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Economic Development Queensland

Portfolio: State Development

https://www.edq.qld.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$150M

QLD Budget 2025-26
Flat vs prior year
Total Revenue

$150M

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

200

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

12 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

To enable transformative developments across the State with pace. [CP p.5]

VISION

A Queensland planned and built for growth. [CP p.5]

PURPOSE

To enable transformative developments across the State with pace. [CP p.5]

Strategic priorities

· 3

1

HOUSING SUPPLY

2

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

3

LIVEABLE PLACES

Outcomes

· 3

Outcome 1: Housing Supply

Facilitating and delivering housing supply at scale and pace across the State.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • approving more than 8,000 new homes and lots in Priority Development Areas (PDAs)
  • facilitating more than 38,500 homes through infrastructure provision in PDAs
  • delivering 1,179 homes in EDQ-led projects
  • committing to another 1,700 homes being delivered across a range of EDQ-led housing projects

Outcome 2: Economic Prosperity

Supporting enterprise and job growth through precinct development and strategic investment.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • making 324 hectares of land available to the market to support industrial and commercial development
  • generating $830 million in private sector investment
  • creating or supporting more than 1,700 jobs through the facilitation of economic and community development projects

Outcome 3: Liveable Places

Planning, developing, and investing in great places for communities, focusing on commercial and industrial development.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • approving more than 8,000 lots and homes in PDAs
  • releasing under-utilised government land to market to support Queensland communities

Values

· 9

ACT BOLDLY

PAVE THE WAY

BE CURIOUS

EMBRACE CHANGE

LOOK BEYOND WITH PURPOSE

TOGETHER

BE CONNECTED

RAISE THE BAR

THE HORIZON

Performance measures

· 3

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

CCE01

Private sector investment

Increase to $1 billion

$830 million

Annual Report 2024-25
Achieved

CCE02

Number of jobs created

2,000

1,716

Annual Report 2024-25
Achieved

CCE03

Number of homes delivered

20,000

8,003

Annual Report 2024-25
Achieved

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ_StrategicPlan-2024-2028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ_StrategicPlan-2024-2028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Economic-Development-Queensland-Regulator-Performance-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Economic-Development-Queensland-Regulator-Performance-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ_StrategicPlan-2024-2028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ_StrategicPlan-2024-2028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Economic-Development-Queensland-Regulator-Performance-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Economic-Development-Queensland-Regulator-Performance-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

EDQ-Annual-Report-2024-25.pdf)

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