The Ministerial Student Advisory Council (MSAC) has operated since 2018 with representative students from state and non-state schools across Queensland. MSAC provides Queensland school students with the opportunity to speak directly with the Minister for Education and the Arts about a range of education matters.
Ministerial Student Advisory Council members 2025
The advisory council provides the opportunity for students across Queensland to share their perspectives on important education matters and the impact of broader issues on learning.
The advisory council:
- provides advice, feedback and shares views on critical and emerging issues for Queensland school students
- considers expert presentations and provides advice on implications for Queensland students
- provides suggestions on current strategies and possible future actions to address emerging issues
- provides student views on current and future policy and practice.
The council is chaired by the Minister for Education and consists of a group of 18 students from state and non-state schools across Queensland.
Map of student member origins
The advisory council generally meets twice a year or as required if there is a particular matter to be discussed.
Meeting outcomes
Student feedback and ideas from advisory council meetings help to inform future government policy and program development.
13 September 2024 – meeting 2
Focus: School solutions to vaping and parent and community engagement.
23 April 2024 – meeting 1
Focus: The rollout of the away for the day phone policy in schools and how schools have been positively impacted by the introduction of the policy.
20 October 2023 – meeting 2
Focus: The challenges of schools and ideas for schools of the future.
19 May 2023 – meeting 1
Focus: Mobile phones in schools, virtual learning and artificial intelligence.
7 October 2022 – meeting 2
Focus: Student voice and equity and excellence in Queensland schools.
29 April 2022 – meeting 1
Focus: Vaping and e-cigarettes, and educating for jobs of the future.
7 May 2021 – meeting 1
Focus: Respectful relationships education and age appropriate matters of consent and reporting.
21 August 2020 – meeting 1
Focus: COVID-19 impacts on student learning and wellbeing, and recognising Year 12 students ending their schooling in 2020. This was the first time that the advisory council met virtually using an online platform. Note: No illustration was created for this meeting.
7 June 2019 – meeting 1
Focus: The future of education including the National Declaration of Educational Goals for Young Australians (also known as the Melbourne Declaration).
1 November 2019 – meeting 2
Focus: Inclusive education and the NAPLAN review.
7 June 2018 – meeting 1
Focus: Bullying, including cyberbullying. The ideas from advisory council members were shared with the Queensland Anti-Cyberbullying Taskforce.
9 October 2018 – meeting 2
Focus: Bullying, cyberbullying and mental health and wellbeing.
For more information
Contact the Ministerial Student Advisory Council Secretariat by email at
MSAC.Secretariat@qed.qld.gov.au.