Media Statements

Ministerial Statement: Foster carers the backbone of Queensland’s child protection system
Foster carers the backbone of Queensland’s child protection system

ASSISTANCE FOR 110 SUNSHINE COAST UNEMPLOYED
The Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative is funding CADET Training and Employment to assist 110 unemployed Caloundra people

STRATEGY TO MAKE THE MOST OF WASTE
The old saying of one person’s trash being another person’s treasure is more important than ever today as society deals with waste creation and its appropriate disposal

$108,000 for Cardwell and Johnstone community groups
Community groups in the Cardwell and Johnstone Shires today received a boost in funding when Minister for Mines and Energy, Geoff Wilson announced the successful recipients of Powerlink Queensland’s Tully to Innisfail Community Benefits Program

October 16, 2007

Townsville transmission line projects nearing completion
Minister for Mines and Energy Geoff Wilson today announced that Powerlink Queensland would soon complete construction of two new high voltage electricity transmission lines in the Townsville and Thuringowa areas in projects worth more than $42 million

The Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Sport, Judy Spence, will today launch a new Community Service Advertising Campaign title “Play by the Rules”, which goes to air on commercial television screens across Queensland tonight

QUEENSLAND TO LEGISLATE TO BAN TAXES ON WATER TANKS
Local councils will be banned from taxing water in residential tanks following changes announced by Premier Anna Bligh today.

SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD STARS VIE FOR STATE HONOURS
The cream of Queensland’s young athletes are in Cairns this week as the city hosts the Queensland Primary School Track and Field State Championships for the first time.

MINISTER TURNS ROCKIN’ FROGS AND TADPOLES INTO YOUNG LEGENDS

TRAINING SOLUTIONS ON SHOW AT BUSINESS EXPO
Education and Training Rod Welford today encouraged Queensland businesses, keen to profit from tailored training, to visit the TAFE Queensland stand at the 2007 Australian Business Development Expo

MILLION DOLLAR SKILLING PROJECT FOR SOUTHSIDE YOUTH LAUNCHES
Boystown has embarked on an ambitious skilling project to engage with disadvantaged Logan, Brisbane South and Redlands youth and help them on the path to sustainable work