BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 1 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business The Honourable Steve Minnikin * TheCrisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live by delivering joint funding to make key small business precincts in Townsville safer. * $1.9 million in security upgrades are being delivered for small and family businesses in partnership wi...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 1 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training The Honourable Ros Bates Acting Treasurer, Minister for Energy and Minister for Home Ownership The Honourable Deb Frecklington Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy * The Crisafulli Government announces ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 1 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: JESS TEESDALE, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BASS: Thank you so much everyone for being here today. I look around and see so many people who have worked tirelessly for months and months for this day to get here. Do you know what? Uncertainty is a terrible thing. For 18 months, the 550 workers here at Bell Bay Aluminium have faced that uncertainty. They've been putting decisions about their future on hold, whether ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 1 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese and Rockliff Governments are securing the future of Bell Bay Aluminium smelter, supporting the facility's 550 workers, their families and the 1,000 workers indirectly employed across Northern Tasmania. We want to see Australia make more things here. This investment will boost jobs in the region while strengthening our national sovereignty. The Bell Bay smelter is a major contributor to T...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 30 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Patricia Karvelas: For more on where today's data leaves the government in its approach to fighting inflation, I spoke to the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, a short time ago. Jim Chalmers, welcome to Afternoon Briefing. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Patricia. Karvelas: Interest rates increased yesterday and more on the horizon, underlying inflation stagnant today. How much more can the Australian people abs...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 30 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging. It is such a pleasure to be here tonight for the launch of Three Shocks - Who We Are Becoming in the 21st Century. In this age of shrinking attention spans, George Megalogenis stands out as a rarity. With his eye for detail and his capacity for joining the dots, ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 30 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Treasurer, Minister for Energy and Minister for Home Ownership The Honourable David Janetzki * Canberra'sproposedgasreservationschemeremainsflawed and underminesfuture supply. * TheCrisafulli Government calls on Canberra torelease evidencethe schemewon'tadversely impactQueensland'seconomy and threatenfuture gas supplies. * Queensland has formally submitted its respo...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 30 -- 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 Crisafulli Government has today responded to the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee's five-year review of the Crime and Corruption Commission. * The Crisafulli Government has accepted or accepted-in-principle all recommendations. * The review examined t...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 30 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli * Construction is now underway on a key project under the Caloundra Congestion Busting Plan, delivering long-awaited traffic relief for Sunshine Coast motorists. * The Caloundra Transport Corridor Upgrade will create a new alternative route into Caloundra CBD and reduce pressure on key congestion hotspo...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 30 -- 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 * Queensland's visitor economy reached $45.6 billion in the year ending June 2026, tracking $1.4 billion above the Crisafulli Government'sDestination 2045projection. * Queensland outperformed the national average for both international visitation and internat...