Media Statements
10 March 2009
MEDIA ALERT
200 new jobs created with the opening of Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre
Corrective Services Minister Judy Spence today commissioned Queensland’s first stand-alone women’s prison outside of South-East Queensland, the new $130 Million Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre.
Townsville’s women’s prison commissioning ceremony
“At no stage have I said Ferguson was not a threat to the community”, Police Minister Judy Spence said today
Spence: Don’t be deceived by Springborg and the Nationals' bogus promises on Police Funding
Police Minister Judy Spence said Lawrence Springborg’s proposal to slash public sector funding would hurt Queensland’s tough stance on law and order
Disabled, frail and elderly will be hit hard by National Party
Resources in place as Cyclone Hamish heads south
Additional Emergency Management Queensland personnel and thousands of sandbags and tarps are now in place in major centres between Mackay and Hervey Bay as Tropical Cyclone Hamish continues to move south parallel to the Queensland coast
Celebrating Queensland’s Foster and Kinship Carers
Child Safety Minister Margaret Keech today encouraged Queenslanders to support Foster and Kinship Carer Week, beginning 8 March.
RURAL AND REGIONAL SERVICES SLASHED UNDER SPRINGBORG’S LATEST PROMISE
Natural Resources and Water Minister Craig Wallace today said the National Party’s promised three per cent budget cut would be a major blow for landowners, graziers, irrigators and rural and regional residents across Queensland.
Springborg’s crazy cutbacks could put more people on the street
Minister for Public Works, Housing and ICT Robert Schwarten said Lawrence Springborg’s three per cent efficiency dividend would take vital housing services from those who need them the most and could force some onto the streets.
Powers invoked to evacuate residents from cyclone’s path
Premier Anna Bligh has today invoked powers to evacuate residents of areas in the path of severe Cyclone Hamish in a bid to ensure all Queenslanders remain safe.