BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 28 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence The Honourable Amanda Stoker * The Crisafulli Government has today provided a three-month delivery update on implem...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 28 -- 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 * The Crisafulli Government is delivering $500,000 in targeted support over the next two years to four regional volunteer resource centres. * The funding will support key partnerships to deliver statewide initiatives and strengthen regional voluntee...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 28 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek * The 2026 Premier's Reading Challenge has inspired more than 220,000 Queensland children and students to read more than 1.93 million books. * This year marks 21 years of the Premier's Reading Challenge which has seen more than 2.7 million children and students reading close to 36 million books. *...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 28 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg * Bitumen sealing of the final section of Daymar-Weengallon Road is complete thanks to the Crisafulli Government's Country Roads Connect Program. * Country Roads Connect is funding 22 projects across Queensland to boost resilience and keep regional communities connected after they were neglected und...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 28 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander * The Crisafulli Government has secured another major event with the historic ANZAC Day Bledisloe Cup now to become an international rug...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 28 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander * The Crisafulli Government has secured the World Wheelchair Rugby Cup for Brisbane in 2027, bringing eight of the world's best wheelcha...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 28 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg * Major construction milestone achieved with the Port of Mackay Container Depot project delivered on time and on budget. * New container handling capability to strengthen regional access to domestic and international markets. * TheCrisafulli Government is building Queensland's future and delivering...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 28 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that inflation ticked up in September. We've seen higher oil prices driving higher inflation around the world and today's figures confirm we are not immune from that. From an economic point of view, the conflict can't end soon enough. The numbers in today's data are still too high. Headline inflation rose 4.3percent in the year to the month of Se...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Lithgow man is expected to face aNSWcourttoday (28 October, 2026), chargedwithusing social media to allegedlythreaten a federalparliamentarian and drug possession. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in September, 2026, after receiving a report of an alleged online threat made towards the federal parliamentarian. NSI investigators executed a search warrant at a L...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Arrest vision and images are available via Hightail A Sydney man has been charged over his alleged role in a transnational criminal network suspected of laundering more than $123 million on behalf of multiple organised crime syndicates, with the AFP seizing about $750,000 in cash from a suburban home. The man, 40, has been charged with one count of recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime wo...