Media Statements

Crown land on Bribie Island and a 2.7-hectare block in outer Ipswich have been identified as the preferred sites of two of Queensland’s seven new satellite hospitals.

A block buster Brickman LEGO® exhibition featuring 50 displays and more than 1.3 million LEGO® bricks has already broken records at Queensland Museum.

More than $1 million will be shared by 17 projects celebrating Queensland’s multiculturalism with a focus on young people and economic and social participation.

Queensland added over 1,000 jobs each day through May, according to data released today by the Australia Bureau of Statistics.

The Palaszczuk Government will almost double the length of Queensland’s Electric Super Highway (QESH) with a $2.75 million commitment to deliver 18 new charging sites across the state.

Around 1,700 farmers, businesses and manufacturers will be supported to maintain and grow jobs in regional Queensland with $52.3 million in electricity rebates from the Palaszczuk Government.

From 1am Saturday 19 June, anyone travelling to Queensland from New Zealand or another state or Territory within Australia will need to make an online travel declaration.

The Palaszczuk Government will revitalise its successful Back to Work employment program to support more Queenslanders into jobs, with $140 million to be invested over the next four years.

The Palaszczuk Government will introduce the toughest parole laws in the nation so that a person convicted of killing a child and serving a life sentence or a person convicted of multiple murders and serving a life sentence can be blocked from obtaining parole, keeping them behind bars for longer, and shielding the families of victims from further trauma.

Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni has welcomed the return of unit B1 at Callide Power Station earlier today.

Queensland is one step closer to building its next passenger train fleet after shortlisting three leading train manufacturers to enter the next phase of the Rollingstock Expansion Program (REP).

The Palaszczuk Government is delivering more affordable travel to Far North Queensland residents with a one-year extension of the Local Fare Scheme.