The Queensland state government, like that of Australia, is modelled on the British Westminster system. The state parliament takes responsibility for domestic affairs and shares mutual responsibilities with the Commonwealth government as outlined above. Most of the parliaments in Australia are bicameral comprising an upper house and lower house , except for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, where governments rests with a single house, and Queensland, where the upper house was abolished in Government in Queensland, like that in other states and the Commonwealth, is based on the system of government evolved in Britain in the 18th century, and which is generally known as 'Cabinet' or 'responsible' government.
Its essence is that the Governor, as titular head of state, should perform governmental acts on the advice of ministers; that ministers of state be chosen from the party or coalition of parties commanding a majority in the Legislative Assembly; that the ministry, the cabinet, so chosen should be collectively responsible for the actions and administration of government departments and authorities which have been created to put into practice the laws made by parliament and that the ministry should resign if it ceases to command a majority in the Assembly.
As outlined in the Constitution of Queensland , there are 89 members of the Legislative Assembly. Local government The Local Government Act allows cities, towns and shires to provide a system of government in their local areas.
Thus government is exercised in the three jurisdictions of federal, state and local. Skip to main content. Archived content. See ABS Website for latest information and statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Search for: Submit search query:. Statistics Census Complete your survey About. There are differing theories as to how Aboriginal habitation occurred.
Some suggest the earliest Aborigines settled along the coast and estuaries. Others believe the woodland sites with their abundance of food and water were first settled, allowing the Aborigines to develop the skills that later enabled them to occupy arid inland.
The Queensland of 40, years ago was very different from today. Temperatures were cooler and most of Queensland was covered by forest and treed grasslands. Lake Carpentaria dominated what is now the Gulf of Carpentaria. Aboriginal people in Queensland traded extensively over short and long distances, exchanging items such as dilly bags, spear throwers, and fighting shields for necklaces, boomerangs and axe heads.
Prior to non-indigenous settlement, it is estimated that there were more than 90 indigenous languages in Queensland. The discovery of payable gold near Rockhampton was one of many discoveries that encouraged development in Queensland and helped to protect the state from the effects of the Depression. Queensland pioneered the state secondary education system in the early s when the government subsidised municipalities to set up grammar schools—the first free education in Australia.
In , Queensland Treasury banknotes were issued for the first time. The Constitution Act defined the formal institutions of government including parliament and the executive government. In , the current design of the Queensland flag was officially adopted. Local government was established in with the passage of the Divisional Boards Act By , wool had become an enormous industry in Australia. Thousands of shearers, already dissatisfied with their pay rates and conditions, refused to work when a Darling Downs Station employed non-union men.
When Aborigines, Kanaka Islanders and Chinese immigrants began working for even cheaper wages, the potential for revolution dissolved. The strike is remembered as an event that created camaraderie among Australian workers from all backgrounds and launched Labor politics.
The first branch meeting of the Australian Labor Party is said to have been held by striking shearers under the gum tree now known as the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine, Queensland, in As fears were expressed that Aboriginal people in Queensland faced extinction, the Government decided to establish new governmental reserves to accommodate the remaining tribes throughout the state.
In , the Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act was passed, authorising the removal of Aboriginal people to reserves. These powers of removal continued until when the Act was amended. On 1 January , the union of the Commonwealth of Australia was created.
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