp. 2987–2993. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
1 2 "Assembly Debate – 06/06/1991" (PDF). ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 6 June 1991. pp. 2167–236. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1989 No 2" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1989–02. ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 December 1989. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1989 No 3" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1989–03. ACT Legislative Assembly. 13 December 1989. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
↑ "Assembly Debate – 29/05/1991" (PDF). ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 29 May 1991. pp. 2125, 2134–7. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1991 No 226" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1991–226. ACT Legislative Assembly. 30 May 1989. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

Preceded by First Follett Ministry	Kaine Ministry 1989–1991	Succeeded by Second Follett Ministry

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[Hansard1989-12-05-1] "Assembly Debate – 5/12/1989" (PDF). ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 December 1989. pp. 2987–2993. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[Hansard1991-06-06-2] 1 2 "Assembly Debate – 06/06/1991" (PDF). ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 6 June 1991. pp. 2167–236. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[3] "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1989 No 2" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1989–02. ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 December 1989. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[4] "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1989 No 3" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1989–03. ACT Legislative Assembly. 13 December 1989. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[Hansard1991-05-29-5] "Assembly Debate – 29/05/1991" (PDF). ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 29 May 1991. pp. 2125, 2134–7. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[6] "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1991 No 226" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1991–226. ACT Legislative Assembly. 30 May 1989. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

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