Media Statements
BLIGH GOVT HELPS SHUT THE TAP ON OUT-OF-CONTROL GAB BORES
Work is due to start this month on controlling the first of nine particularly difficult free-flowing bores that tap into the Great Artesian Basin in Queensland
Internet game goes global thanks to Smart State developers
A Smart State company has launched Australia’s first online game that enables thousands of people around the world to play against each other simultaneously
10 new floodboats for SES crews
State Emergency Services (SES) volunteers across Queensland will have 10 new boats for search and rescue and supply operations during flooding and inland waterway emergencies.
BLIGH GOVERNMENT TO OFFER GAS REBATE FOR PENSIONERS
The State Government will provide a $55 a year rebate to pensioners who use reticulated natural gas in their homes, Premier Anna Bligh and Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson announced today
NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGE SWORN IN
The new Justice appointed to the Supreme Court, Duncan McMeekin, was officially sworn in to the position today
GRANT HELPS TORRES STRAIT COMMUNITIES GET WATER-WISE
A $130,000 grant from the National Heritage Trust will help deliver an important water education project to the north's Torres Strait Island communities.
STATE GOVERNMENT PARTNERS BUNNINGS IN SAVING WATER
The State Government and the Bunnings Warehouse chain were working together to encourage local residents to make their homes and gardens water-wise, Water Minister Craig Wallace said today.
STATE GOVERNMENT PARTNERS BUNNINGS IN SAVING WATER
The State Government and the Bunnings Warehouse chain were working together to encourage local residents to make their homes and gardens water-wise, Water Minister Craig Wallace said today.
CHILDREN LOOK BACK TO PIONEER FOR A NEW NAME
Students of Mount Crosby State Primary School who found that a gully behind the school was officially nameless have come up with a proposal to call it ‘Burrows Gully’
GRADUATES WANTED TO HELP PROTECT QLD’S NATURAL RESOURCES
The Queensland Government is seeking motivated, result-oriented graduates interested in the sustainable management of the State’s water, land and vegetation.
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