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Tropical North charged with electric vehicle pilot project

Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning | The Honourable Cameron Dick | Monday at 11:30pm
In an Australian-first pilot project Tropical North Queensland will soon host a free Electric Vehicle (EV) ‘road trip’ with a network of EV charging stations at six popular tourist destinations.

Toowoomba achievers announced as finalists for Multicultural Queensland Awards

Minister for Local Government, Minister for Racing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs | The Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe | Monday at 3:44pm
A local final year university student, the Mulberry Project and the Toowoomba Regional Council have all been recognised for their outstanding work by being named as finalists of the 2019 Multicultural Queensland Awards.

Election commitment lights up Eskdale Park

Minister for Housing and Public Works, Minister for Digital Technology and Minister for Sport | The Honourable Mick de Brenni | Friday at 3:58pm
A historic park in Maryborough is getting a fresh upgrade with new lights, irrigation and fencing with another Palaszczuk Government election commitment delivered.

Screen start-ups given a leg-up through sqhub

Premier and Minister for Trade | The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk | Friday at 2:43pm
Some of Queensland’s brightest talent have been chosen to take up residence at Screen Queensland’s (SQ) sqhub, a co-working space and incubator investing in the growth and development of local screen industry businesses and creatives across games, film, TV and online.

Dignity First Fund to give Brisbane locals a helping hand

Minister for Housing and Public Works, Minister for Digital Technology and Minister for Sport | The Honourable Mick de Brenni | Thursday at 7:40pm
Queenslanders in Brisbane have been provided pathways out of homelessness with funding from round three of the $2.5 million Dignity First Fund.

Sun rising on solar batteries

Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | The Honourable Dr Anthony Lynham | Thursday at 10:00am
Toowoomba residents are upping the solar stakes by investing in battery storage—bringing more jobs to the region and embracing Queensland’s renewable future.

Game back on at Townsville Hockey Complex after $1.7m recovery works

Minister for Communities and Minister for Disability Services and Seniors | The Honourable Coralee O'Rourke | Thursday at 9:00am
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Budget boost for Mackay businesses to help stimulate jobs

Premier and Minister for Trade | The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk | 18 June at 3:00pm
Mackay’s Kynaston Engineering has already been growing its workforce thanks to the Palaszczuk Government’s popular Back to Work program and now it is looking forward to the new payroll tax package to drive new opportunities.

New flights from United States to Brisbane a boon for state’s tourism industry

Premier and Minister for Trade | The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk | 17 June at 2:00pm
Qantas will start non-stop flights from Brisbane to Chicago and San Francisco from April next year under a deal secured by the Palaszczuk Government.

Herculean effort to get school re-opened: Grace

Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations | The Honourable Grace Grace | 17 June at 1:30pm
Education Minister Grace Grace and Member for Mansfield Corrine McMillan have praised the efforts of all those who have worked so efficiently to get Upper Mount Gravatt State School re-opened after a devastating fire on Friday night.

More jobs for Queenslanders

Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships | The Honourable Jackie Trad | 13 June at 11:55am
More than 207,000 jobs have been created since the Palasczcuk Government came to office, ABS Labour Force numbers released today confirm.

World-class cultural centre to boost tourism in Bowen

Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning | The Honourable Cameron Dick | 12 June at 4:06pm
Bowen is set to receive a new world-class conference and cultural centre at Flagstaff Hill, off the back of funding through Round 4 of the Palaszczuk Government’s successful $295 million Building our Regions (BoR) program.

Record Police Budget delivered by Palaszczuk Government

Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services | The Honourable Mark Ryan | 11 June at 7:00pm
The Palaszczuk Government has delivered a record Police Budget for 2019-20.

Budget builds skills for Queensland’s future jobs

Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development | The Honourable Shannon Fentiman | 11 June at 6:00pm
The Palaszczuk Government is investing even more in training and skilling Queenslanders in the 2019-20 budget.

Queensland Apprenticeship Completions Buck National Trend

Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development | The Honourable Shannon Fentiman | 6 June at 12:23pm
An increasing number of Queenslanders are completing an apprenticeship or traineeship, bucking a national trend that saw completions fall across the country.

Queensland technology giving clearer vision to UK defence giant

Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning | The Honourable Cameron Dick | 6 June at 12:30am
Technology developed by a Queensland business is giving one of the world’s leading defence and aerospace companies a clearer view of what their ‘eyes in the sky’ are seeing.

400 Nurse Navigators here to stay in Queensland

Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services | The Honourable Steven Miles | 4 June at 4:25pm
Tuesday’s State Budget will make 400 Nurse Navigator positions permanent, recognising the success of the Palaszczuk Government’s program.

Vote for a bonus for your local community group

Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | The Honourable Dr Anthony Lynham | 31 May at 8:06am
Locals have been urged to vote now to direct a $5000 Ergon Energex Community Fund grant to the Sarina Surf Lifesaving Club.

$10 million to build small business resilience across North Queensland

Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development | The Honourable Shannon Fentiman | 29 May at 1:50pm
$10 million has been announced under the jointly funded Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) to help flood affected small businesses in North and North West Queensland.

Minister cuts the ribbon at new Sunshine Coast convention centre

Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development and Minister for the Commonwealth Games | The Honourable Kate Jones | 28 May at 1:00pm
Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has today opened the $10 million Sunshine Coast Convention Centre at Novotel Twin Waters Resort.

New fund to support wheelchair accessibility

Minister for Transport and Main Roads | The Honourable Mark Bailey | 27 May at 10:04am
The Palaszczuk Government has launched a $21 million, four-year Wheelchair Accessible Taxi (WAT) fund to encourage taxi operators to make their vehicles accessible and modernise the state’s fleet.

Far North Queensland Emergency Service members honoured at awards ceremony

Minister for Fire and Emergency Services | The Honourable Craig Crawford | 22 May at 1:32pm
A Cairns auxiliary firefighter who rose through the ranks to become Inspector of Southern Command, Craig Nolan, is one of five Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) staff who received a service medal at an awards ceremony in Cairns today.

Inside Advanced Manufacturing to showcase Queensland innovation

Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning | The Honourable Cameron Dick | 20 May at 9:00am
Cutting-edge technologies, processes and systems will be on show this week at manufacturing businesses around the state with the Palaszczuk Government’s Inside Advanced Manufacturing series kicking off today.

NQSstadium design app launched to give public new look at North Queensland Stadium

Minister for Housing and Public Works, Minister for Digital Technology and Minister for Sport | The Honourable Mick de Brenni | 19 May at 2:23pm
The North Queensland Stadium has reached a construction milestone with 50 per cent of the main build works now completed and to celebrate, the nqstadium app has been released on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Statement from the Premier - Vale Bob Hawke

Premier and Minister for Trade | The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk | 17 May at 1:09pm
Bob Hawke was a genuine man of the people.

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