News and events for records management

Find out the latest government recordkeeping updates and guidance for the:

• Mandatory Standards for records management
• Public Records Act
• Digital archive

• Edition 11 - March 2026 - Source Records Disposal, Get to know your Act, Query of the month, meet your Access Services Manager

2025

• Edition 10 - November 2025 - Anniversary of the PR Act 2023, consultation on updated Source Records RDS, caring for records on file issue, QSA's ICIP
• Edition 9  - September 2025 - New PRRC and FNAG committees, CE consultation on mandatory standards
• Edition 8 - June 2025 - Mandatory standards consultation and PRIME network wrap up, IPOLA Act, emulation, meet our First Nations Strategy team!
• Edition 7 - April 2025 - Strengthening recordkeeping under the Public Records Act 2023
• Extraordinary newsletter (March 2025) – What to Do if Your Records Are at Risk After a Disaster
• Extraordinary newsletter (March 2025) – Get ready Queensland: Preparing for Cyclone Alfred
• Edition 6 - February 2025 - Public Records Act consultation update, making records more accessible, reporting damage to public records, and more

2024

• Edition 5 - December 2024 - Public Records Act 2023 has commenced 🎉 useful information you need to know
• Edition 4 - November 2024 - Recordkeeping and Machinery of Government changes
• Edition 3 - September 2024 - Introducing new members of QSA’s Senior Leadership Team
• Edition 2 - August 2024 - QSA Welcomes Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry
• Edition 1 - June 2024 - Hello from QSA

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Source Records Disposal consultation

The Source Records Disposal consultation is now open.

By now your public authority will have received an email inviting you to participate in the second round of consultation on the latest draft retention and disposal authority on source records.

This is your public authority's chance to provide feedback on the proposed disposal coverage for the following categories:

• Records that have been digitised or converted to a new format
• Records that have been migrated to another system
• Residual copies of digital records that have been transferred to QSA.

Consultation will run until close of business Friday 17 April 2026.

This page will be updated with additional information as needed.

If you have any questions, or if your public authority is still waiting for an email inviting it to take part in the consultation, please contact us at digitalarchive@archives.qld.gov.au.

Public Records Act

• Information webinar #3 recording - November 2024
• Information webinar #3 slides - November 2024 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Information webinar #2 recording - August 2024
• Information webinar #2 slides - August 2024 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• Information webinar recording - May and June 2024
• Information webinar slides - May and June 2024 (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Mandatory Standards and Guidelines

Mandatory Standards consultation has closed.

Find further information at Mandatory Standards for records management.

The Public Records Information Management Engagement Network (PRIME Network) meets four times a year and is a collaborative and supportive space to discuss issues affecting records and information management within the Queensland public sector.

Next Meeting

The next Community of Practice is on Wednesday 3 June 2026.

If you have any questions please email rkqueries@archives.qld.gov.au.

Register

Register to join the PRIME Network

Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference  (PDF, 141.5 KB) for the PRIME Network.

Previous meetings

• Slides - March 2026 (PDF, 5.5 MB)
• Slides - November 2025 (PDF, 2.9 MB)
• Slides - August 2025 (PDF, 2.9 MB)
• Please note there are no slides from the 14 May meeting as it was primarily a question and answer session about the DRAFT Mandatory Standards and Guidelines.
• Slides - February 2025 (PDF, 8.6 MB)
• Slides - October 2024 (PDF, 2.2 MB)