Publications scheme
New Queensland Government requirements regarding Government-owned corporations and their release of information oblige Forestry Plantations Queensland and Forestry Plantations Queensland Office to provide a range of corporate information to the public via their websites.
For Forestry Plantations Queensland and Forestry Plantations Queensland Office, this information is listed below.
Note: Documentation may reflect Forestry Plantations Queensland’s former entity DPI Forestry and/or the former Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (now a part of the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development & Innovation) from which applicable policies and guidelines have been "grandfathered". This Publication Scheme will be updated to reflect the updating of grandfathered documentation as it occurs.
| Forestry Plantations Queensland Publications Scheme |
| About us | Organisational information
FPQ structure (11 kB)
Locations and contact information
Sale of FPQ (36 kB) |
| Names of board members and brief background, board charter, board sub-committee charters, constitution and subsidiary companies |
| Names of chief and senior executives – information, roles and responsibilities |
| Release of information / Right to information
Forestry Plantations Queensland’s contact for Freedom of Information and Right to Information enquiries is the Corporation’s General Legal Counsel.
Phone: +61 7 3895 3316.
Forestry Plantations Queensland contacts list |
| FPQ and FPQO annual reports
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| Our services | Information about services provided including leaflets and newsletters |
| Schedules of fees and charges
Forestry Plantations Queensland sells its forest resource as standing timber to Queensland’s regionally based timber industry. A small amount of miscellaneous forest product, including foliage sales, and other plantation forest-related activities, including bee-keeping and grazing, are also provided. Forest product sales are undertaken via a commercial tendering processes leading to sales agreements for varying periods (from “spot” sales to agreements from 1 to 10 years). No sales are made to the general public and prices paid under the commercial tendering process are commercial-in-confidence. |
| Media releases
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| Our finances | Annual audited financial statements (last three years)
Forestry Plantations Queensland’s annual audited financial statements since the organisation’s incorporation in May 2006 are provided in the Corporation’s published annual reports. |
| Financial result for six month period and for the equivalent period in previous years |
Procurement processes
Corporate standard: purchasing (2007) (511 kB) (under review)
Corporate standard: procurement and management of consultants (2007) (179 kB) (under review)
Corporate standard: procurement and management of contractors (2007) (221 kB) (under review) |
| Audit results (to come) |
| Expenditure related corporate policies
FPQ Business standard: Financial management policies and practices (2008) (53 kB)
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| Our priorities | Statement of corporate intent (as tabled in the Queensland Parliament)
Forestry Plantations Queensland operates under an Operational Plan, which is an annual performance contract with the Corporation’s responsible Ministers that provides a governance framework for the Corporation and sets its operational and financial targets and performance criteria. The 2009–10 Operational Plan is currently being prepared for tabling in State Parliament early in the new financial year. An online version of the Operational Plan will be available here when the document is formally tabled. |
Performance indicators
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| Our decisions | Delegations of authority
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| Our policies | Policies on delivering services
Forestry Plantations Queensland’s forest product sales are undertaken via a commercial tendering processes leading to sales agreements for varying periods (from “spot” sales to agreements from 1 to 10 years). Forestry Plantations Queensland’s major services are provided to its customers under the terms and conditions of these commercial contracts and, as such, are commercial-in-confidence. Forestry Plantations Queensland is also responsible for public recreation in State Plantation Forests under its control. |
| Policies on recruiting employees
Recruitment and selection guidelines (to come) |
| Codes of conduct
FPQO code of conduct (2007) (553 kB) |
| Conflict of interest policy
Queensland Government Public Sector Industrial and Employee Relations Directive 8/96 Declaration of Interests: Public Service Employees (other than Chief Executives) |
| Policies on occupational health and safety
FPQ work place health and safety policy (148 kB)
FPQ rehabilitation policy (135 kB)
FPQ safety and wellbeing program (354 kB) |
| Policies on environment |
| Details of current employment vacancies |
| Policy on corporate entertainment and hospitality
FPQ Business standard: Official hospitality and corporate entertainment (2009) (54 kB) |
| Handling requests for information
FPQ Business standard: Freedom of Information requests (2008) (36 kB)
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| Complaints procedures
FPQ Business standard: Effective complaints handling (2008) (37 kB)
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| Our lists | Information that is currently legally required to be held in publicly available registers (to come) |
| Disclosure logs
Information released by Forestry Plantations Queensland and/or Forestry Plantations Queensland Office via a Freedom of Information or a Right to Information request, if deemed to be in the wider public interest, will be made available to the public via Forestry Plantations Queensland’s Publication Scheme not less than 24 hours after release to the applicant and not more than 30 working days of release.
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Last updated 22 September 2009
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