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Queensland Government Links
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. Under the Australian Constitution, Queensland ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to the Commonwealth, but retained independence in all other areas. In practice, however, the independence of the Australian states has been greatly eroded by the increasing financial domination of the Commonwealth.
Queensland is governed according to the principles of the Westminister 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 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.
Official Websites
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Queensland Government Departments
- Department of Child Safety
- Department of Communities
- Department of Education, Training and the Arts
- Department of Emergency Services
- Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
- Department of Housing
- Department of Infrastructure
- Department of Justice and Attorney-General
- Department of Local Government, Planning, Sport and Recreation
- Department of Main Roads
- Department of Mines and Energy
- Department of Natural Resources and Water
- Department of the Premier and Cabinet
- Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
- Department of Public Works
- Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry
- Disability Services Queensland
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Queensland Corrective Services
- Queensland Health
- Queensland Police Service
- Queensland Transport
- Queensland Treasury
Sources
- Government of Queensland. (This page was last modified on 4 February 2009, at 23:31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia . Retrieved February 10, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Queensland
Queensland Tourism Links
Tourism is Queensland leading tertiary industry with millions of interstate and overseas visitors flocking to the Sunshine State each year. Queensland is a state of many contrasts that range from sunny tropical coastal areas, lush rainforests to dry inland areas. Queensland is the second most popular overnight holiday destination in Australia for domestic travelers ($10.9 billion per year) with NSW taking the honours for 2006. Holidays in Queensland comprised of 18 754 000 combined visitor nights (23% Australian Market) with more than 60% of these room nights by residents from NSW and Victoria. Day visitors also contributed a further $2.5 billion.
Visit the official website for Tourism Queensland
The main tourist destinations of Queensland include:
- Brisbane
- Cairns
- Capricorn Coast
- Fraser Island
- Gladstone
- Gold Coast
- Mackay
- Outback Queensland
- Southern Downs
- Sunshine Coast
- Toowoomba
- Tropical North Queensland
- Whitsundays
Queensland Business Links
- Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland is the state's (non-government) chamber of commerce and industry
- Smart Small Business is a Government website supporting the lower end of the scale
- Business Qld offers listings of businesses for sale in Queensland
- The Qld Government site has lots of useful information on doing business in Qld
- The Qld Business Review is a publication with news, comment and editorial
- Connecting Southern Gold Coast contains tourism information for the Southern Gold Coast Region.
