Media Statements
Funding flows for crucial Bruce Highway intersection upgrade
The Australian and Queensland governments have $12.5 million in joint funding for the Bruce Highway upgrade at Isis River, with detailed design already underway.
Local jobs ready to be untapped with Rookwood agreement
Central Queensland workers and irrigators are the winners following the signing of an agreement that will shift delivery of Rookwood Weir into high gear.
Safety upgrade to complement Toowoomba second range crossing
Works have started on the $4 million Murphys Creek Road and Brookside Place intersection upgrade at Postmans Ridge, bolstering freight movement through the Lockyer Valley and Toowoomba.
Consumer crackdown sees builder cop $25,500 fine
A builder was ordered to pay $25,500 in compensation for not completing work he had charged for, following an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading.
Safer Advancetown intersection
The Palaszczuk Government will start work next month on the $3.5 million Nerang-Murwillumbah Road and Beechmont Road intersection upgrade.
Practice responsible crab fishing this summer
A summer holiday on the Gold Coast is the perfect time to go fishing for mud and sand crabs, prompting a reminder to recreational fishers to practice responsible crabbing.
Cowboys High Performance Centre on track
The New Year will bring with it the completion of another jewel in the crown of Townsville with the North Queensland Cowboys Community, Training and High-Performance Centre just weeks away from handover
Townsville Sports Reserve scores new indoor courts
Work begins next month on a $13.55 million indoor court complex at Townsville Sports Reserve, creating new jobs to help fast-track the North’s COVID-19 economic recovery.
Palaszczuk Government ramps up health services in Gladstone
The Gladstone community will continue to benefit from strong local hospital services with the transferred ownership of the previous Mater Hospital to Queensland Health.
Works for Tradies boost Queensland construction jobs.
The Palaszczuk Government’s $100 million Works for Tradies stimulus kicks into gear, creating jobs for local tradies and homes for vulnerable Queenslanders, at social housing construction sites across the state.
Palaszczuk Government delivers $4 million boost for clinical research
Clinician researchers around the state will receive a total funding boost of close to $4 million from the Queensland Government to investigate vital health issues.
Supervised Community Accommodation service to end
Queensland’s Supervised Community Accommodation service (SCA) will conclude at the end of January following the completion of a final independent review.