Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland)

Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Queensland
Headquarters	1 William Street, Brisbane
Minister responsible	David Crisafulli, Premier
Department executive	Damien Walker^[1], Director-General
Website	premiers.qld.gov.au

The Department of the Premier and Cabinet is a department of the Queensland Government. It is responsible for advising and supporting the Premier and Cabinet, and for managing the state's public sector alongside the Public Service Commission.^[2]

The department's headquarters are at 1 William Street in the Brisbane CBD.

Structure

The department reports to the Premier and is administered by its Director-General, Dave Stewart. The department has five divisions:

Strategy and Engagement
Policy Division
Corporate Government Services
Cabinet Services
Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel

Publications

The department's annual reports from 2012/2013 to present are available.^[3]

Past Director-Generals

Past Director-Generals include:^[4]

October 2024 (Acting) – December 2024: David Mackie
18 December 2023 – November 2024: Mike Kaiser
April 2021 – 15 December 2023: Rachel Hunter
February 2015 – April 2021: Dave Stewart

A list of the heads of the Department from 1859 to 2001 is available.^[5]

References

^ "Our key people". Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
^ Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland). "What we do". Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ Annual report / Department of the Premier and Cabinet. The State of Queensland. September 2018. hdl:10462/comp/8531.
^ "Annual Reports - Department of the Premier and Cabinet, from 2018-2024". Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Permanent Heads, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, from 10 December 1859". Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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Structure

Publications

See also

Past Director-Generals

References

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