Media Statements

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Craig Crawford has marked Dundalli Remembrance Day – the Aboriginal resistance leader who was Queensland’s last official public execution – as a “truth-telling story of state significance”.

The Palaszczuk Government today launched Queensland’s 2022 Closing the Gap Annual Report and Snapshot.

Queensland businesses are urged to embrace diversity in the workforce by hiring candidates with disability.

The Palaszczuk Government has today unveiled Queensland’s new disability plan – the state’s first since the full transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Queensland’s 2022 Indigenous Business Month has been hailed a success, with greater recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned businesses and more than 60 events held across the state throughout October.

First Nations-owned businesses supplying goods and services to the Palaszczuk Government is up by $118 million (36 per cent) in just one financial year, latest figures show.

Queenslanders are being encouraged to share the love with the state’s unsung older heroes this Grandparents Day.

Queensland’s deadly businesses are showcasing their products and services this week, as part of Indigenous Business Month.

Seniors Minister Craig Crawford today launched a snapshot of an age-friendly future for Queenslanders at the Cairns Seniors Expo.

The Palaszczuk Government is supporting First Nations art, music and dance through sponsorship of the 15th annual Big Talk One Fire Festival in Cairns on Saturday.

A graduation with a difference was held today (12 October) at Queensland’s Parliament House to celebrate Queensland’s eight newest Seeing Eye Dog Teams.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Craig Crawford has congratulated C’Zarke Maza on his reappointment to the role of Commissioner (Meriba Omasker Kazipa Kazipa).