Our contribution to government objectives
Our service delivery areas are the early years, schooling and industrial relations, including workplace health and safety.
Our service delivery areas are:
- Early Childhood Education and Care
- School Education
- Industrial Relations
We are focused on building Queensland's future by giving all children a great start, engaging young people in learning, and creating safe and fair workplaces and communities.
This contributes to the Queensland Government's objectives for the community to:
- create jobs in a strong economy
- give all our children a great start
- keep Queenslanders healthy
- keep communities safe
- be a responsive government.
Our operating environment
As well as administering various
Acts of Parliament (PDF, 132KB), there are statutory obligations imposed on the agency such as compliance with the
Right to Information Act 2009 and the
Information Privacy Act 2009.
The department has a particular focus on building young people's confidence and resilience to prepare them for the future, creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and upholding the rights of Queenslanders to safe and healthy workplaces and communities.
The department's operations also include a range of significant initiatives as part of the government's commitments. The department's income and controlled expenses are reported in the Chief Finance Officer and financial statements sections of this report.
Looking forward 2019 – 2023
In July 2019, the department announced its strategic vision for the next four years, continuing our commitment to connecting and engaging young people with learning and ensuring Queensland workplaces are safe, fair and inclusive.
We want to give all children a great start, ensure every student succeeds, make sure our workplaces are safe and fair, and deliver responsive services through capable and confident staff.
Our Future State: Advancing Queensland's Priorities is a clear plan to advance Queensland into the future.
The Queensland Government's objectives for the community are set out in Our Future State: Advancing Queensland's Priorities at
Our Future State.
We contribute to the objectives:
- give all our children a great start—by improving wellbeing prior to school
- create jobs in a strong economy—by supporting young Queenslanders to engage in education, training or work
- keep Queenslanders healthy—by strengthening connections with parents and building schools' capability to support early intervention for students whose wellbeing is at risk
- keep communities safe—by strengthening engagement in education of young people at risk of, or involved in the youth justice system
- be a responsive government—by continuing to build a capable and confident workforce to deliver responsive services
We are working across government to realise the 'Give all our children a great start' objective. Nothing is more important than doing our best to ensure the next generation of Queenslanders are healthy, resilient, and ready to be productive members of society. Our priorities include:
- increasing the number of babies born healthier
- increasing childhood immunisation rates
- improving wellbeing prior to school.