Government in Queensland is delivered by a number of agencies, grouped under areas of portfolio responsibility. Each portfolio is led by a

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who is a member of the Parliament of Queensland, appointed by the

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as the representative of the

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. The agencies are principally grouped as eight departments, each led by a

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and comprising a number of portfolios covering specific policy areas across the department and allocated statutory authorities, trading enterprises, boards, councils and other public bodies. Agencies have varying levels of operational autonomy, and deliver one or more of frontline public services, administrative functions and law enforcement. Some are structured as for-profit corporations. Where there are multiple portfolios within a department, directors-general may be accountable to a number of ministers. In addition to the list below, a range of other agencies support the functions of the departments. The government is responsible for a number of corporations, of which the responsible minister typically holds a 100% ownership stake in. In 2006, Premier

Peter Beattie Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952) is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland, in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor Party ...

privatised a number of government owned electricity retailers. On 2 June 2009 the government announced the 'Renewing Queensland Plan' that would sell state-owned railway, port and forestry assets to raise $15 billion, and avoid a further $12 billion required in future capital investment. On 18 May 2010, Queensland Forestry Plantations was the first commercial business to be sold. All agencies are identifiable by their corporate logo, which features in agency advertising, publications and correspondence, pictured right. A list of articles on Queensland government agencies sorted alphabetically is available at

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. The Queensland Government maintains a list of agencies and their contact detail
at its website

Premier and Cabinet

* Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Agriculture and Fisheries

* Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

* Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

Communities, Housing and Digital Economy

Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy The Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy (CHDE), formerly the Department of Housing and Public Works, is a ministerial department within the Queensland Government, tasked with providing housing (including homelessness and buil ...

Queensland State Archives The Queensland State Archives is the lead agency for public recordkeeping in Queensland, Australia. It is the custodian of the largest and most significant documentary heritage collection about Queensland. Established in 1959, Queensland State ...

Queensland Housing Commission The Queensland Housing Commission was a Queensland Government agency which was established in 1945 under the ''State Housing Act 1945''. The agency aimed to improve the lives of individuals and families by providing access to secure, affordable a ...

Residential Tenancies Authority The Residential Tenancies Authority (RTA) is a self funded statutory authority providing targeted and dedicated services to meet the diverse needs of the residential rental sector of Queensland, Australia. The RTA is available to assist all Queensl ...

Corrective Services

* Queensland Corrective Services

Education

Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

Employment, Small Business and Training

* Department of Employment, Small Business and Training

Energy and Public Works

* Department of Energy and Public Works

Environment and Science

Department of Environment and Science The Department of Environment and Science is a department of the Queensland Government which is responsible for protecting the state's natural environment, developing the government's science strategy, and driving the government's policy and pr ...

** Department of Environment and Heritage Protection **

Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) Queensland's Environmental Protection Agency (abbreviated to EPA) was for some time a separate department of the Queensland Government, and, following 2009 State elections, became a part of the Government's larger Department of Environment and ...

Queensland Heritage Council The Queensland Heritage Council is an independent statutory authority created by the Queensland Parliament under the ''Queensland Heritage Act 1992''. The Council advises and reports to the Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and ...

Police & Fire and Emergency Services

* Queensland Police Service *

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire and emergency services in Queensland, Australia. The QFES was established in 2013 to improve the coordination and planning of emergency services, adopting an "a ...

Health

Queensland Health Queensland Health is the name of the overall public health service in the state of Queensland, Australia. Like all other states and territories in Australia, the Queensland Government provides low- or no-cost primary, secondary, and tertiary ...

Forensic and Scientific Services Forensic and Scientific Services (FSS) is part of Queensland Health and provides specialist scientific and medical analysis and independent expert advice in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is sometimes referred to as the John Tonge Centr ...

Psychologists Board of Queensland The Psychologists Board of Queensland is a Queensland State Government body empowered by State Legislation to regulate and manage the practice of Psychology in the State of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland ...

Queensland Ambulance Service The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) is the state emergency ambulance and patient transport provider in Queensland, Australia. QAS is part of the Queensland Government under the Queensland Health portfolio and is one of the largest ambulan ...

Justice and Attorney-General

* Department of Justice and Attorney-General **

Crime and Corruption Commission The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) is an independent Queensland Government entity created to combat and reduce the incidence of major crime and to continuously improve the integrity of, and to reduce the incidence of misconduct in, the ...

Electoral Commission of Queensland The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) is established under the ''Electoral Act 1992'' as an independent statutory authority, responsible for the impartial conduct of state and local government elections in Queensland. Functions The Commis ...

