Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy

Communities, Housing and Digital Economy
Department overview
JurisdictionQueensland Government
Headquarters1 William Street, Brisbane[1]
EmployeesIncrease 5,436 (2019)[2]
Annual budgetIncrease A$1.365 billion (2019–20)[3][4]
Ministers responsible
  • Meaghan Scanlon, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Public Works
  • Leeanne Enoch, Minister for Digital Economy
    Minister for the Arts
Department executive
  • Clare O'Connor, Director-General
Child agencies
Websitechde.qld.gov.au

The Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy (CHDE), formerly Housing and Public Works, is a ministerial department within the Queensland Government, tasked with providing housing, sport, digital technology, and urban design and architecture services[5][6][7][8][9] Both Smart Service Queensland (SSQ) and Queensland Shared Services (QSS) sit within CHDE, providing whole-of-government services including HR, payroll, procurement, infrastructure, and state-wide contact centre solutions.[10][11][12][13]

  1. ^ "Our locations" (PDF). Department of Housing and Public Works. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2018-19" (PDF). Department of Housing and Public Works. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Appropriation Act 2019". Queensland Legislation. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Appropriation Act 2018". Queensland Legislation. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Housing and homelessness". Department of Housing and Public Works. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Building and plumbing". Department of Housing and Public Works. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Sport and recreation". Department of Housing and Public Works. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Digital". Department of Housing and Public Works. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Urban design and architecture". Department of Housing and Public Works. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Services for government". Department of Housing and Public Works. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Procurement". Department of Housing and Public Works. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Contact Queensland Shared Services". Queensland Shared Services. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  13. ^ "About us". Queensland Shared Services. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.