BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett * New detector dog kennels boost electric ant fight in Far North Queensland. * Purpose-built 10-kennel facility in Cairns now home to specialised electric ant odour detector dogs. * TheCrisafulli Government delivering better services through a stronger economy and strengthening Queensland's biosecurity fron...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie * More than $55 million in funding to fast track an additional 2,899 new homes in Central Queensland. * Residential Activation Fund has now unlocked more than 166,000 places to call home forQueenslanders. * TheCrisafulli Gov...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy * Albanese and Crisafulli Governments deliver new Sooning Street Bridge on Townsville's Magnetic Island. * Delivered 18 months after damage during the 2024-25 disaster season. * Bridge a critical connection for the island's residents, businesses and...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell * The Crisafulli Government has secured rare opportunities for football fans to see their heroes up close with Brazil and the Socceroos opening training sessions for the public. * Townsville will host an open Socceroos recovery session, while Brisbane will ho...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington * The Star Gold Coast's licence suspension has been deferred to 31 March 2027. * Deferral considers latest review into The Star's remediation progress. * Mr Nicholas Weeks to continue as Special Manager to ensure ongoing independent oversight of The Star. The Crisaf...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development The Honourable Dale Last * Brisbane towbar manufacturer secures Transforming Queensland Manufacturing Grant to take their business to new levels. * 18 manufacturers awarded grants from $12.5 million first round pool, with 7 based in south east Queensla...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Thank you so much, my friend,Prime Minister James Marape. To John, to guests, to the extraordinary fellow award winners who I share the stage with tonight, to Alex, to Stefano and to Cynthia. I want to thank my brother - a very special man - the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. For those who may not know, there are hundreds of languages in Papua New Guinea - more than any other place on earth. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Thanks for joining me. I want to update Australians on an incident in which an artificial intelligence agent has infiltrated an Australian Government website. This incident occurred in June of this year and involved an OpenAI agent gaining unauthorised access into the public-facing Medicare statistics reporting service portal, which is administered by Services Australi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE:I'm very thankful to Anthony personally, and we have very good relations. Thank you to your people, the people of Australia, and your team. Thank you for such great support from the very beginning of this war. Australian people have always been on the side of Ukraine. Thank you very much for real support, specific one, military support, energy support, which w...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Australia-Ukraine Bilateral Security Agreement. The Agreement provides a framework for defence and security cooperation and affirms Australia's enduring commitment to Ukraine. After more than four years of defending itself against Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion, Ukraine has developed one of th...