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The Government of Queensland is commonly known
as the "Queensland Government". The form of the Government of Queensland 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, and the Australian
Constitution regulates its relationship with the
Commonwealth.
Queensland is governed according to the principles of the Westminster
system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model
of the United
Kingdom. 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 was the upper house of the Queensland Parliament until
its abolition in 1922. Consequently, the Queensland Legislative
Assembly is the only unicameral state parliament in
Australia.
Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Queensland,
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.
Government Ministerial
Portfolios
Courts and
Tribunals
Judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Court of Queensland
and a system of subordinate courts, but the High Court of Australia 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. Other
Queensland courts include the Children's Court of
Queensland, Coroners Court of
Queensland, District Court of
Queensland and the Magistrates' Court of
Queensland.
Departments
After the 2009 Queensland state
election a restructure of Queensland departments resulted in
there being a total of 13 main departments.[1]
These include;
Agencies
Government owned
corporations
The government is responsible for a number of corporations, of
which the responsible minister typically holds a 100% ownership
stake in. These include Queensland Rail, SunWater, Golden Casket, Stanwell
Corporation, Tarong Energy, Powerlink Queensland, Energex, CS Energy, Ergon, Mackay Port Authority, Cairns
Port Authority, Port of Brisbane, Port of
Townsville, Office of Government Owned Corporations, Ports
Corporation of Queensland and Queensland Investment
Corporation.[2]
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