Media Statements

Palaszczuk Government funding to support Mackay Manufacturers
Support from the Palaszczuk Government for Mackay manufacturers has taken another step forward with the new round of the highly successful Manufacturing Hubs Grants Program (MHGP) opening for applications.

$1M up for grabs to support Queensland’s multiculturalism
Organisations across Queensland are encouraged to apply for their share in $1 million as the Celebrating Multicultural Queensland program’s project funding round opens.

$2.5 million grants boost in search for new economy minerals
Up to $2.5 million worth of grants are on offer from the Palaszczuk Government to help Queensland explorers find the minerals needed to charge the renewable energy revolution.

Have your say on protecting the rights of people with disability
Queenslanders are invited to help shape reforms to safeguard people with disability who may harm themselves or others.

More rural renal services for North Queensland
Infrastructure upgrades at Ingham and Charters Towers Hospitals will deliver eight renal chairs to bring care closer to home for patients receiving haemodialysis for renal failure and kidney disease.

QR codes used to improve patient travel experience
A trial program is using QR code armbands to help support rural patients who have been flown to a major hospital outside the region for emergency treatment.

Brisbane’s LGBTI+ community rolls up its sleeves with pride
Queenslanders have marched with pride and rolled up their sleeves to get vaccinated at a pop-up clinic at the Brisbane Pride Fair Day, Rally and March today.

It’s a weekend vax-a-thon - Be a lifesaver, get a jab
Surf Clubs the length of the Queensland coast are joining this weekend’s vax-a-thon as the countdown to open borders ticks ever closer.

South West HHS water system upgrade in the pipeline
Hutchinson Builders has been awarded the contract to improve health facility water supply systems throughout the South West over the coming months.

New lease on life for Flagstaff Hill Cultural and Conference Centre
Bowen’s newest conference and event space, Flagstaff Hill Cultural and Conference Centre, has been officially opened by Queensland Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe and Whitsunday Regional Council Mayor Andrew Willcox.

Successful Sunwater trial returns rebates to irrigators
More than $3.13 million will be returned to growers in regional Queensland as part of a Sunwater trial related to water delivery services.

Queensland Government welcomes and responds to statewide NDIS Inquiry
Disability Services Minister Craig Crawford today welcomed the public release of the Queensland Productivity Commission’s (QPC) final report for the Inquiry into the NDIS market in Queensland and the Queensland Government’s response.