Media Statements

Community projects to benefit from Powerlink program
Community projects in the shires of Johnstone and Cardwell have an opportunity to share in more than $100,000 under a special program being run by Powerlink Queensland, Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson said today.

NORTH QUEENSLAND INTERIOR DESIGN COMPANY ASSURED OF QUALITY
North Queensland interior design company Limecut will be able to vie for bigger and better projects after successfully gaining its Quality Assurance (QA) accreditation

WORK STARTS ON NEW SUNSHINE COAST HOUSING COMPLEX
Social housing on the Sunshine Coast is set for a major boost with construction of a total of 40 new Department of Housing dwellings starting recently or about to start, Housing Minister Robert Schwarten today announced

Townsville’s Weir preschool site to help children with a disability
Disability Services Queensland has bought the former Weir preschool to provide Townsville children with more support and to establish early intervention services.

WORK TO START ON NEW BRIDGES IN $119M ROADS PROJECT: PREMIER
Premier Peter Beattie today announced the next stage of the $119 million Townsville Ring Road project was about to get underway with work to start on two new bridges over the Bohle River and Little Bohle River

Driving a drier highway at Tully.
Bridge builders have begun driving piles into the Tully River bed as work continues on a $128 million flood upgrade of the Bruce Highway in Far North Queensland.

Dredging to improve river navigation
Dredging of the Mooloolaba Boat Harbour at the mouth of the Mooloolah River is expected to begin later this month.

TURNBULL CAUGHT OUT STEALING HANSON POLICIES
August 16, 2007

Townsville forum focuses on future for people with a disability
Members of north Queensland’s disability community will come together tomorrow to share their vision for a better future for people with a disability at the Shared Visions regional forum at Jupiters Townsville.

PROFILE HIGHLIGHTS ADVANTAGES OF INVESTING IN ATHERTON
The Atherton Tablelands is primed to become a major hinterland hub for business and leisure according to a new economic profile to be released today

