Media Statements
JOBSEEKERS LEAP FOR WORK AND BANDAID SKILLS SHORTAGES
Upgrading Mount Isa’s Community Development Association’s facilities to help expand a program providing medical living aids to the disadvantaged will see eight local people into work
WATER-WISE GARDENERS ARE WINNERS
Department of Housing tenants from the Wide Bay Burnett region who used water-efficient techniques to keep their gardens thriving throughout the challenging dry conditions were recognised today as part of the department’s 2007 Water-Wise Garden Awards
$655,000 BOOST FOR MT ISA HOMELESS: MINISTER
Mount Isa residents experiencing homelessness will be able to access advice and support through a dedicated shopfront, thanks to significant State Government funding.
Cloncurry SES volunteer’s service recognised
Cloncurry-based Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic Gordon Jones has received a Meritorious Service Medal for his contribution to the State Emergency Service.
Two Mount Isa ambulance officers congratulated on Diplomas
Mount Isa Queensland Ambulance Service officers Maree Shelton and Lynette Healy have been congratulated on receiving their Diplomas of Paramedical Science (Ambulance).
BLIGH GOVERNMENT POURS $9 MILLION INTO REGIONAL TENNIS
Mt Isa: Premier Anna Bligh, together with Sport Minister Judy Spence, has today announced the delivery of more than $9 million in funding, to transform tennis centres in regional areas into elite sporting facilities.
$28m Burke Developmental Road upgrade ahead of schedule
Transport operators and residents of the north-west are benefiting from safer, more efficient travel as the $28 million upgrade of the Burke Developmental Road nears completion ahead of schedule
Carpentaria to get first instalment of extra disaster relief funding
Carpentaria Shire Council will soon receive the first instalment of a $9.2 million subsidy towards the cost of restoring roads damaged by flooding in January and February 2007.
Boyle announces new plan and funding to boost outback tourism
Tourism Minister Desley Boyle has launched a new strategic plan and announced $77,500 in funding to boost tourism to Outback Queensland.
$3.4M EXPANSION OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: MINISTER
Communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr has announced $3.4 million for an alcohol diversion and homelessness support project in Mount Isa
$300,000 to improve facilities for Outback drive tourists
Mt Isa: The Bligh Government has announced $300,000 in funding to help the State’s North West build its growing drive tourism market.
110 BABIES BORN EVERY DAY IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS
New figures show more than 40,000 babies were born in Queensland public hospitals last financial year, equating to 110 newborns every day, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today.