Media Statements

After months of preparation, more than 1200 Queensland school students will hit the stage for the state’s biggest youth performing arts event

Queensland’s burgeoning space industry has received a major boost with the announcement of a significant investment by the Palaszczuk Government in Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies.

The spotlight will shine on local businesses putting Queensland jobs first when supplying to government with the return of the Buy Queensland Awards this year.

The Palaszczuk Government’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan is working, with the latest ABS Labour Force data showing Queensland unemployment at its lowest level since April 2009.

Minister for Fire and Emergency Services, Mark Ryan MP, and Member for Logan, Linus Power, joined Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Deputy Commissioner Mark Roche to officially open a new $4.75 million Fire and Rescue Station in Yarrabilba today.

A native title determination will “change the lives” of traditional owners the Wangkamahdla People in central west Queensland.

The latest resources sector report underlines the potential for Queensland’s new-economy minerals and jobs of the future, Resources Minister Scott Stewart said today.

The Morningside State School community has celebrated the official opening of new classrooms, two and a half years after a fire destroyed the school’s heritage listed building.

Queensland small businesses are being urged to get ready to apply for the new Business Boost grants to help fast-track their plans to improve their efficiency and productivity.

Works to support the continued supply of drinking water in South East Queensland will ramp up this weekend, with the second stage of a $1.5 million upgrade on two pipes that supply water from Mount Crosby Treatment Plant to Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan.

The southern commute into Cairns just got quicker with the $123.7 million Bruce Highway – Cairns Southern Access Corridor – Stage 4: Kate Street to Aumuller Street (K2A) project now open.

Work on a major upgrade of the M1 Exit 41 at Yatala South has started, while residents also get their first look at proposed plans for a redesigned Exit 49 at Pimpama.