Media Statements

Twelve hard-working not-for-profit groups across Queensland are receiving state funding to upgrade facilities that deliver community and job-readiness services.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath today officially opened the $10.1 million Mossman Hospital upgrade which delivers a modernised Emergency Department and significantly improved facilities for the local community.

Embargoed until after 10am, Friday 10 September

Queensland’s nation leading domestic gas policy is helping to power resources projects in North Queensland.

A book reclaiming the history of how Aboriginal workers were once paid in opium has taken out one of Australia’s richest literary prizes at this year’s Queensland Literary Awards.

The Palaszczuk Government is delivering a four-year $52.2 billion infrastructure pipeline, including 56 projects across Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday, to stimulate job creation and further grow our economy.

Established Queensland social enterprises can now start preparing applications for grants of up to $25,000, thanks to the Palaszczuk Government’s Social Enterprise Jobs Fund.

With housing construction skyrocketing in the Sunshine State, the Palaszczuk Government is backing the rise of a Gold Coast business making the industry safer.

I note the NSW Government has today announced the lockdown in Tweed Shire Council will end at 12.01am on Saturday 11 September.

Sunshine Coast residents will have greater access to the COVID-19 vaccine, with the Caloundra Indoor Stadium returning as a community vaccination location from early October.

Members of Queensland’s Treaty Advancement Committee will be online talking to communities across the state tomorrow (10 September) about their work towards progressing Path to Treaty in Queensland.

The Palaszczuk Government is delivering a four-year $52.2 billion infrastructure pipeline, including 86 projects in Central Queensland, to stimulate job creation and further grow our economy as our state recovers from COVID-19.