[2] A statutory authority is an organisation established under separate legislation to manage a particular aspect of government administration.

[3] Most statutory bodies have their own board of management, selected or appointed in different ways.

[1] Statutory authorities have varying degrees of independence to the government and public service.

Some statutory authorities are dependent on government subsidies and grants and hence likely to very highly attuned to the wishes of the Minister and/or Director-General; others are funded in other ways (e.g. providing services) and enjoy greater independence as a consequence.

[5] At 30 June 2015, there were 243,163 staff (203,348.50 full-time equivalent) employees in 20 Queensland Government departments and 15 other organisations included for statistical purposes.