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The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government. The form of the Government of Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1859, although it has been amended many times since then. Since 1901 Queensland has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, and the Australian Constitution regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth.

Queensland is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system
Westminster System

The Westminster system is a Democracy parliamentary system of government modelled after the British government . The term comes from the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the UK Parliament....
, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.






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The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government. The form of the Government of Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1859, although it has been amended many times since then. Since 1901 Queensland has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, and the Australian Constitution regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth.

Queensland is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system
Westminster System

The Westminster system is a Democracy parliamentary system of government modelled after the British government . The term comes from the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the UK Parliament....
, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Executive power is exercised by the Premier of Queensland and the Cabinet, who are appointed by the Governor, but who hold office by virtue of their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the Legislative Assembly. The Queensland Legislative Council
Queensland Legislative Council

The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland, until its abolition by the Constitution Amendment Act in 1922....
 was the upper house of the Queensland Parliament until its abolition in 1922. Consequently, the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly

The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years....
 is the only unicameral state parliament in Australia.

Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Queensland
Parliament of Queensland

The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. According to the state's constitution, the Parliament consists of Monarchy in Australia and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. It is the only unicameral state parliament in the country, the upper chamber, the Legislative Council of Queensland, having been abolis...
, which consists of the Crown, represented by the Governor of Queensland, and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. (Since 1922 Queensland has been the only Australian state which does not have a two-house, or bicameral, legislature). The Legislative Assembly generally sits at Parliament House, Brisbane
Parliament House, Brisbane

Parliament House in Brisbane is the seat of the Parliament of Queensland, housing the Queensland Legislative Assembly. It is situated on the corner of George Street, Brisbane and Alice Street, Brisbane....
.

Judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Court of Queensland
Supreme Court of Queensland

The Supreme Court of Queensland, which is based at the Law Courts, Brisbane, is the superior court for the Australian States and territories of Australia of Queensland and sits around the middle of the Australian court hierarchy....
 and a system of subordinate courts, but the High Court of Australia
High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the final court of appeal in Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States and territories of Australia, and interprets the Const...
 is the final arbitrator of most legal questions, other federal courts have jurisdiction on matters which fall under the ambit of the Federal Government as defined by the Australian Constitution.

Emergency services are provided by the Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services, which sponsors among other agencies the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service.

Government Ministerial Portfolios

  • Premier: Anna Bligh
    Anna Bligh

    Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian politician and the current Premier of Queensland. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 1995, representing the electorate of electoral district of South Brisbane....
  • Deputy Premier, Minister for Infrastructure and Planning: Paul Lucas
    Paul Lucas (politician)

    Paul Lucas is the Deputy Premier of Queensland, Minister for Infrastructure and Planning and member for Electoral district of Lytton. Qualified as a lawyer, Lucas worked as a solicitor before entering Parliament in 1996 at a by-election for the seat of Lytton, vacated by former Deputy Premier Tom Burns....
  • Minister for Public Works, Housing, Information and Communication Technology (Leader of the House): Robert Schwarten
    Robert Schwarten

    Robert Evan Schwarten is an Australian politician. He was born in Rockhampton, and is married with two sons. Before his entry into politics, he was a teacher, a union official, and a ministerial advisor to the Deputy Premier....
  • Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Sport: Judy Spence
    Judy Spence

    Judith Caroline "Judy" Spence entered politics in 1989 as the Australian Labor Party member for Electoral district of Mount Gravatt and is now the longest serving MP for the seat....
  • Minister for Treasurer: Andrew Fraser
    Andrew Fraser (Queensland politician)

    Andrew Fraser is the Treasurer of the Queensland Government....
  • Minister for Education, Training and the Arts: Rod Welford
    Rod Welford

    Rodney Jon Welford is a Queensland, Australia state politician. He was first elected to be a member of the Queensland Parliament in 1989 in the division of Electoral district of Stafford for the Australian Labor Party....
  • Minister for Health: Stephen Robertson
    Stephen Robertson (politician)

    Stephen Robertson is the current Queensland Health Minister and member for Electoral district of Stretton. This is a portfolio he has held since the resignation of Gordon Nuttall and the 'Dr Death' scandal surrounding former Bundaberg surgeon Dr Jayant Patel....
  • Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment and Industrial Relations: John Mickel
    John Mickel (politician)

