, 1936 , 2012 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. == Statutory authorities ==