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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 department was previously called the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, and the Department of State Development, Tourism and Innovation. It was renamed from the former in November 2024 during machinery of government changes after the 2024 Queensland state election. [5]
Queensland Government statutory bodies are organisations created by the Government of Queensland under state legislation. Most Queensland government agencies are statutory bodies. Queensland portal
Queensland is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom.Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Queensland, which consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Queensland, and the one house, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The department has a range of focus areas in the delivery of human services including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services, child safety, disability, community care, housing, homelessness, multicultural affairs, sport, recreation and women. The department is divided across seven regions: South East, South West, Far North Queensland ...
The department works with Queensland Rail, port authorities, other state and federal government departments, local governments, industry, and the community. Following the 2012 state election, Premier Campbell Newman appointed one Minister for the whole department. In 2015, Labor headed by Annastacia Palaszczuk won the state election.
It was established on 26 March 2009. Following a change of Government on 24 March 2012, [1] the department was split into multiple agencies as part of the machinery of government changes. [2] [3] Functions of the former Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation are now administered by the following departments:
A–Z Index of US Departments and Agencies, USA.gov, the US government's official web portal. Directory of agency contact information. CyberCemetery, online document archive of defunct US Federal Agencies, maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries in partnership with the Federal Depository Library Program of the GPO