page_title: Queensland Public Service
section_title: Organisation structure
hierarchical_section_title: Queensland Public Service / Organisation structure
caption_attribution_description: English: Bridge Inspector preparing to inspect foundation for eastern cylinder of pier 26, Brisbane. (Story Bridge construction)
context_page_description: The Queensland Public Service provides public services to the people of Queensland, Australia on behalf of the Government of Queensland. Typically these are services that are deemed important by the government and which the government believes will be delivered less efficiently, effectively or cheaply if outsourced to the private marketplace.
context_section_description: The Queensland Premier selects a subset of the Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly to be ministers who collectively form the Cabinet. Typically the ministers are members of the same political party as the premier or a closely aligned party. Each minister is assigned one or more portfolios (areas of responsibility), e.g.
  services for residents such as healthcare and education
  services to regulate business and promote the development of the economy, including the agriculture, mining, and tourism industries (three key export industries for Queensland)
  services that provide infrastructure such as transport, public works and emergency services
  services that underpin all of the above, such as treasury
  Each portfolio has an associated set of departments and agencies which work to provide a wide range of public services related to that portfolio and the administration of legislation related to that portfolio. The leader of each department is known as the Director-General, who is the chief executive officer for the department and reports to the relevant Minister. The Director-General then employs staff within the department to provide the services. The Directors-General and their staff are generally known collectively as the Queensland Public Service and the personnel are known as public servants.
  Unlike Ministers, who are chosen by elections and political processes, Directors-General and their staff are traditionally selected on merit to positions which are independent of the elections and political processes. However, as some Ministers have felt their vision for their portfolios have been frustrated by a Director-General who did not embrace their vision, Directors-General are now sometimes replaced by an incoming Minister who makes their own appointment (often by invitation) of a person who the Minister believe shares their vision. While such Directors-General are technically public servants, they are generally regarded as political appointments and their tenure is often linked to the tenure of the Minister.
caption: Bridge Inspector preparing to inspect the foundations for the Story Bridge, 1936
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