Kaine Ministry


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:
The vote was resolved in the affirmative, and the Follett led Labor government was forced to hand over government to Kaine as leader of an Alliance Government, comprising members of both the Liberal Party and some members of the Residents Rally in the Assembly.
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. Follett moved the following motion:
The vote was resolved in affirmative, and the Follett led Labor Party resumed government.

First arrangement

This covers the period from 5 December 1989, 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.
OfficeMinister

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

Second arrangement

This covers the period from 13 December 1989, 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.
OfficeMinister

Chief Minister
Treasurer		Trevor Kaine

Deputy Chief Minister
Attorney-General
Minister for Housing and Community Services		Bernard Collaery

Minister for Finance and Urban Services		Craig Duby

Minister for Health, Education and the Arts		Gary Humphries

Third arrangement

This covers the period from 29 May 1991, 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 and the Second Follett Ministry formed. During this period of seven days, there was no Deputy Chief Minister.
OfficeMinister

Chief Minister
Treasurer
Attorney-General		Trevor Kaine

Minister for Housing and Community Services
Minister for Finance and Urban Services		Craig Duby

Minister for Health, Education and the Arts		Gary Humphries