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] The vote was resolved in the affirmative (10 votes to 7), 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 (but not all) 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.
Chief Minister Treasurer Attorney-General Minister for Industry, Employment and Education Minister for Community Services and Health Minister for Housing and Urban Services 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.