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New respite centre cares for North Brisbane families
Communities and Disability Services Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr today said a new centre would create up to 17 jobs and support up to 60 families in northern Brisbane, Pine Rivers and Caboolture

Health Minister officially opens new staff accommodation complex at Cloncurry Hospital

Tourism Queensland’s Best Job in the World Top 50 announced
A charity fundraiser, dance instructor, physiotherapist, chef, radio DJ, scientist, actor, interpreters, adventurers, students, television journalists and photographers are among Tourism Queensland’s Top 50 candidates for the Best Job in the World, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle today revealed

Fitzroy – CQ’s life-blood – will be protected: Schwarten
Issues raised in a new study into the water quality impacts of mining in the Fitzroy River Basin will be addressed by a re-elected Bligh Government, Member for Rockhampton Robert Schwarten said today

Q150 ICONS’ VOTING BEGINS TODAY AT WWW.Q150.QLD.GOV.AU
Vote now if you want to have your say on what’s a Queensland icon and what’s not for Queensland’s 150th anniversary celebrations, Premier Anna Bligh said today.

Minister holds talks with mining union on latest job losses
Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson held urgent talks with one of the state’s key mining unions to discuss the latest job losses at Anglo Coal Australia

New staff accommodation complex officially opens at Roma Hospital
Health Minister Stephen Robertson today officially opened a new 40-bed staff accommodation complex at Roma Hospital.

Minister inspects new facilities at Redlynch State College
Education and Training Minister Rod Welford today inspected new facilities at Redlynch State College, built at a cost of $20.7 million

Tourism Queensland and TTNQ launch major Tropical North Queensland Campaign into NZ market
A new advertising blitz valued at nearly half a million dollars has been launched to reposition Queensland in the important New Zealand market, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said

LNP takes holiday with tourism policy funding
Member for Toowoomba North Kerry Shine has condemned National Party leader Lawrence Springborg’s plan to cut a program which has helped to create 20,000 Queensland jobs

ROBERTSON ACTS ON INDEPENDENT REVIEW
Health Minister Stephen Robertson has announced that $250,000 will be immediately directed to Bundaberg Hospital, following an independent review of the functions and management systems of the Emergency Department

The Bligh Government has today ensured that a key piece of Gold Coast history, the 120-year-old Surrey House, will not be impacted by a nearby road upgrade.