Summary of Machinery of Government Changes to Departments in QLD
This was announced today (26 March) by the QLD Public Service Commission.
For more detail on the Administrative Arrangements Order and the specifics acts of Parliament that each department is now responsible for, please click here.
Communities
| Gains: | Department of Child SafetyDisability Services Queensland
Department of Housing Sport and Recreation and the Academy of Sport (including associated corporate and executive support functions) from the Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation Indigenous Government Coordination Office from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet |
| Loses: | Smart Services Queensland to the Department of Public Works |
Community Safety
| Gains: | Department of Corrective ServicesDepartment of Emergency Services |
Education and Training
Renamed from the Department of Education, Training and the Arts
| Loses: | Arts Queensland to the Department of the Premier and CabinetCorporate Administration Agency to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet |
Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
| Gains: | Department of Mines and EnergyDepartment of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing from the Treasury Department That part of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations responsible for employment and indigenous initiatives That part of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General responsible for Fair Trading Trade Queensland from the Department of Transport International Collaborations from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Office of Rural and Regional Communities from the Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation. |
Environment and Resource Management
| Gains: | The Department of Natural Resources and WaterEnvironmental Protection Agency |
Health
No change
Infrastructure and Planning
| Gains: | The Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation (excluding Sport and Recreation, the Queensland Academy of Sport and the associated corporate support functions for these entities) |
Justice and Attorney-General
| Gains: | The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (including Workplace Health and Safety) but excluding that part responsible for employment and indigenous initiatives |
| Loses: | That part of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General responsible for Fair Trading to the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation |
Police
| Gains: | Security, Planning and Coordination from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet |
Premier and Cabinet
| Gains: | Arts Queensland from the Department of Education, Training and the ArtsCorporate Administration Agency from the Department of Education, Training and the Arts |
| Loses: | International Collaborations to the Department of Employment, Economic Development and InnovationSecurity, Planning and Coordination to the Department of Police
Indigenous Government Coordination Office to the Department of Communities. |
Public Works
| Gains: | Smart Service Queensland from the Department of Communities |
Transport and Main Roads
| Gains: | Department of Main RoadsDepartment of Transport (excluding Trade Queensland) |
Treasury
| Loses: | Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing to the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation |
The following entities have been amalgamated with the 13 Departments as outlined above and cease to exist:
- Department of Child Safety
- Department of Corrective Services
- Disability Services Queensland
- Department of Emergency Services
- Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Department of Housing
- Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation
- Department of Main Roads
- Department of Mines and Energy
- Department of Natural Resources and Water
- Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
- Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry
- Department of Transport