Media Statements
Queensland’s unemployment remains at record lows: Bligh
Queensland has again produced its best monthly unemployment figures since at least 1978, Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for infrastructure Anna Bligh said today.
MINISTER CALLS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH INTO LUNGFISH
Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries has today determined that further research will be undertaken to ensure the future of the lungfish
STATE GOVERNMENT JOINS BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL TO FIGHT UNEMPLOYMENT
The Brisbane City Council has been awarded a $645 000 Skilling Queenslanders for Work grant to provide jobs and training for 84 jobseekers
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR SMUT REMOVAL
The immediate destruction of the blocks of sugarcane infested with smut in the Bundaberg-Isis region will help ensure the disease is contained while growers switch to smut resistant varieties, Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries Tim Mulherin said today.
BRISBANE TO HOST NATIONAL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA EXERCISE
Australia’s preparedness to respond to a pandemic influenza outbreak will be tested during a national exercise being staged in Brisbane next week, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today
CYCLONE CLEAN-UP NEARING COMPLETION FOR PARK RANGERS
Six months after Cyclone Larry devastated the Far North, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service staff have made impressive progress cleaning up the extensive damage to the region’s national parks.
QUEENSLAND DECLINES PARTICIPATION IN INDIGENOUS POLICING REVIEW
Police Minister Judy Spence will write to Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, to decline Queensland’s participation in a national review of policing levels in indigenous communities.Ms Spence said she was surprised by his announcement yesterday of the review, saying she had clearly stated Queensland’s position at the Indigenous Summit in Canberra in June.
MINISTER A FAN OF MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL’S HEADLINE GUEST
In the lead up to this year’s Queensland Multicultural Festival, Minister for Multiculturalism Lindy Nelson-Carr welcomed renowned Chinese musician, author and master chef Guo Yue to Queensland at Parliament House today.