Media Statements

New QBuild apprentices for Wide Bay
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 04:54 PM

New QBuild apprentices for Wide Bay

Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten today congratulated 11 eager new tradies from the Wide Bay-Burnett region on being offered an apprenticeship with QBuild.

New QBuild apprentices for Sunshine Coast
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 04:52 PM

New QBuild apprentices for Sunshine Coast

Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten today congratulated seven eager new tradies from the Sunshine Coast region on being offered an apprenticeship with QBuild.

New QBuild apprentices for Darling Downs
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 04:51 PM

New QBuild apprentices for Darling Downs

Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten today congratulated five eager new tradies from the Darling Downs region on being offered an apprenticeship with QBuild.

New QBuild apprentices for Burdekin
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 04:49 PM

New QBuild apprentices for Burdekin

Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten has congratulated six eager new tradies from the Burdekin region on starting an apprenticeship with QBuild.

New QBuild apprentices for Brisbane
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 04:47 PM

New QBuild apprentices for Brisbane

Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten has congratulated 34 eager new tradies from Brisbane on being offered an apprenticeship with QBuild.

New paramedics join the ranks
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 04:43 PM

New paramedics join the ranks

Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts today welcomed 18 interstate and overseas paramedics into the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS).

Tourism Queensland experiencing application overload during last days of ‘Best job in the World’ campaign
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 04:24 PM

Tourism Queensland experiencing application overload during last days of ‘Best job in the World’ campaign

Tourism Queensland has been forced to increase its IT support as applications flood in during the final days of the “Best Job in the World” application process, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today

Bligh Govt Grant Makes Friends Of Boyne Island Group Waterwise
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 03:56 PM

Bligh Govt Grant Makes Friends Of Boyne Island Group Waterwise

Natural Resources and Water Minister Craig Wallace today congratulated the Friends of Boyne Island Environmental Education Centre for saving up to 1.2 million litres of town water each year

Media Alert: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Kerry Shine
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 03:44 PM

Media Alert: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Kerry Shine

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Kerry Shine and Member for Townsville Mike Reynolds will tomorrow open the new Legal Aid office in Townsville

Media Alert: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 03:43 PM

Media Alert: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Kerry Shine will officially open the Mareeba Courthouse tomorrow (Thursday, 19 February 2009)

Level crossing collision highlights the need for ongoing vigilance.
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 03:35 PM

Level crossing collision highlights the need for ongoing vigilance.

Last night's level crossing collision between a freight train and a car highlights the need for motorists to be on heightened alert when entering rail crossings, Transport Minister John Mickel said today.

Northern hairy-nosed Wombats – 115 and counting
Wed 18 Feb 09 at 03:00 PM

Northern hairy-nosed Wombats – 115 and counting

The Bligh government today announced a milestone in establishing a second wild colony of Northern hairy-nosed wombats near St George