Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

Queensland Budget 2021-22 · Palaszczuk Government

Minister
Craig Crawford MP
Department head
Director-General Dr Chris Sarra

As at budget day (2021-06-15)

$311.5M
Total expenses
$13.2M
Capital program
$30M
3 tracked measures
1,961
FTE staff

Across budgets

Tracked across 6 budgets (2021-22 to 2026-27).

Key service areas

Disability ServicesSeniors and Community SupportAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

Budget initiatives

Path to Treaty Fund$300M totalNewAnnounced

A new $300 million Path to Treaty Fund whose returns provide funding certainty for Path to Treaty actions and the government's response to the Treaty Advancement Committee report, supporting the state's journey towards Treaty with First Nations peoples.

A new fund provides long-term, certain funding for Queensland's Path to Treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Equity. A $300 million fund whose returns support Path to Treaty actions; the corpus is a financial asset, not a budget-year expense, so the 2021-22 budget-year amount is recorded as null.

Indigenous Councils Critical Infrastructure Program$30.3MContinuingCapitalAnnounced

$30.3 million in 2021-22 as part of the $120 million Indigenous Councils Critical Infrastructure Program to support Indigenous councils to deliver critical water, wastewater and solid waste projects and the long-term strategic management of essential assets.

Indigenous councils get funding to build and maintain critical water, wastewater and waste infrastructure.

2021-22: $30.3M

General Government capital, $30.3 million in 2021-22 towards the $120 million Indigenous Councils Critical Infrastructure Program.

Support for Former Disability Services Clients$7.3M totalContinuingAnnounced

$7.3 million over four years (and $1.8 million annually) to ensure continuity of support for former Disability Services clients who have been determined ineligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, plus $22.7 million to continue supporting disability advocacy and peak bodies.

Queenslanders with disability who miss out on the NDIS keep their support services, and disability advocacy bodies continue to be funded.

General Government operating, $7.3 million over 4 years and $1.8 million annually for former Disability Services clients ineligible for the NDIS (plus $22.7 million for disability advocacy); the papers do not separately disclose a 2021-22 budget-year figure, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

Forward estimates

Year-by-year allocations for 1 measure with published forward profiles.

Measure2021-22Total
Indigenous Councils Critical Infrastructure Program$30.3M$30.3M
Total$30.3M$30.3M

Performance metrics

Service standards from the Service Delivery Statement. Targets and actuals as published.

MetricPrior targetActualTarget
2024-252024-252025-26
Percentage of eligible Seniors with a Seniors Card88%88%88%
Number of people with disability receiving departmental accommodation support services882796762
Percentage of approved accommodation support places used80%90%80%
Number of job placements for Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples facilitated by the department720607720
Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses securing government procurement450389450
Customer satisfaction with cultural heritage services provided by the department75%75%75%

Source: Service Delivery Statement. Prior target and actual are for 2024-25; target is for 2025-26.

Source document

Service Delivery Statement — Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (PDF)

Last updated: 2026-06-21. Factual information from published budget documents.