Media Statements

A $75 million investment in the chicken industry, including in state of the art technology through the supply chain, has laid the foundations for sustained growth and the generation of skilled job opportunities.

The Palaszczuk Government has called out the Turnbull Government’s proposed GST rip off, highlighting that the changes under consideration will strip more than $1.5 billion from Queenslanders.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deputy Premier and Treasurer Jackie Trad have welcomed a record 48 new apprentices who today started their training at mining and construction giant Hastings Deering.

The welfare and safety of Queensland children at school, home and play is important to all of us.

Queensland’s brand of short and sharp storytelling will come to festival screens around the world in 2018, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today announcing the opening of applications for Screen Queensland’s SQ Shorts program.

The Queensland Government’s expanded Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative will commit more funds for community-based projects to tackle unemployment throughout the state in 2018–19.

Three Queensland playwrights are vying for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2018-19, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announcing the finalists today.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will convene a two-day Cabinet meeting on the Gold Coast from tomorrow to focus on delivery of its 2017 election commitments and an update on the Commonwealth Games to be hosted on the Gold Coast in April.

Tomorrow, Ministers and I will meet with a cross-section of stakeholders and experts to discuss a detailed proposal to tackle cyberbullying that I will plan to the Prime Minister, other Premiers and Chief Ministers at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting next month.

Community groups across the state are encouraged to apply for the Queensland Anzac Centenary Lasting Legacies grants program, with the closing date extended to 25 February 2018.