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Government backs skills boost for kindies
Queensland kindies and early childhood services can now bid for grants from a $3 million pool to boost the skills of their staff.
New eCommerce program creates buzz for Queensland exporters
Queensland’s native bees are helping a local company take its unique natural products to one of Asia’s largest eCommerce markets.
LNP comes clean on plans for Queensland nuclear power
The LNP’s latest thought bubble on energy policy has again exposed the rifts in the coalition party room, Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Minister Mick de Brenni said today.
Bells Creek work rings in Sunshine Coast jobs bonanza
A multi-billion program of major upgrades is transforming Sunshine Coast roads and supporting thousands of local jobs.
Premier declares state-of-the-art new Caloundra high school officially open
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has officially opened the $127.5 million Baringa State Secondary College at Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast.
Local business doubles workforce for Convention Centre build
A local tiling company has doubled its workforce to lay 4,000 square metres of tile around the Cairns Convention Centre as refurbishment works enter the home stretch.
$10 million Herston Biofabrication Institute Opens
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath today officially opened the Herston Biofabrication Institute, an innovative new facility at the forefront of healthcare research and technologies in Queensland.Minister D’Ath said the $10 million institute at the Herston Health Precinct on the grounds of Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) was funded by Metro North Hospital and Health Service with a $5 million donation from RBWH Foundation.“The Herston Biofabrication Institute will brin...
School leaver pilot spreads its success
Ten more state high schools will join a successful initiative – piloted in Townsville - that helps young Queenslanders transition from school to work or further study.
Government funding improving Great Barrier Reef water quality
Improved farming practices backed by Australian and Queensland Government funding are seeing a record rate of improvement in the amount of nutrient run-off flowing from farms to the Great Barrier Reef.
Local flavours and jobs at forefront of Convention Centre cuisine
Fine-dining aficionados will be supporting local jobs as they savour sumptuous delights at the new-look Cairns Convention Centre when conference and convention activity recommences.
Former Court of Appeal judge to lead taskforce into coercive control
Action against coercive control in Queensland is a step closer following today’s announcement by the Palaszczuk Government of an independent taskforce to examine the issue, with former Court of Appeal judge the Hon Margaret McMurdo AC at the chair.
Palaszczuk Government’s $7 million boost for Gold Coast mental health
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath today turned the first sod on a new $7 million Mental Health Crisis Stabilisation service at Robina Hospital.