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Funding to fast-track tours and employment across Queensland
Queensland Government investment of $1.165 million will support tours of visual arts, music, theatre and dance productions in 2023, along with full-time industry placements, announced Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch.
Queensland’s biggest horse racing event secures a winning future
Queensland’s biggest horse racing event, the Magic Millions Carnival on the Gold Coast, has secured its future after the Palaszczuk Government committed to a new five-year funding deal.
40-bed Gold Coast facility to provide better mental health care services
Access to critical mental health care on the Gold Coast will soon be bolstered with work to begin this year on a new major 40-bed mental health facility, the Palaszczuk Government has announced.
Additional 43,000ha protecting Qld’s great lifestyle and environment
Another 43,000 hectares of land across Queensland is now protected, the Palaszczuk Government has announced.
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”.
More than 130 flood-impacted homeowners accept property buy-back offers
More than 130 flood-impacted homeowners have now accepted a voluntary home buy-back as part of the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund.
Funding to repair Queensland's disaster-impacted heritage-listed places
Disaster assistance is now available to help restore the heritage-listed buildings and places that were damaged by the extraordinary rainfall and flooding events of the 2021–2022 severe weather season.
1992 – Goss Government surges forward with reforms
Environmental protection and First Nations land rights were among the history-making reforms of the Wayne Goss-led Government, the release of the 1992 Queensland Cabinet Minutes show.
Have your say on new suburb names in Caboolture West
The next south-east Queensland city – currently known as Caboolture West – will have new suburb names and boundaries early next year.
New expert panel to unlock more housing supply
A new, expanded expert panel has been appointed to help unlock more housing throughout Queensland.
Roadmap drives education export recovery
Study Queensland has launched a new five-year, $20.6 million roadmap to drive the post-pandemic recovery of the State’s International Education and Training (IET) exports.
Have a cracker New Year’s by leaving fireworks to the professionals
Queenslanders wanting to ring the New Year in with a bang are urged to leave fireworks to the professionals and stick to legal public fireworks displays.