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There are 21 Queensland Government departments, each responsible for delivering a portfolio of government legislation and policy. [1] Each portfolio area is led by a minister who is a senior member of the governing party in the state Legislative Assembly .
The Commission recommended Queensland's 156 councils be reduced to 72, 32 Aboriginal and island councils will be reduced to 14, and as a result, 724 fewer elected council representatives. [23] The recommendations divided Queensland's mayors and sparked angry campaigns and protests against the reforms. [24]
CATSIAL joined the national body, the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA), soon after its establishment. [4] It had an office in Townsville as well, and was associated with the Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (QCAATSI) based in Brisbane, which was also part of the FCAA.
The Isaac Regional Council covers an area of 58,708 square kilometres (22,667 sq mi), [2] had a population in 2018 of 20,934 [2] and an operating budget of A$46.0m. The region takes its name from the Isaac River , which in turn takes its name from Queensland pioneer Frederick Isaac who accompanied the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on his first ...
A Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) is the name for a system of community-level land trust established in Queensland to administer former Aboriginal reserves and missions.They came about through the enactment by the Queensland Government of the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984 and Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984 in 1984, allowing community councils to be created to own and ...
Guugu Yimithirr (also known as Koko Yindjir, Gugu Yimidhirr, Guguyimidjir) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Hope Vale and the Cooktown area. The language region includes the local government area of the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and the Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Cape Bedford, Battle Camp and sections of the Normanby River and Annan River.
He has also served as President of the Local Government Association of Queensland, [2] director of the South-East Queensland Council of Mayors and as a director of the Australian Local Government Association since 2016. [3] [4] [5] Jamieson was first elected in April 2012 with 31.93% of the primary vote, placing first in a field of 8 candidates ...
In 1952 the Council was dissolved and replaced by administrators. On 9 May 1974, the Shire was established and gazetted by the Bjelke-Petersen government, in an effort to gain leverage on a boundary dispute between the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments. [ 7 ]