The Budget strategy and outlook provides the context and background of the Queensland Budget. This includes the Government’s fiscal and economic plan, key priorities, an overview of revenue and expenses and the financial statements for the Queensland Government as a whole.

This report draws together findings from three event reports to provide a consolidated, system‑level view of disaster management performance during the 2025 significant weather events in Queensland. It identifies common strengths, recurring challenges and cross‑cutting themes, and considers how lessons observed can inform future policy, planning, training and operational practice across Queensland’s disaster management arrangements.

The review examined system responses to child sexual abuse in Queensland, with a focus on the early childhood education and care sector, police services and the blue card system, using the case of a convicted offender of child sexual abuse as a case study. It made recommendations for improvements needed to laws, policies, procedures and...

The deployment of AI-enabled services within the public sector raises complex challenges. While the value of these services is increasingly clear, the critical question is whether the organisation or government department is organisationally, technically and ethically prepared to deploy these services responsibly and at scale. This paper seeks to address that readiness gap.

The plan outlines the approach to cutting through the red tape impacting teachers and school leaders in Queensland Government schools across years K–12. It comprises a series of targeted actions, organised under nine overarching commitments. The nine commitments represent a framework for immediate action while providing scope to address new and emerging issues as they...