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Australian of the Year Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Australian of the Year Awards.

100 day plan delivered

Play On! Queensland

The Queensland Government is delivering cost of living relief for Queensland families and helping keep kids active, with $200 Play On! sport vouchers.

Privacy Awareness Week 2025

Your personal information is valuable. Do you know how to protect it?

Celebrating Reconciliation Grants Now Open for 2025

Queensland communities are invited to apply for funding through the 2025 Celebrating Reconciliation Grants, now open to support local events that promote unity, understanding and respect.

Queensland Youth Week 2025

It’s Queensland Youth Week 2025

If you’re stressed, you’re distracted

Stress, exhaustion and distractions can lead to devastating consequences. A routine of checking can help avoid leaving a child in a car unintentionally.

2024-25 Budget Update

The 2024-25 Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review provides an update on Queensland’s economic and fiscal position since the 2024-25 Budget.

Drinking? Never drive.

Harder hitting consequences are front and centre this year as part of the Drink driving campaign, In your hands, to confront Queenslanders about what can happen if they choose to drink and drive.

AgTech revolution rises from Queensland’s fertile soils

Queensland’s agtech transformation is being built from the ground up.

Queensland Greats Awards

The 2025 Queensland Greats were announced at a ceremony in Brisbane on the eve of Queensland Day, 5 June 2025.

No excuse for speeding

We’ve all heard the excuses given for speeding: “I know these roads,” “I was just overtaking,” “I was running late,” “I was going the same speed as everyone else.”

New inclusive housing plan to help people with disability

Partnering for inclusive housing with Queenslanders with disability 2024–2027 outlines new ways to increase housing options for people with disability.

A new plan to support LGBTQIA+ communities to shine!

There’s a new plan to support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual plus (LGBTQIA+) communities to shine and it’s the first of its kind in Queensland.

Grant funding to support Queensland Veterans

The Queensland Remembers Grants Program provides funding to assist eligible organisations that support Queensland veterans and their families.

Free RSV immunisation for Queensland newborns

Help shield your little ones from RSV before the 2024 winter season hits! Free immunisation program now available.

Round 10 FairPlay Vouchers: Get Active Today!

Apply for a $150 voucher to cover the costs of your child’s sport and active recreation. Closes 1 May 2024.

Ready to grow your workforce? Hire an apprentice or trainee!

When you employ an apprentice or trainee, you work smarter. Find out about available incentives and resources.

Meet the real world foster carers: they’re just like you!

Foster carers come from all walks of life, but no matter who they are, they all have one thing in common. It starts with care.

Queensland Women’s Week

Celebrating the achievements of Queensland's women and girls.

Queensland Reconciliation Awards

Awards recipients were announced at a ceremony during National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June 2025).

Introducing the Apprenticeships Info App: Your Pocket Guide to Success

Introducing the Apprenticeships Info App: Your Pocket Guide to Success

Forget the bet - Enjoy the game

If you find yourself watching the odds more than the action, it might be time to check on your betting.

Let's protect respect in the workplace

Sexism, bullying and harassment should have no place in the workplace. It has to stop. Call it out and act. Let’s protect respect.

Collaboration with Neighbourhood Centre sector to create extraordinary social value

The Queensland Government and Neighbourhood Centre sector have joined forces in the creation of a shared vision to generate extraordinary social value for the state’s communities.

New assistance scheme helps farmers prepare before the drought

As drought-declared areas in Queensland reach a 10-year low, producers can now prepare vital sustainability measures before the next drought hits.

Preparedness and partnerships key to protecting $23 billion ag industry

Global trade and climate change bring the threat of emergency animal diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) closer.

Wild dog exclusion fencing sets sheep and goat sectors up for success

Queensland’s sheep and goat industries continue to flourish thanks to a successful partnership between graziers, councils and the state government.

Rookwood Weir project essential for agricultural growth

Construction of the $568.9 million project is now more than 80 per cent complete and the weir is on track to be built by the end of 2023.

LifeFlight spreads the safety net across all corners

Queensland is the most decentralised state in the country, with people living in some of the most rural, regional and remote parts of the state.

Bringing resources and agriculture together

Coexistence between Queensland’s traditional industries is vital for the state’s economy and for jobs in our regions.

QCN is connecting Queensland

Queensland’s new SuperGrid will do more than just transmit renewable energy.

Works for Queensland building community infrastructure

For rural and remote councils, almost $358 million has been allocated through Works for Queensland, helping deliver 1377 community infrastructure projects.

Queensland bush regions to welcome more junior doctors

Queensland Government incentives will allow medical practitioners who take a job in regional or remote Queensland to be eligible for up to $50,000.

Wind and solar projects powering up Queensland

Landholders whose properties host transmission for wind and solar projects are earning more under a new payment framework with Powerlink.

Building better roads to support regional growth

Regional roads are the lifeblood of our state. We rely on our road network to move stock, freight and goods.

New resources boom to create thousands of good jobs in regional Queensland

The resources sector is one of the powerhouses of the Queensland economy supporting 70,000 jobs.

Major pipeline projects moving forward

Two major water projects representing more than $1.3 billion of Queensland Government investment have reached significant milestones.

Land restoration and carbon farming

Backing the environment, farmers and jobs by demonstrating new revenue for landholders from sustainable land management

CopperString 2032

North Queensland will see the largest grid expansion in Australia through the $5 billion CopperString 2032 project.

Improving rail access for cattle freight

Transport and Main Roads is upgrading the Maxwelton rail line siding in North Queensland to improve access for cattle and freight rail services.

Get walking and start talking to help end DFV

Together we can end domestic and family violence.

Queensland celebrates multiculturalism

Celebrating multiculturalism with National Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC Week and Queensland Multicultural Month.