The State Government has announced an immediate review of bulk water prices in SEQ (SOURCE). Options for a new price path are to be brought back to Cabinet by 31 May 2012. The review, determined after Cabinet consideration this week, will be undertaken by the Queensland Water Commission (QWC) and Treasury. It forms part of the new government’s “Lower Cost of Living for Families Package.”
The government has further provided a complete list of new interim Directors General (to complement details of Acts administered in previous e-flashes)
Premier and Cabinet – Jon Grayson
Public Service Commission – Brett Heyward
State Development, Infrastructure and Planning – David Edwards
Co-ordinator General – Barry Broe
Reconstruction Authority – Graham Newton
Treasury and Trade – Helen Gluer
Health – Tony O’Connell
Education, Training and Employment – Julie Grantham
Police – Bob Atkinson
Community Safety – Kelvin Anderson
Justice and Attorney-General – Barry Leahy
Transport and Main Roads – Michael Caltabiano
Housing and Public Works – Natalie McDonald
Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry – Jack Noye
Environment and Heritage – Andrew Chesterman
Natural Resources and Mining – Dan Hunt
Energy and Water – Tim Spencer
Local Government – Neil Castles
Communities, Child Safety, Disabilities – Margaret Allison
Science, IT and the Arts – Phillip Reed
National Parks, Sport and Racing – John Glaister
Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and Commonwealth Games – Richard Eden
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs – Debbie Best
(NB – Debbie Best is the former DERM Deputy Director General responsible for Water)
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