Staff information

Update Friday 7 March 2025

The Public Sector Commission (PSC) has advised that working arrangements for next week cannot be confirmed until impacts from Tropical Cyclone Alfred are more fully understood.

We are expecting additional advice from the PSC over the weekend that will be communicated to you via the following channels:

• text message (to the mobile phone number listed in your employee profile)
• your work email address.

It is important you connect with your manager regarding your individual circumstances and only work, or travel to work, if it is safe for you to do so.

Be prepared

Employee safety and wellbeing is always the highest priority for our department.

This page provides information for our staff during business disruptions such as extreme weather events, natural disasters or public health events.

Visit this page as your first point of contact for information on:

• your safety, security and welfare
• steps being taken to ensure business continuity and services for our departmental stakeholders.

Please note the web address of this page and record it for safekeeping.

To prepare for disaster events or business disruption, staff are urged to:

• take your work device home (tablets, phones, etc.) during periods of uncertainty if possible
• know how to stay informed about emergency situations in Queensland, including information from the agencies and organisations listed below
• ensure your manager has your current contact number.

Managers should ensure phone trees are up to date.

You can also access work emails from home or mobile via Outlook online.

Get ready - weather events

The Queensland Government’s Get Ready website has extensive resources available to help households and businesses prepare for cyclones, storms, floods, bushfires and other emergency weather events and natural disasters. This information includes safety tips and how to develop an emergency plan.

Useful sites

Stay connected with news and information on emergency situations in Queensland via:

• Queensland Police Service (QPS) Facebook group
• BOM Queensland weather and warnings
• Transport and Main Roads road closure information
• Queensland Health public health alerts