    Reginald John Mickel is an Australian politician. Born in Murgon, Queensland, Queensland, he attended the University of Queensland where he studied literature and education....
  • Minister for Main Roads and Local Government: Warren Pitt
    Warren Pitt

    Frederick Warren Pitt is an Australian politician. Born in Cairns, Queensland, he was a school teacher before entering politics. He underwent national service and was an army reservist 1969–1975 and was active in the local community, being recogniseed as Mulgrave Shire Citizen of the Year in 1983....
  • Minister for Child Safety and Women: Margaret Keech
    Margaret Keech

    Margaret Majella Keech is an Australian politician and is a member of for the Australian Labor Party.In 2001 she was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland of Queensland for the seat of Electoral district of Albert....
  • Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry: Desley Boyle
    Desley Boyle

    DESLEY BOYLE is an Australia politician. She represents the electoral district of Electoral district of Cairns in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and was first elected at the Queensland state election, 1998....
  • Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries: Tim Mulherin
    Tim Mulherin

    Timothy Sean "Tim" Mulherin is an Australian politician. Born in Mackay, Queensland, he was a clerk on the Mackay Electricity Board before becoming involved in politics....
  • Minister for Mines and Energy: Geoff Wilson
    Geoff Wilson (Australian politician)

    Geoffrey James "Geoff" Wilson is an Australian politician. Born in Culcairn, New South Wales in New South Wales, he was a barrister on the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia....
  • Minister for Natural Resources and Water and Minister Assisting the Premier in North Queensland: Craig Wallace
    Craig Wallace

    Craig Andrew Wallace is an Australian politician. He is the member for Electoral district of Thuringowa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, to which he was elected to on 7 February 2004....
  • Minister for Communities, Environment, Disability Services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Partnerships, Multicultural Affairs, Seniors and Youth: Lindy Nelson-Carr
    Lindy Nelson-Carr

    Lindel Helena "Lindy" Nelson-Carr , an Australian Politician, has been the Queensland Government Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Partnerships, Multicultural Affairs, Seniors and Youth since September 2007 and has been the State Member for Electoral district of Mundingburra since 1998....
  • Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Premier in Western Queensland: Kerry Shine
    Kerry Shine

    Kerry Gerard Shine is the Australian Labor Party representative of the seat of Electoral district of Toowoomba North in the Queensland Legislative Assembly....
  • Minister for Emergency Services: Neil Roberts
    Neil Roberts (politician)

    Neil Stuart Roberts is an Australian politician. He was first elected to the seat of Nudgee in the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 15 July 1995....
  • Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation: Andrew McNamara
    Andrew McNamara

    Andrew Ian McNamara is a member of the Queensland State Parliament and the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation in the Queensland government....


See also

  • Crime and Misconduct Commission
    Crime and Misconduct Commission

    The Crime and Misconduct Commission is an independent Government of Queensland 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 Queensland public sector....
  • Department of Main Roads
    Department of Main Roads (Queensland)

    The Queensland Government Department of Main Roads plans, designs, builds and maintains the 34,000km of Queensland state-controlled roads, under the Minister for Local Government and Main Roads....
  • Department of Natural Resources and Water
    Department of Natural Resources and Water

    The Department of Natural Resources and Water is a Queensland Government department that administers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters, Climate Change Policy and Science,...
  • Department of State Development and Trade
    Department of State Development and Trade

    The Department of State Development and Trade is the former name of the "Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry". It was created to encourage investments and state-wide growth, and was one of the factors that lead to the creation of the 'Smart State' slogan used by Peter Beattie's labour government....
  • Queensland Health
    Queensland Health

    Queensland Health is the department of the Government of Queensland responsible for operating and administering the public health system of the Australian State of Queensland....
  • Queensland Police
    Queensland Police

    The Queensland Police Service is the law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve"....
  • QR Limited
    Queensland Rail

    QR Limited is the government-owned corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the rail transport system in the State of Queensland, Australia....
  • Department of Premier and Cabinet
    Department of Premier and Cabinet

    The Department of Premier and Cabinet is a department of the Government of Queensland. Its branches include the Governance Division and Policy Division....


External links

  • — Queensland Government community engagement website.