The 2021-22 Budget creates new records for investment in health and education. It continues the strong pipeline of capital works across the State. BUDGET IN FOCUS •At the centrepiece of this budget are four new funds to support a Queensland that is bigger and fairer and backs new jobs: $1 Billion Housing Investment Fund with… Continue reading Queensland Government Budget 2021-22
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Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid – June 2021
On Friday June 11 the Brisbane Olympics and Paralympic Games 2032 “IOC Future Host Commission Questionnaire Response” was released publicly for the first time by the Australian Olympics Committee. The document details the bid proposal of the Australian, Queensland and local Governments for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics. The IOC Executive Board has endorsed this bid… Continue reading Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid – June 2021
Queensland Budget 2021-22 – Job Creation Plan
This week the Palaszczuk Labor Government committed $3.34 billion to job creation programs ahead of the upcoming state budget. These programs aim to further support Queensland’s COVID-19 economic recovery and increase investment attraction competitiveness by attracting major investment projects, creating ongoing jobs in priority sectors, and further strengthening supply chains. Further announcements about these funds… Continue reading Queensland Budget 2021-22 – Job Creation Plan
2032 Olympic Games
At 2:00am (AEST) on 25 February 2021, Brisbane was selected as the sole preferred city for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Following a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), exclusive negotiations for the 2032 Games will now be entered into with the Queensland Government, after the executive board of the IOC approved the… Continue reading 2032 Olympic Games
Queensland Machinery of Government Changes
Following the Cabinet reshuffle announced by Premier Annastasia Palaszczuk last week the Queensland public service has been restructured accordingly. These changes reflected changes to the ‘Machinery of Government’. As a rule, each Minister has a single Department and Director-General to whom all the relevant divisions of a portfolio report. There have been significant changes to… Continue reading Queensland Machinery of Government Changes