Media Statements

$1.4 million to close the gap for mums and bubs in South East Queensland
Thu 17 Mar 22 at 12:45 PM

$1.4 million to close the gap for mums and bubs in South East Queensland

Queensland is closing the gap on early childhood development under a $1.4m wellbeing program for Australia’s biggest and fastest growing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the state’s south-east corner.

Queensland seniors set to connect in 2022
Tue 15 Mar 22 at 11:20 AM

Queensland seniors set to connect in 2022

Queenslanders of all generations will join to celebrate with our state’s seniors through $100,000 of grants announced today.

Hazel Port, 6, and the barefoot ballerinas with stolen generation survivors Ella Woibo, 88 and Frank Woibo, 93, at the former Aboriginal mission of Hope Vale.
Sun 13 Feb 22 at 09:29 AM

Queenslanders reflect on the past to mark 14th Anniversary of the National Apology

Queenslanders will today (13 February) join together to mark the 14th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.

Australia Day comes with a "truth-telling"
Tue 25 Jan 22 at 01:13 PM

Australia Day comes with a "truth-telling"

Statement on Australia Day

Play your part in reshaping Queensland’s cultural heritage laws
Fri 17 Dec 21 at 03:39 PM

Play your part in reshaping Queensland’s cultural heritage laws

Queenslanders are invited to have their say on a review of the state’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage laws.

Disability Services Minister Craig Crawford, All Kinds Of Minds program manager Slavica Crnic, new employee Emma Sellars and Education Minister Grace Grace celebrate this year's Disability Action Week
Thu 09 Dec 21 at 01:04 PM

Employers asked to think differently this Disability Action Week 2021

Queensland employers are urged to open their minds and think differently about hiring people living with disability.

Queenslanders of all abilities empowered in Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031
Fri 03 Dec 21 at 07:08 AM

Queenslanders of all abilities empowered in Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031

Disability Services Minister Craig Crawford has welcomed the launch of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 to help the one-in-five Queenslanders living with disability – almost 950,000 people – their families and carers.

Queensland recipients dominate 2021 National NAIDOC Awards
Thu 02 Dec 21 at 09:51 AM

Queensland recipients dominate 2021 National NAIDOC Awards

Outstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were honoured online by the 2021 National NAIDOC Awards.

Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa Commissioner C’Zarke Maza and advocate Aunty Ivy Trevallion celebrate the world-first Cultural Recognition Order
Wed 01 Dec 21 at 12:06 PM

Torres Strait Islander tradition recognised in world-first achievement

Tears of joy from a Torres Strait Islander family marked the first cultural recognition order to be granted in Queensland – and the world.

Queensland Government calls for First Nations voices
Tue 09 Nov 21 at 10:43 AM

Queensland Government calls for First Nations voices

Indigenous leaders who want a greater say on the laws, policies and programs that affect their communities are urged to put their hand up to join Queensland’s First Nations Consultative Committee (FNCC).

Have your say on protecting the rights of people with disability
Mon 01 Nov 21 at 11:08 AM

Have your say on protecting the rights of people with disability

Queenslanders are invited to help shape reforms to safeguard people with disability who may harm themselves or others.

Queensland Government welcomes and responds to statewide NDIS Inquiry
Fri 29 Oct 21 at 12:00 PM

Queensland Government welcomes and responds to statewide NDIS Inquiry

Disability Services Minister Craig Crawford today welcomed the public release of the Queensland Productivity Commission’s (QPC) final report for the Inquiry into the NDIS market in Queensland and the Queensland Government’s response.