Media Statements

Queensland’s Hotel Quarantine pause will ease, allowing Queenslanders to return from interstate hotspots earlier.

Queensland hopes to prevent more than 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages from extinction under a record $400,000 investment through the 2021 Indigenous Languages Grants.

A significant milestone in building a future for the commercial and recreational fishing industries has been reached with the next state of the Queensland Government’s Sustainable Fisheries reforms coming into effect on September 1.

The sunshine state has given a swathe of single-use plastics the flick, with the latest ban taking effect today as part of efforts to stop waste from ending up in local waterways, beaches and landfill.

The Palaszczuk Government is another step closer to delivering on a key election commitment to establish a satellite hospital in Pine Rivers.

The Palaszczuk Government is another step closer to delivering on a key election commitment to establish a satellite hospital in Caboolture.

The Palaszczuk Government is another step closer to delivering on a key election commitment to establish a satellite hospital in Tugun

Regional Queenslanders will have more say in how transport funding is prioritised for the Bruce Highway with the appointment of six new Bruce Highway Trust Advisory Council (BHTAC) members.

Small Businesses in Coolangatta now have access to face-to-face support and information, after the Palaszczuk Government launched a pop-up hub to help those operating along the border between Queensland and New South Wales.

Young people will be targeted early to help stop them committing crime in the first place under a revamped Townsville Stronger Communities led by the Northern Region’s top police officer, Townsville based Assistant Commissioner Mark Wheeler, and Youth Justice Deputy Director General Philip Brooks, who grew up in Townsville.

The Palaszczuk Government is another step closer to delivering a key election commitment with sites announced for new satellite hospitals in Caboolture, Pine Rivers, Redlands, and the Gold Coast.

Queensland marine tourism operators are now able to apply for a new, $3 million round of funding to help with berthing fees in privately-operated marinas from Cooktown to Hervey Bay.