Media Statements

Media Alert: Bligh Govt Grant Makes Friends of Boyne Island Group Waterwise
Natural Resources and Water Minister Craig Wallace will meet with the Friends of Boyne Island Environmental Education Centre today to congratulate them on their water saving efforts

Commuters click on www.translink.com.au
Commuters are increasingly searching for public transport information via the click of a button, with the number of visits to the TransLink website soaring by more than 50 per cent during the past year.

Applications open for Queensland music awards
The memory of two Queensland music greats lives on with applications now open for the annual Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship and Billy Thorpe Scholarship

Major lobster breeding deal hatched in Cairns
Embargoed 6:00am - February 18

No technology too small for two Brisbane-based companies
Two Queensland companies are heading to Japan tomorrow for the world’s largest nanotechnology exhibition and conference held annually in Tokyo

New mine storage facility means jobs in NQ
Thirty full-time Queensland jobs will be created during construction of a new multi-million dollar mining storage facility in Mount Isa, Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson said today

New blood swells apprentice ranks
One hundred eager new apprentices kicked off careers with QBuild today as they began trades across Queensland in everything from carpentry to electrical mechanics to glazing.

Opposition elective surgery claims don’t stack up
The opposition is distorting elective surgery waiting times as part of its latest fear campaign, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today.

Bligh thanks Warren Pitt – an FNQ champion
Premier Anna Bligh has thanked retiring Member for Mulgrave, Local Government and Main Roads Minister Warren Pitt for his contribution to the people of Queensland, especially those in the Far North.

Warren Pitt will not contest next election
Minister for Main Roads and Local Government and Member for Mulgrave Warren Pitt, has announced today that he will not contest the next State election

BLIGH CALLS ON COMMUNITY: NAME NEW HOSPITAL WING IN HONOUR OF LOCAL HERO
A wing of the brand new $20.6 million Capricorn Coast Hospital and Health Service will be named by the local community, Premier Anna Bligh announced today.

PM and Premier activate fodder drops for NW flood areas
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