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Charters Towers Regional Council is to start work on Big Rocks Weir with $3 million in State funds for pre-construction activities.

Early works will start before the end of the year on a $380 million wind farm in Far North Queensland, creating 150 jobs, thanks to a sales deal with publicly-owned CleanCo.

The Palaszczuk Government will tackle coercive control in a comprehensive response to a common but often hidden form of domestic and family violence.

More than 600 jobs will be created in regional Queensland after the Palaszczuk Government allocated more $3.14 million in Rural Economic Development grants to 15 rural businesses.

Central Highlands Regional Council has a new home for its Local Disaster Coordination Centre after signing a three-year lease, with an option for a 5-year extension, on a building at the Emerald Training Facility

A Queensland medical technology company will manufacture its globally renowned needle-free vaccine technology at a new facility in Northshore Hamilton, creating up to 139 new jobs over 10 years thanks to the Palaszczuk Government.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today announced the government had done a deal with Vaxxas to manufacture its High-Density Micro-projection Array Patch (MAP) vaccine delivery system in greater numbers in Queensland.“This will create manufacturing jobs here in Queens...

The Palaszczuk Government has released a new strategy detailing how protecting and revitalising national parks will play a vital role in supporting economic recovery for Queensland.

Four new members have been appointed to the board of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) as it takes on new responsibilities including implementation of the Spit Master Plan.

The Darumbal people have today welcomed a Rockhampton creek having its name changed, with watercourse to now be known by the traditional word Dundula for gum tree

Queensland’s sickest kids will be able access a dedicated state-of-the-art digital positron emission tomography (PET) service at the Queensland Children’s Hospital, thanks to a $5 million investment by the Palaszczuk Government and the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

The Palaszczuk Government has today announced $5 million in grants to support struggling tourism operators in regional Queensland to redesign their businesses to make it through the coronavirus pandemic.Tourism Minister Kate Jones said the new adaptation program for regional Queensland announced by the government today would deliver grants of up to $10,000 for tourism operators, heavily reliant on international tourism to change their businesses to target the domestic market.“International...

The current Queensland Public Health Emergency Declaration has been extended to enable Queensland to continue to Unite and Recover from COVID-19.