Media Statements

BLIGH REFORMS CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC SERVICE RESTRUCTURE
The Queensland Public Service will undergo its most sweeping and significant reform in almost two decades with the existing 23 stand-alone government departments streamlined into 13.

Reef fish Working Group formed to assist industry
Reef fish Working Group formed to assist industry

Premier announces new Parliamentary Secretary responsibilities
Premier Anna Bligh has today finalised her Parliamentary Secretary responsibilities.

Donations to Premier’s Flood Appeal continue to flow
Premier Anna Bligh has praised Queenslanders for digging deep as donations to the Flood Appeal continue to flow

Premier announces new Bligh Ministry portfolio responsibilities
Premier Anna Bligh has today finalised her revamped, hand-picked Ministry, assigning portfolio responsibilities for the Cabinet which includes eight new Ministers.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh today announced that respected international dive company Blue Water Recoveries will manage the search for the torpedoed World War 2 Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur.

THIRTY-TWO PARAMEDICS PREPARE TO HIT QUEENSLAND STREETS
The Queensland Ambulance Service’s ranks are set to be boosted yet again with 32 students today graduating from the Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy, Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts said

Exposed: The Nationals plan to cut $1 billion will include job cuts.


418 vacancies identified in Brisbane as first jobs to go under Springborg jobs purge
Deputy Premier Paul Lucas today identified the first 418 jobs most likely to go under the Opposition’s plan to cut 6800 Brisbane-based jobs from the public service over the next 12 months.

45 vacancies identified in Rockhampton area as first jobs to go under Springborg jobs purge
Deputy Premier Paul Lucas today identified the first 45 jobs most likely to go in the Rockhampton area under the Opposition’s plan to cut more than 600 local jobs from the public service over the next 12 months.

Deputy Premier Paul Lucas today identified 68 jobs most likely to go in the Ipswich and Toowoomba areas under the Opposition’s plan to cut local jobs from the public service over the next 12 months.