Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A local government--
(a) must appoint and employ an individual as its chief executive officer; and
(b) may employ other employees for the exercise of its jurisdiction of local government.
(2) The chief executive officer is to appoint the other employees of the local government.
(3) However, the local government may decide that it, rather than the chief executive officer, is to appoint employees to fill particular senior executive positions.
(4) In appointing employees, the chief executive officer must act consistently with--
(a) the corporate structure approved by the local government; and
(b) the resources the local government has decided to allocate to the employment of staff.
(5) The terms of employment of a local government's employees are to be decided by it.
(6) However, subsection (5) has effect subject to any relevant industrial award or agreement.