Media Statements

Latest grants open for truth, healing and reconciliation
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 03:00 PM

Latest grants open for truth, healing and reconciliation

Queenslanders are encouraged to apply for up to $10,000 in grants as part of the Palaszczuk Government’s Truth, Healing and Reconciliation grants program.

Nitro World Games heats up in Brisbane
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 01:35 PM

Nitro World Games heats up in Brisbane

Elite action BMX, skate and scooter sport is coming to Queensland with the Nitro World Games at Suncorp Stadium this October.

Australian-first OMCG exit and prevention program launched
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 01:00 PM

Australian-first OMCG exit and prevention program launched

Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP, joined Commissioner Katarina Carroll today to officially launch Australia’s first exit program for former outlaw motorcycle gang members wanting a lasting way out of gang life.

Major works on display for new, year-round Exhibition train station
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 12:30 PM

Major works on display for new, year-round Exhibition train station

More jobs are coming online to support Queensland’s economic recovery as another Cross River Rail work site ramps up in inner-Brisbane.

Rockhampton Airport Terminal works progressing
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 11:41 AM

Rockhampton Airport Terminal works progressing

The upgrades to the Rockhampton Airport Terminal, including a new mezzanine floor and passenger lounges are on track for completion, thanks to $6.44 million from the Palaszczuk Government’s $200 million COVID Works for Queensland program.

Lizards lounge in new digs at Rockhampton Zoo
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 11:38 AM

Lizards lounge in new digs at Rockhampton Zoo

Visitors to the popular Rockhampton Zoo will now see the resident perenties, the largest of Australia’s monitor lizards, in a new enclosure, thanks to the Palaszczuk Government’s signature $600 million Works for Queensland program.

Grants to advance gender equality for Queensland women
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 11:23 AM

Grants to advance gender equality for Queensland women

Community groups advancing gender equality for Queensland women are front and centre in a grants program opened today by the Palaszczuk Government.

Gold Coast receives $3.7 million firefighting and rescue boost
Thu 04 Feb 21 at 10:00 AM

Gold Coast receives $3.7 million firefighting and rescue boost

The Gold Coast region will have extra firefighting and aerial rescue capability with the handover of a new Combined Aerial Pumping Appliance (CAPA) and Hydraulic Platform (HP) appliance to the Surfers Paradise Fire and Rescue Station today.

Record $1 million grant program to celebrate multicultural Queensland
Wed 03 Feb 21 at 03:30 PM

Record $1 million grant program to celebrate multicultural Queensland

Young people will be a focus of this year’s record $1 million grants program to celebrate Queensland’s multiculturalism.

Safer roads the goal with SUNS, AFLQ Palaszczuk Gov partnership
Wed 03 Feb 21 at 01:30 PM

Safer roads the goal with SUNS, AFLQ Palaszczuk Gov partnership

The Palaszczuk Government has teamed up with the Gold Coast SUNS and AFL Queensland to shine the spotlight on road safety.

Innovation gives the eyes underwater
Wed 03 Feb 21 at 11:30 AM

Innovation gives the eyes underwater

A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) has been specially developed to enhance knowledge of the Gold Coast’s underwater environments and improve waterways management.

Qld Government delivers cutting-edge tablet factory to create jobs in Nudgee
Wed 03 Feb 21 at 09:44 AM

Qld Government delivers cutting-edge tablet factory to create jobs in Nudgee

The Palaszczuk Government will partner with a Queensland medicine company to build a $1.1 million tableting production and coating facility at its Northgate factory.