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The main roles are preparing for, and responding to different type of emergencies and disasters from a local level to a national disaster much like the 2010–2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi. Units are established at local government level, to provide emergency support functions to local communities.
Almost 78,000 Queensland Health staff received inaccurate pay, or no pay at all, for a number of months due to serious system defects. These defects, delays and other issues resulted in the total end-of-project cost being $181 million, with an estimated ongoing cost to repair, maintain and operate the system of around $1.2 billion over eight years.
Social security, in Australia, refers to a system of social welfare payments provided by Australian Government to eligible Australian citizens, permanent residents, and limited international visitors. These payments are almost always administered by Centrelink, a program of Services Australia. In Australia, most payments are means tested.
The Crisafulli Ministry is the current ministry of the Government of Queensland led by David Crisafulli.Crisafulli led the Liberal National Party (LNP) to its second election victory (the first being 2012) since its formation in 2008 after the merger of the state branches of the Liberal and National parties.
The Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety is a department in the Queensland Government which is responsible for providing a number of social services. Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence are responsible for the ...
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Queensland's raw coal production declined by more one third in late 2010 and was slow to recover. Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser said it was not possible to put a figure on the damage; "other than to say the damage bill is going to start with a b and not an m". [140] [141] The floods will cost the Australian economy at least A$10 billion. [142]
At 30 June 2015, there were 243,163 staff (203,348.50 full-time equivalent) employees in 20 Queensland Government departments and 15 other organisations included for statistical purposes. The three largest government employers are Queensland Health , the Department of Education and Training and the Queensland Police Service .