What we do

Our department’s purpose is to be a catalyst for stronger regions, economies and partnerships.

Partnerships with our customers and stakeholders are important to us, as we work to deliver policies, programs and services that support industry while reflecting the needs of communities across Queensland.

Our strategy

Our strategic objectives are:

• Business ready – making it easier and attractive to grow business in Queensland
• Strong regions – enabling our industries, stakeholders and customers to build resilient and thriving regional communities
• Strategic relationships – partnering to influence and improve outcomes
• Moving forward – acting with courage, owning the result and raising the bar

Read our strategic plan (PDF, 7MB) for further details.

Our services

• Land and property
  • Statutory land valuations and property data
  • State land management (including stock routes and fire management)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land use (including leasing, transfers, freehold title and land trusts)
  • Vegetation management (including clearing exemptions, codes and vegetation maps)
• Mining and exploration
  • Permit applications and compliance (including fossicking permits and information)
  • Investment attraction (including land releases and tenders)
  • CSG and LNG compliance and engagement
  • Land access
  • Native title
  • Abandoned mines
• Mapping and data
  • Geoscience information
  • Maps, imagery and geospatial data
  • Surveying (including standards, baselines and permanent survey marks)
  • Place names
  • Flood mapping and simulations
  • Queensland Globe
• Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing grants programs
• Regional and rural development
  • Financial assistance programs

Our workforce

With around 1500 staff (full-time equivalent), we strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where individual differences are respected; diverse skills and knowledge are valued and utilised; and opportunities are available for all. It is our goal to ensure our workforce represents the community we serve.

How we work is just as important to us as what we do, and therefore we operate under the following guiding principles:

• People first
• Respectful
• Collaborative
• Innovative
• Proactive
• Courageous

Our structure

• Director-General, Graham Fraine
  • Office of the Director-General, Acting Director, Rima Ismai-Jones
  • Lands Division, Deputy Director-General, Amy Rosanowski
  • Georesources Division, Deputy Director-General, Andrew Grabski
  • Business and Corporate Partnership Division, Deputy Director-General, Celia Venables
  • Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development, Deputy Director-General, Jason Kidd
  • Reform, Strategy and Delivery Office, Executive Director, Gobind Kalsi

Download a copy of our organisational chart (PDF, 73KB).

Contact information

We have offices in the Brisbane CBD and throughout regional Queensland. See our contact section for details.

Further information

• Find out more about what we do from our strategic plan and annual report.
• Find a list of legislation administered by the department and information on our current governance management structure in our annual report.
• Read about our Minister.
• Read about our Director-General.