The Queensland Minister for the Arts is a minister in the Queensland Government who is responsible for the administration and support of the arts. The minister administers the portfolio through Arts Queensland, which is within the Department of Education.
The current minister is John-Paul Langbroek, who was sworn in on 1 November 2024 as part of the full Crisafulli ministry following the Liberal National Party's victory at the 2024 Queensland state election. Langbroek is also the Minister for Education.
List of ministers Minister Party Ministry Title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Alan Fletcher Country Minister for Education and Cultural Activities 2 Tom Newbery National Bjelke-Petersen (4) 3 Val Bird (2) Tom Newbery Bjelke-Petersen (5) Minister for Culture, National Parks and Recreation 4 Ivan Gibbs 5 Tony Elliott Bjelke-Petersen (6) (7) Minister for Tourism, National Parks, Sport and the Arts 6 Peter McKechnie Bjelke-Petersen (8) 7 Brian Austin Bjelke-Petersen (9) Minister for the Arts 8 Gordon Simpson 9 Mike Ahern Ahern 10 Paul Clauson Cooper Minister for Heritage and the Arts 11 Wayne Goss Labor Goss (1) Minister for the Arts 12 Dean Wells Goss (2) 13 Matt Foley Goss (3) 14 Joan Sheldon Liberal Borbidge (13) Matt Foley Labor Beattie (1) (2) 15 Anna Bligh Beattie (3) Minister for Education and the Arts 16 Rod Welford Beattie (4) (5)Bligh (1) Minister for the Arts (15) Anna Bligh Bligh (2) 17 Rachel Nolan Bligh (3) Minister for Finance and the Arts Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and the Arts 18 Ros Bates Liberal National Newman Minister for Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts 19 Ian Walker 20 Annastacia Palaszczuk Labor Palaszczuk (1) Minister for the Arts 21 Leeanne Enoch Palaszczuk (2) (3)Miles 22 John-Paul Langbroek Liberal National Crisafulli Incumbent
References
External links Arts Queensland