Legal Aid Queensland Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable An unenforceable contract or transaction is one that is valid but one the court will not enforce. Unenforceable is usually used in contradiction to void (or ''void ab initio'') a ...

**Legal Services Commissioner **

Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation The Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation is an agency of the Government of Queensland, Queensland Government's Department of Justice and Attorney-General (Queensland), Department of Justice and Attorney-General responsible for regulating the liqu ...

**Queensland Human Rights Commission **Queensland Law Reform Commissioner **Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions **Office of the Information Commissioner **Office of the Public Guardian **Office of the Queensland Ombudsman **Parole Boards **The Public Advocate **The Public Trustee **Prostitution Licensing Authority

Public Service Commission

* Public Service Commission

Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water

* Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water

Resources

Department of Resources The Department of Resources is a department of the Queensland Government in Australia. The department is responsible for regulating mining, and resources in the state. The department's headquarters are at 1 William Street, Brisbane. Structure ...

CS Energy CS Energy is an Australia-based electricity generating company fully owned by the Government of Queensland with its head office located in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The company was established in 1997 and employs more than 500 staff. Jim Soor ...

Energex Energex is an Australian-based wholly Queensland Government owned electricity company distributing power to 1.5 million homes and businesses in South East Queensland. The boundaries of the company’s distribution area stretch from Coolangatta ...

** Ergon ** LinkWater ** Powerlink Queensland **

Queensland Urban Utilities Urban Utilities (UU) is the trading name of the Central SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority, a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland that is responsible for the delivery of retail water supply and wastewater services across five lo ...

Queensland Water Commission The Queensland Water Commission (QWC) is a defunct Queensland Government agency established to develop long term water supply strategies. The Commission was chaired by Mary Boydell and the chief executive officer was John Bradley. The agency was ...

** SEQ Water Grid Manager **

Seqwater Seqwater is a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland that provides bulk water storage, transport and treatment, water grid management and planning, catchment management and flood mitigation services to the South East Queensland reg ...

** SunWater ** Tarong Energy **

WaterSecure WaterSecure, the trading name of the Queensland Manufactured Water Authority, was a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland that supplied water to the South East Queensland region of Australia through its desalination plant and a ...

Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

* Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning

* Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning ** State Government Insurance Office (Queensland)

Tourism, Innovation and Sport

* Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport **

Tourism and Events Queensland Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) is the Queensland Government's lead marketing, experience development and major events agency, representing the state's tourism and events industries. TEQ operates on a national and international level, looki ...

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) is a business division of the Department of Environment and Science within the Government of Queensland. The division’s primary concern is with the management and maintenance of protected areas ...

Transport and Main Roads

* Department of Transport and Main Roads ** Cairns Port Authority ** Mackay Port Authority **

Maritime Safety Queensland Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) is a Queensland government agency of the Department of Transport and Main Roads. The agency is responsible for the safety of all water vessels in Queensland waterways. It deals with marine pollution and provides p ...

Port of Brisbane Port of Brisbane is the shipping port and coastal suburb of the City of Brisbane, on the east coast of Queensland, Australia. In the , Port of Brisbane had no residents living in the suburb. The port is the largest in the state of Queensland. ...

Port of Townsville Port of Townsville is a government-owned Corporation and seaport in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the third largest seaport in Queensland after Port of Brisbane and the Port of Gladstone. It is located south of the mouth of Ross Cre ...

** Ports Corporation of Queensland ** QConnect **

Queensland Rail Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...

Treasury

Queensland Treasury The Treasurer of Queensland is the title held by the Cabinet minister who is responsible for the Queensland Treasury, and by extension, all financial matters of the Queensland Government. List of Queensland treasurers See also *Politics of ...

**Motor Accident Insurance Commission and Nominal Defendant **Office of Government Owned Corporations **

Office of Industrial Relations The Office of Industrial Relations is a Government of Queensland, Queensland Government government agency, agency with responsibility for coordination and regulation of occupational health and safety, workplace health and safety, electrical safet ...

**Office of State Revenue **

Queensland Competition Authority The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) is an independent statutory authority that promotes competition as the basis for enhancing efficiency and growth in the Queensland economy. It was established by the Government of Queensland in 1997. ...

Queensland Investment Corporation QIC (Queensland Investment Corporation) is a Government owned investment company owned by the Queensland Government. It was founded on 1 July 1991 pursuant to the ''Queensland Investment Corporation Act 1991'' to serve the long-term investment r ...

**Queensland Treasury Corporation **South Bank Corporation ** Stanwell Corporation

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Queensland government agencies * Lists of government agencies in Australia

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