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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 .
A City had to be proclaimed by the Governor following certain criteria being met. In 1925, a number of local governments in Brisbane were amalgamated into the City of Brisbane, covering what was then the entire metropolitan area. Its council, Brisbane City Council, effectively became a "super-council" with some powers normally reserved for the ...
The formal term for the Governor acting on the advice of the Executive Council is the "Governor in Council". [7] Various statutes call for the Governor in Council to carry out its provisions. For example, the Constitution of Queensland Act 2001 provides for the Governor in Council to appoint judges to the Supreme Court.
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.
Brisbane City Council (BCC, also known as Council) is the local government of the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. The largest local government in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisdiction includes 26 wards and 27 elected councillors covering 1,338 km 2 (517 sq mi).
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Lists of Australian state governors cover the governors of the Australian states. The governors are the viceroys of the Australian monarch . They perform constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level.
This is a list of members of the 57th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2020 to 2024, as elected at the 2020 election held on 31 October 2020. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Image