Media Statements

TAKE A STAND AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: MINISTER
Community groups can apply for a share of $65,000 to help spread the message that domestic and family violence are unacceptable, Communities Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr said

$36.4 million pilot to target Indigenous alcohol abuse
A landmark $36.4 million pilot program to cut the cycle of alcohol misuse is about to be rolled out by the Queensland Government

PUT ON YOUR WINGS AND PYJAMAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Child Safety Minister Margaret Keech is urging Queenslanders to pull on their pyjamas and become an Angel to help improve the literacy levels of children in care.

Travel writers vote Tourism Queensland best state organisation
Tourism Queensland was named Best State Tourism Organisation at the Australian Society of Travel Writers’ 2007 Travel Journalism Awards for Excellence, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said

Bligh & Kernaghan launch Roma’s Spirit of the Bush
26 October 2007

GRANT CHAMPIONS PEOPLE POWER IN LOGAN AREA
The Greenbank Cricket Club is among a host of Logan area community buildings and surrounds to have received a facelift, as another cricket season is set to gain momentum in coming weeks

The Queensland Government has toasted a commitment by Brisbane’s iconic Fourex brewery to slash its consumption of drinking water by up to 1.1 million litres a day

$1.2 MILLION OF NEW PASSENGER SERVICES
Bus passengers in Redlands will next week start to benefit from new services worth $1.2 million

Media alert: 2007 WATER-WISE GARDEN AWARDS PRESENTATION - BUNDABERG
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS/CHIEFS OF STAFF/PICTORIAL EDITORS

MOTORIST BE WARNED – ROAD TOLL ABOUT TO HIT 300
Police Minister Judy Spence and Transport Minister John Mickel are pleading with motorists to take care today, to avoid becoming the 300th fatality on Queensland roads this year

JOBSEEKERS’ RESEARCH SUPPORTS URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY
Sixteen jobseekers paid to conduct valuable research for the Kelvin Grove Urban Village and gain accredited training and job skills will graduate from a Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative project today, with all participants obtaining jobs

Pony clubs, rodeos focus of new gambling grants amid EI outbreak
26 October 2007