Media Statements

The Queensland Government is investing $1 million to further enhance our great lifestyle and position the state as a leader in sustainable tourism by supporting our tourism destinations to gain globally recognised certification.

Bundaberg’s Kepnock State High School has secured funding for a program that will help students better prepare for life beyond school.

Two Cairns schools have secured funding for programs that will help their students better prepare for life beyond school.

Two Gold Coast schools have secured funding for programs that will help their students better prepare for life beyond school.

Twenty-five Queensland state schools have secured funding for programs that will help their students better prepare for life beyond school.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has thanked Tony Fitzgerald and retired judge Alan Wilson on conclusion of their inquiry into aspects of Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission.

Vulnerable migrant workers will have greater access to information on workers’ rights in Queensland with $1 million in funding from the Queensland Government to go towards community organisations.

Traffic is flowing on six lanes of the Pacific Motorway (M1) between Varsity Lakes and Burleigh, with the first package of works of a $1 billion project now open.

Indigenous rangers from Great Barrier Reef have been given the chance to learn how to scuba dive and gain hands-on experience caring for the Great Barrier Reef thanks to the Reef Joint Field Management Program, jointly funded by the Queensland and Australian Governments.

The Palaszczuk Government will recruit a specialised squad of trained biosecurity officers to boost the states frontline defences against outbreaks of devastating Foot and Mouth and Lumpy Skin Diseases.

Master planning for a complete cycle link from Brisbane to the border is setting pace as funding flows this budget.

Rural Fire Service volunteers from the Stanthorpe area celebrated Rural Fire Service Week with the presentation of the regional Young Volunteer of the Year Award, a medal ceremony and the opening of a new Rural Fire Brigade station