Queensland Plan Act 2014

This Act may be cited as the Queensland Plan Act 2014.

This Act binds all persons, including the State.

The main purposes of this Act are to—

provide for the development and ratification of a plan, known as the Queensland Plan, that—

establishes a long-term vision for the future growth and prosperity of Queensland; and

reflects the aspirations of the community, business and industry for the future of Queensland; and

provide for the implementation of the Queensland Plan, including by—

requiring that the Queensland Plan be considered in preparing a community objectives statement; and

aligning local government planning to the strategic direction of the Queensland Plan; and

encouraging the community, business and industry to implement the Queensland Plan; and

establish the ambassadors council to advocate for the implementation of the Queensland Plan by the community, business and industry.

The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this Act.

The Premier must facilitate the development of a plan to provide a long-term vision for key areas affecting the future growth and prosperity of Queensland.

The key areas under the plan may include, for example, the following—

• education

• community

• regions

• economy

• health and wellbeing

• environment

• people

• infrastructure

• governance.

The plan must—

be developed having regard to the principles stated in schedule 1; and

outline the strategic direction for the key areas under the plan; and

set targets, and include measures, for the key areas.

The Premier must table a plan developed under section 5 in the Legislative Assembly for ratification.

On being ratified by the Legislative Assembly, the plan has effect as the Queensland Plan.

The chief executive must—

publish the Queensland Plan on a government website; and

make the Queensland Plan available for inspection, free of charge, during business hours at the department’s head office.

The Premier must consider the Queensland Plan in preparing a community objectives statement.

A Minister whose principal ministerial responsibilities include a key area under the Queensland Plan must—

promote awareness of the key area within the community, business and industry; and

encourage the community, business and industry, in carrying out their activities, to have regard to—

the key area; and

the targets established by the Queensland Plan for the key area.

In this section—

principal ministerial responsibility, for a Minister, means the public business of the State for which the Minister is given responsibility under administrative arrangements made under the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 44.

[repealed]

This section applies to a local government preparing a corporate plan.

The local government must have regard to the Queensland Plan in deciding the following matters for the corporate plan—

the strategic direction of the local government;

the performance indicators for measuring the local government’s progress in achieving its vision for the future of the local government area.

In this section—

corporate plan, for a local government, means a corporate plan that, under the Local Government Act 2009, section 104(5)(a) or the City of Brisbane Act 2010, section 103(1)(b), forms part of the local government’s system of financial management.

The Premier must prepare a report for each financial year on the progress made, during the financial year, to implement the Queensland Plan.

In preparing the report, the Premier must consult with the ambassadors council.

The Premier must table a copy of the report for a financial year in the Legislative Assembly by 30 November in the following financial year.