Media Statements
NEW ROADSIDE LITTER LAWS APPROVED
Queensland Parliament has passed tougher littering laws, aimed primarily at addressing the increased incidence of roadside littering
TRAINING AND CAREER INFORMATION SERVICE GOES MOBILE
The Bligh Government has gone on the road to deliver training and career information to Queenslanders living in rural areas of the south-west of the state.
Next stage of water grid falls into place
Pipe-laying will start by the end of the month on the next stage of the State Government’s $9 billion South East Queensland water grid, Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Paul Lucas, said today.
NORTH QUEENSLAND LOSES OUT TO NSW IN ROAD FUNDING
NSW is again getting the lion’s share of road funding with Prime Minister John Howard today announcing that the Pacific Highway will get $400 million more in funding than the Bruce Highway, Craig Wallace said today
FIJI DAY ENTRÉE TO MULTICULTURAL FEAST THIS WEEKEND
As they say in Fiji, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka mai!
FOREIGNERS BOUGHT LAND WORTH $1 BILLION IN QUEENSLAND LAST YEAR: REPORT
Foreign interests paid over $1 billion for land acquisitions in Queensland last financial year (2006-07), but total foreign ownership remains below 1% of the State’s land area.
The Queensland Government today announced the provision of a $35 million Freshwater Species Conservation Centre to study and protect the Mary River Cod, Queensland Lungfish and the Mary River Turtle to ensure their on-going survival
Palm Beach Needle and Syringe Program
The Queensland Needle and Syringe Program (QNSP) room inside the Palm Beach community health centre is not left unattended, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said
New incentives to transform Queensland business and industry
Regional Development and Industry Minister Desley Boyle today announced a new financial incentives scheme to help drive the future growth of Queensland
Margaret Keech
Queensland public hospitals treating more patients than ever before
Queensland public hospitals provided for the first time ever more than 10 million occasions of service to non-admitted patients during 2006-07, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today