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A local tiling company has doubled its workforce to lay 4,000 square metres of tile around the Cairns Convention Centre as refurbishment works enter the home stretch.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath today officially opened the Herston Biofabrication Institute, an innovative new facility at the forefront of healthcare research and technologies in Queensland.Minister D’Ath said the $10 million institute at the Herston Health Precinct on the grounds of Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) was funded by Metro North Hospital and Health Service with a $5 million donation from RBWH Foundation.“The Herston Biofabrication Institute will brin...

Ten more state high schools will join a successful initiative – piloted in Townsville - that helps young Queenslanders transition from school to work or further study.

Improved farming practices backed by Australian and Queensland Government funding are seeing a record rate of improvement in the amount of nutrient run-off flowing from farms to the Great Barrier Reef.

Fine-dining aficionados will be supporting local jobs as they savour sumptuous delights at the new-look Cairns Convention Centre when conference and convention activity recommences.

Action against coercive control in Queensland is a step closer following today’s announcement by the Palaszczuk Government of an independent taskforce to examine the issue, with former Court of Appeal judge the Hon Margaret McMurdo AC at the chair.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath today turned the first sod on a new $7 million Mental Health Crisis Stabilisation service at Robina Hospital.

Disaster assistance is now available for nine local government areas in remote Far North Queensland impacted by flooding brought on by a Tropical Low in late January.

Construction us underway on the Toowoomba Wellcamp Trade Distribution Centre (RTDC) at Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport.

Works to the Bundaberg Regional Aviation and Aerospace Precinct will be the base for a new Aeromedical Centre of Excellence and turn Bundaberg into a major regional aerospace precinct.

The Sunshine Coast rail line is being fitted with new signalling technology to improve safety on the line.About 60 workers are involved in the $43 million project to roll out European Train Control System (ETCS) level one technology between Caboolture and Gympie North.

The Palaszczuk Government has awarded a $1.3 million grant to Envorinex Pty Ltd to build a new plastic recycling facility in Toowoomba.