2014-15 DILGP Annual Report
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ISSN 1834-1578 2014 -15 Annual Report – Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning - i - Contents Letter of compliance ........................................................................................... 1 Director-General’s foreword ............................................................................... 2 About the Department ........................................................................................ 5 Legislation ........................................................................................................... 5 Partners in Government Agreement..................................................................... 6 Role and functions ............................................................................................... 6 Machinery of government changes .................................................................... 8 Our operating environment ................................................................................. 9 Opportunities and challenges .............................................................................. 9 Services ............................................................................................................. 10 Local government ..................................................................................... 11 Community recovery and resilience .......................................................... 12 Reforming Queensland’s planning system ................................................ 13 Review of services and standards ..................................................................... 13 Realising outcomes for Queenslanders ............................................................ 15 Contributing to Government Objectives for the Community ................................ 15 Achieving objectives through strategic planning ................................................. 18 Whole-of-government plans or specific initiatives ............................................... 26 Achievements in 2014-15 .................................................................................. 28 Looking forward to 2015-16 ............................................................................... 35 Our financial performance ................................................................................ 40 Summary of Financial Performance ................................................................... 40 Changes to the Department ...................................................................... 40 Governance ...................................................................................................... 44 Organisation structure ....................................................................................... 44 Executive Leadership Team .............................................................................. 44 Governance framework...................................................................................... 45 Governance committees .................................................................................... 45 Related entities and government bodies ............................................................ 48 Ethics and integrity ............................................................................................ 51 Managing risk and accountability ..................................................................... 52 Risk management .............................................................................................. 52 External scrutiny ................................................................................................ 52 Audit and Risk Management Committee ............................................................ 53 Internal audit ...................................................................................................... 54 Information systems and recordkeeping ............................................................ 55 Our workforce ................................................................................................... 57 Queensland public service values ...................................................................... 57 Workforce profile................................................................................................ 57 Workforce planning ............................................................................................ 58 2014 -15 Annual Report – Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning - ii - Performance management ................................................................................ 59 Developing our people ....................................................................................... 59 Industrial and employee relations framework ..................................................... 59 Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchment ................................................ 60 Financial statements ........................................................................................ 61 Abbreviations .................................................................................................. 109 Glossary ......................................................................................................... 111 Contacts ......................................................................................................... 112 Figures Figure 1: Economic Development Queensland Performance Statement ..................... 11 Figure 2: Local Government Performance Statement ................................................. 12 Figure 3: Community Recovery and Resilience Performance Statement .................... 12 Figure 4: Reforming Queensland’s Planning System Performance Statement ............ 13 Figure 5: Leading infrastructure policy and planning for the State – Achievements .... 19 Figure 6: A legislative and policy framework that gives councils the authority and capacity to manage their interests, provide efficient frontline services and deliver sound financial management – Achievements ....................................................................... 20 Figure 7: Councils with a sound understanding of roles and responsibilities and the capacity and confidence to serve the community they represent – Achievements ...... 21 Figure 8: Communities are more resilient to and better prepared for the impact of natural disasters – Achievements ............................................................................... 22 Figure 9: An informed, efficient and effective Department – Achievements ................. 23 Figure 10: Reforming Queensland’s planning system – Achievements ....................... 24 Figure 11: Driving business and economic growth – Achievements ............................ 25 Figure 12: Assessing, approving, facilitating and delivering major projects – Achievements ............................................................................................................. 25 Figure 13: Number of Natural Disaster Resilience Projects and Total Funding by Hazard ........................................................................................................................ 26 Figure 14: Referral responses and referral agency information requests