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The Department of Public Works and Housing was established on 26/2/1996 and abolished on 29/6/1998.

It was a Queensland Government department responsible for public works including buildings, and public housing.

The department was part of the Minister for Public Works and Housing portfolio from 26 February 1996 to 26 June 1998. After the 1998 election, the department was separated into two new departments - the Department fo Public Works and the Department of Housing (Administrative Arrangements Order (No. 1) 1998.

Establishment
The Department of Public Works and Housing was formed on 26 February 1996 when the former Administrative Services Department was amalgamated with the Housing program formerly run by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning.

Portfolios
The department was part of the Minister for Public Works and Housing portfolio from 26 February 1996 to 26 June 1998.

Abolition
After the 1998 election, the department was separated into two new departments - the Department fo Public Works and the Department of Housing (Administrative Arrangements Order (No. 1) 1998.

Function
The agency had the following responsibilities:
 * Archives
 * Government Accommodation
 * Government Buildings - Construction, Maintenance, Project management, Project management, Protective services
 * Government communications
 * Government information services
 * Government motor vehicles
 * Government printing and publishing
 * Purchasing
 * Registration of Professional Engineers and Architects
 * Building services and standards
 * Housing
 * Residential tenancies

Agencies controlled
The department controlled 5 governmental bodies as follows:

Administered Acts
The department executed its functions and responsibilites via various Acts and regulations. Acts administered by the department included:


 * See also Administrative Arrangements Order (No. 2) 1996
 * Architects Act 1985
 * Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement Act 1990
 * Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement (Service Personnel) Act 1991
 * Law Courts and State Building Protective Security Act 1988
 * Libraries and Archives Act 1988 (pts v-vi)
 * Professional Engineers Act 1988
 * Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
 * Residential Tenancies Act 1994
 * Sewerage and Water Supply Act 1949 (pt3. ss 18A, 19 (except (2) (ixa))
 * Standard Sewerage Law ss 8, 36-37; sch2 by-laws 14A-16A; sch 3 as it applies to the provisions of the Act administered by the Minister
 * State Housing Act 1945
 * State Housing (Free Holding of Land) Act 1957
 * Subcontractors Charges Act 1974

Administrative structure
At its creation, the department had eight business units and divisions which reported to the Deputy Director-General:
 * Finance and Information Technology
 * Executive Services Unit
 * Planning and Human Resources
 * Housing
 * Building Directorate
 * Information and Procurement
 * Commercialised Services
 * Legal and Contractual

Additionally, on 4 April 1996 part of the Information Services Branch within the Department of Premier and Cabinet responsible for the operation of the service desk, office systems, technical and operation matters, network and communications matters, applications, training, and central and distributed services was amalgamated with the Centre for Information Technology and Communications (CITEC) within the Department of Public Works and Housing.

Attribution
Category:Former government departments of Queensland Category:1996 establishments in Australia Category:Government agencies established in 1996 Category:1998 disestablishments in Australia Category:Government agencies disestablished in 1998