Queensland Government

The Queensland Government is the executive administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Queensland has been a State of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating the relationships between all state and territory governments and the Australian Government. Under the Australian Constitution, all states and territories (including Queensland) ceded powers relating to certain matters to the federal government.

Queensland Government

State Government
Coat of Arms of Queensland
Formation	6 June 1859 (1859-06-06) as a responsible colonial government; 1 January 1901 (1901-01-01) as an Australian state
Founding document	Constitution of Queensland
State	Queensland
Country	Australia
Website	qld.gov.au
Legislative branch
Legislature	Parliament of Queensland Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Meeting place	Parliament House
Executive branch
Head of state	Governor
Main body	Cabinet of Queensland
Head of government	Premier
Appointer	Governor on behalf of the Queen of Australia in right of the State of Queensland.
Headquarters	Parliament House
Main organ	Executive Council of Queensland
Judicial branch
Court	Supreme Court
Seat	Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane

The government is influenced by the Westminster system and Australia's federal system of government. The Governor of Queensland, as the representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, holds nominal executive power, although in practice only performs ceremonial duties. In practice executive power lies with the Premier and Cabinet. The Cabinet of Queensland is the government's chief policy-making organ, and consists of the Premier and all ministers.

All department headquarters are located throughout the capital city of Brisbane, with most at 1 William Street, a purpose-built government skyscraper in the Brisbane CBD.

Government in Australia generally refers to the executive branch only and the overall governmental structure of Queensland including the legislative and judicial branches, as well as federal representation and ideology is dealt with in Politics of Queensland.