List of Queensland Government departments
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 minister is formally appointed by the governor of Queensland on behalf of the monarch, but is appointed on the recommendation of the premier. Each government department is led by a director-general or commissioner, who reports to the responsible minister. The minister has responsibility for instituting government policy and setting the department's priorities, whereas the director-general or commissioner leads the department operationally and is employed under the state's Public Sector Act 2022.
In addition to departments, there are also several government-owned corporations such as the Queensland Treasury Corporation and Energy Queensland.
List of government departments
[edit]In November 2024, the newly elected Crisafulli ministry introduced machinery of government changes to dissolve the former Department of Energy and Climate and restructure the remaining departments.[2] The state government departments are now:
- Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business
- Department of Education
- Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety
- Department of Housing and Public Works
- Department of Justice
- Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers
- Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development
- Department of the Premier and Cabinet
- Department of Primary Industries
- Queensland Corrective Services
- Queensland Fire Department
- Queensland Health (Department of Health)
- Queensland Police Service
- Queensland Treasury
- Department of Sport, Racing and Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
- Department of Trade, Employment and Training
- Department of Transport and Main Roads
- Department of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism
- Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support
List of government agencies
[edit]This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: machinery of government changes after the swearing in of the Crisafulli government in November 2024.(January 2025) |
Most government portfolios are delivered through a combination of a department and supporting agencies, authorities, or commissions with varying levels of independence.
Portfolio/department | Supporting agencies |
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Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services |
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Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works | |
Justice and Attorney-General |
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State Development and Infrastructure |
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Tourism and Sport |
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Transport and Main Roads | |
Education |
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Fire and Emergency Services |
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Health |
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Police | |
Treasury |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our structure". Queensland Government. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Changes to departments of government". Public Sector Commission (Queensland). 21 November 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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