A proposed multi-billion dollar Master Plan for The Star Entertainment Group’s Jupiters property on the Gold Coast would further boost Queensland tourism and create thousands of new jobs, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. The Premier said the Master Plan, which is being released for public consultation, includes up to five hotel and/or apartment buildings, a recreational […]
A re-elected Turnbull Government will use Australian steel to build the first fleet of naval vessels commissioned in Australia since 2007. The $282 million contract was signed on May 5 with Austal for its shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia, to replace the existing Pacific Patrol Boat fleet and is part of Australia’s new Pacific Maritime […]
HAVE YOUR SAY ON BLACK SPOT NIGHT WORK FOR KISSING POINT ROAD AT DUNDAS The community is invited to provide feedback on the night work schedule proposed for essential work on Kissing Point Road at Dundas. Geoff Lee MP, Member for Parramatta said “the NSW Government proposes to fund work between Adderton Road and Kirby […]
Around 150 new graduate registered nurses have joined Gold Coast hospitals this year as part of a record intake of graduate nurses. Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick said the Palaszczuk Government was steaming ahead with implementing its election commitment to employ 4000 nurse graduates – Queensland’s biggest nurse graduate recruitment campaign. “We […]
The Queensland Government’s 2016 Queensland Small Business Week kicked-off today with the aim of providing small business owners and operators with the tools to boost growth and create jobs. Small Business Minister Leeanne Enoch today marked the start of QSBW (16-21 May) with a women’s business breakfast on the Gold Coast before the official […]
Australia’s premier fashion industry event, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia (MBFWA) has kicked off in Sydney, becoming the only dedicated international Fashion Week to showcase Resort Collections to worldwide audiences. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres today officially opened the event and said the bold decision by the NSW Government and IMG […]
Queensland’s $23 billion tourism sector will receive a major boost when the State hosts Australia’s largest tourism trade show, the Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE), on the Gold Coast this week. The Gold Coast will welcome more than 2300 delegates, including 800 international travel buyers from more than 30 countries, to Tourism Australia’s annual event, supported […]
Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott today congratulated the 2015 Cadet of the Year for both the NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) and NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS). NSW SES cadet Rebekah Moussa, from Georges River Grammar School, and NSW RFS cadet Sophie Cox, from Hay War Memorial High School, were honoured for […]
Taronga is celebrating the birth of its third female Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat joey in five years. The joey has been named ‘Kibbar’, which means stone in the Guringai language. Zoo keepers said that at just over 7 months old, Kibbar is already proving to be very tough and independent. “Kibbar has a very strong and […]
Winter sprinkler ban in place from June 1 to August 31 each year Ban saved about 4.5 billion litres of scheme water last year Applies to both scheme water and bores Water Minister Mia Davies has reminded households across Perth, Mandurah and parts of the South-West and Great Southern to get ready to turn off […]