Media Statements
Mount Isa initiatives continue local Blueprint for the Bush success
Communities in the Mount Isa area are growing stronger thanks to funding of more than $5.37 million through the Queensland Government’s Blueprint for the Bush.
ESK SHIRE WATERWAYS OFFICIALLY NAMED
Chasewater Creek and Tumbridge Gully in the Esk Shire have been officially named by the Department of Natural Resources and Water.
QUEENSLANDERS TO CAPTURE ‘NEW BEGINNINGS’ FOR $25,000 IN PRIZES
The fourth annual Premier’s Multicultural Photographic Awards open today with professional and amateur photographers being urged to enter images of cultural diversity that meet the theme New Beginnings
GOLD COAST STUDENT SHINES AT SMART WOMEN AWARDS
EMBARGO: 7:30pm August 29, 2007
CARE NEEDED TO ENSURE HORSE FLU IS CONTAINED
With the horse standstill across Queensland working well, the biggest threat of passing on the equine influenza virus between horses is now people
PRISONERS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO STRANDED HORSE OWNERS
A team of low risk female prisoners from the Warwick Work Camp are providing valuable assistance to horse owners affected by the Equine Flu quarantine at the Warwick Horse Trials
Review to strengthen private cardiac surgical services on the Gold Coast
There has been no decision to close private cardiac services on the Gold Coast, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today
BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR TOURISTS AT BIRDSVILLE
There may be no horses, but more than 6,000 tourists are still expected to converge on Outback Queensland’s iconic Birdsville Races this week, Tourism Minister, Margaret Keech, said today
MINISTER COMMENDS EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONSE
With the emergency services response to the flooding on the Sunshine Coast now largely completed, Minister for Emergency Services Neil Roberts has commended all staff and volunteers involved in the response.
BROADBAND CRITICAL TO AUSTRALIA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: MICKEL
CAIRNS: Queensland Minister for State Development John Mickel said today the provision of broadband services to rural and regional Australia was essential to the nation’s economic development
AUSTRALIA URGED TO FOLLOW QUEENSLAND’S GREEN FUEL LEAD
CAIRNS: Queensland Minister for State Development John Mickel today urged State leaders and the Federal Government to follow Queensland’s lead in getting behind ethanol
INCREASED WATER ENTITLEMENTS FOR BOWEN IRRIGATORS
Irrigators in the Bowen Delta area will have access to up to 100 percent of water entitlements after substantial rainfalls in June, Natural Resources and Water Minister Craig Wallace said today.