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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:
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 .
[citation needed] As of 2018 employees generally receive pay at a penalty rate—usually 2.5 times (known as "double time and a half") the base rate of pay—when they work on a public holiday. [citation needed] Besides designating days as public holidays, Australian authorities also designate some of these days as restricted trading days.
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.
On 1 July 2003, the Queensland Government formally established the Shared Services Initiative to centralise payroll and human resources functions from across government under one agency. CorpTech, a business unit of the Queensland Treasury , was established to "design and build a whole-of-government human resources and finance solution with a ...
Department of the Premier and Cabinet Department overview Jurisdiction Queensland Headquarters 1 William Street, Brisbane Minister responsible David Crisafulli, Premier Department executive David Mackie, Acting Director-General Website premiers.qld.gov.au The Department of the Premier and Cabinet is a department of the Queensland Government. It is responsible for advising and supporting the ...
Queensland Shared Services (QSS) provides internal support and services for most Queensland Government departments and agencies. QSS supports departments by operating public and internally facing services such as government human resources, payroll, finance, procurement, telecommunications, accommodation, and mail services. [13]
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 .