On behalf of the Queensland Public Sector Commission, I am pleased to share with you the State of the sector report for 2024.
This new format for transparent employment reporting provides comprehensive data, analysis and insights about Queensland’s largest workforce – the Queensland public sector.
With a workforce of over 308,000 strong, these dedicated public servants go to work each day committed to making a difference to the lives of Queenslanders.
Working across the state in frontline, frontline support and corporate roles – our people are here for you, working for Queenslanders every day.
From the midwife delivering our newest Queenslander, to the behind-the-scenes hospital support staff who provide fresh linen, manage the IT systems, pay our workers and communicate important health messages.
They are the transport workers issuing your licence – and those planning and managing major infrastructure projects.
They are our educators, our policy makers, our police, and our child safety workers.
And these are only just some of the roles and services that make such a difference to Queenslander’s lives. The release of the State of the sector report in this new format gives greater transparency to who makes up our public sector, what they do, where they work and how they feel about working in the sector.
It also gives the public access to more data, more detailed explanations, and more insight than ever before about our workforce and our performance.
The report analyses workforce statistics, employee opinion survey results and conduct and performance data –linking our operating environment with insight about our people, diversity, work environment, performance and future.
Publishing the 2024 State of the sector report is a key milestone in the Even better public sector for Queensland strategy – which was launched in March 2024.
While this is a big step forward for transparent employment reporting, it is just the beginning.
The State of the Sector Report will be published annually and each year we will learn from the last, by listening to the feedback – helping us to continually deliver an Even Better public sector for Queensland.
I invite you to explore the report to learn more about the great workforce that serves our communities.