Media Statements

Queenslanders are being asked to provide feedback on options for one of Australia’s biggest eco-parklands to be transformed at Currumbin.

Queenslanders experiencing financial or emotional hardship, or housing stress, are being encouraged to reach out, talk to their friends and family and to seek assistance from support services over the Christmas and New Year period.

A fisher has been fined $7500 in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to going well over the Spanish mackerel catch limit on two occasions.

Hinchinbrook Channel has been cleared of dozens of discarded crab pots in a joint clean-up operation between fisheries officers and local Indigenous rangers.

With the Bureau of Meteorology predicting November to January rainfall is likely to be above average for eastern Australia, the time is approaching for construction sites across Queensland to properly plan their summer lockdowns.

Disaster assistance has now been extended to Balonne and Flinders Shire Councils as well as primary producers in Banana Shire following the recent floods in central, southern and western Queensland.

The quarantine period for close contacts of COVID-19 cases has been halved.

Queensland Health has worked closely with the Australian Defence Force to allow personnel who have recently returned from deployment in the Solomon Islands to reunite with their families for Christmas without the need for further quarantine. A previous exemption that allowed direct entry to Queensland without quarantine has also been amended to permit personnel transiting through New South Wales to enter Queensland without further quarantine. The latest request from the ADF was made on Monday af...

Primary producers affected by Tropical Cyclone Niran now have more time to complete their recovery works thanks to an extension of the availability of extraordinary disaster assistance recovery grants.

ENEOS, Japan’s largest oil company, is set to significantly increase its production of green hydrogen in Queensland.

The global search is on for five key leaders who will help shape the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Up to $26 billion worth of new energy economy projects are proposed in Queensland, driven by the world’s growing hunger for batteries and advanced technology.