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Lucas takes on Local Government
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has unveiled her new Cabinet, following the recent resignation of two senior ministers. The reshaped Cabinet included portfolio responsibilities for three new ministers as well as changes…
Local Government Minister quits cabinet
Queensland Local Government Minister and Cairns MP, Desley Boyle, has resigned from her post. Ms Boyle announced on Thursday she would retire from the frontbench. She said she would not…
Public Works on frontline of recovery effort
Around 90 QBuild workers from Brisbane have been deployed to cyclone-affected communities, Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten has announced. The workers will join 160 local QBuild field staff working in…
Contingency plans for flood-affected schools
Queensland Education and Training Minister, Geoff Wilson said Milton State School, Rocklea State School and Milpera State High School, had sustained extensive damage after being inundated by floodwaters. “Despite…
Public building reaches for the stars
By Katrina Ganin William McCormack Place, a six-star rated government building in Cairns, North Queensland, was fully completed in July last year. Created in a two-stage process the building is…
New grants for rural community buildings
Local governments in Queensland are invited to apply for their share of the State Government’s $2 million rural capacity building fund. Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries and Rural and…
Local impacts from big projects
By Penny Langfield Discussions about super-sized mining projects dominated the Major Projects Conference 2010 in Brisbane last week but small communities were not forgotten. Mining companies used the event, organised…
Qld Premier chairs cabinet meeting via video
Premier Anna Bligh has kicked off her week of running the state from North Queensland with a historic Cabinet meeting. While ministers gather at the executive building in Brisbane…
Indigenous councils tackle asset management
By Angela Dorizas Finance managers and chief executive officers from Queensland’s Indigenous councils met in Cairns today for an asset management masterclass. Local Government Minister Desley Boyle said the workshop…