Media Statements
Six local Indigenous jobseekers in the Laura area will be offered training to become rangers for the area, managing local cultural sites and the natural environment thanks to the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative
DPI&F HELPS HILL TRIBES SWITCH TO FRUIT CROPS FROM OPIUM
A team of Australian scientists, led by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries’ Dr Alan George, is hoping to have an impact on the illegal drug trade by helping poor families in the mountainous regions of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam develop fruit production
QUEENSLAND POLICE FIRST INTERSTATE OFFICERS INTO NORTHERN TERRITORY
Queensland will be the first state to send police officers to the Northern Territory to work on the national initiative to address child sexual abuse in the Territory, Minister for Police and Corrective Services Judy Spence said today
Minister thanks Energex workers
$10 million plus power boost for Ipswich City homes and businesses
Work is underway on a $10 million-plus upgrade to electricity supplies which will double the available power capacity for more than 6500 homes and businesses in Ipswich City’s southern suburbs.
Cash incentives to landholders for conservation
Queensland landholders are being invited to bid for financial assistance from the State Government to help conserve the environmental value of their working properties
NEW QUEENSLAND COUNCILS WELL PLACED TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE POPULATION BOOM
Premier Peter Beattie said today an analysis of the latest Census shows the new local government boundaries will ensure Queensland’s councils are better placed to manage extraordinary population growth occurring across the State
WORLD’S LARGEST GREEN TURTLE ROOKERY GIVEN HIGHEST PROTECTION STATUS
The world’s largest known green turtle rookery, at Raine Island off Cape York Peninsula, will be safeguarded following an historic National Park (Scientific) agreement between the Queensland Government and traditional owners
Pointless Senate Inquiry needs to stop: Fraser
22 August 2007
Mackay a high growth area in Queensland
22 August 2007