Disaster repairs delivered for Queensland’s heritage list

$300,000 in grant funding to help repair and restore properties damaged by the extraordinary rainfall and flooding events of the 2021-2022 severe weather season.

• SEQ’s population will increase by almost 2.2 million to around 6 million by 2046, new figures show.

• SEQ’s population is currently around 3.8 million.

Brisbane, 31 July: Queensland’s population is growing, 6 million people will call South East Queensland home by 2046 - that’s 2.2 million more South East Queenslanders.

The population is growing, but it is also changing.

The number of one person households will increase substantially from 23.4 per cent in 2021 to 40.5 per cent in 2046.

These changes mean we need more smaller homes in the mix, to deliver more housing options. The Growth projections have been confirmed ahead of the release of the State Government’s updated draft SEQ Regional Plan. Updating the plan was an outcome of the Housing Summit.

$80 million program helps up to 15,000 job seekers

•First $40 million of an $80 m illion jobs creating initiative will soon start rolling out the door.

• The $80 million program, which has a focus on young people, will help up to 15,000 disadvantaged Queensland jobseekers over the next 12 months.

care), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, at risk youth, people with disability, matureage job seekers, women reentering the workforce, recently released prisoners, veterans and ex-service personnel, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

• Ten Queensland heritage-listed buildings will share in more than $300,000 in funding under the Heritage Disaster Recovery Grants Program.

• The one-off grants program is jointly funded by the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) and provides funding to help repair and restore disasterimpacted properties

• Grants of between $10,000 and $35,000 were made available for projects that will rehabilitate and restore cyclone, rain and floodaffected State heritage places and to improve their resilience to future disaster events.

Brisbane, 28July:Ten of Queensland’s heritage-listed buildings will share in more than

Revitalised

• EQ Resources has been awarded a tender for resource exploration activities which includes a former tungsten mine

• Tungsten is a critical mineral used in many renewable technologies such as solar technology and wind turbine blades.

• The tender is an opportunity to turn a former mine into an asset and create more good jobs in regional Queensland.

Brisbane, 27 July: One of Australia’s leading tungsten producers, EQ Resources, has been awarded the tender for resource exploration activities across a 480 square kilometre

The one-off Heritage Disaster Recovery Grant program is jointly funded by the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DFRA).

The program provides grants of between $10,000-$35,000 for projects that will restore cyclone, rain and flood-affected State heritage places and improve their resilience to future disaster events.

The successful grant recipients are:

• Scenic Rim - Wyambyn Homestead at Tabragalba$35,000 to re-paint the exterior of the homestead to repair damage, caused by the weather events of February to April 2022.

• Scenic Rim - Lahey’s Tramway Tunnel - Scenic Rim Regional Council will receive $35,000 to restore access which was obstructed due to the weather area, which includes the former Wolfram Camp and Bamford Hill mines. events of February to April 2022.

Situated 90km west of Cairns, Wolfram Camp is named for wolframite – an important primary ore of tungsten which miners have been extracting from the site since the 19th century. The critical mineral has numerous uses including in solar technology, wind turbine blades, drill bits and filaments for lighting.

Global demand for critical minerals like tungsten will continue to increase as more countries work towards a net zero future.

• Gympie - Memorial Park Bandstand - Gympie Regional Council will receive $35,000 to undertake works to restore the which was inundated by floods in 2021 and 2022.

• Brisbane - St Mary’s Anglican Church in Kangaroo Point - the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane will receive $28,800 to carry out roof restoration works, damaged by storms in February and March 2022.

• Brisbane - Hanworth House in East Brisbane will receive $26,700 to carry out works to restore the structural integrity of the building that has been affected by rising damp since the weather events of February to April 2022.

• Brisbane - St Mary’s Catholic Church in South Brisbane - the Corporation of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane will receive $27,782 to repair and restore parts of the roof, impacted by the weather events of February to April 2022.

• Round 1 delivers 162 projects, by 100 organisations, supporting more than 5,300 jobs.

Brisbane, 29July: The first 5,300 job opportunities of up to 15,000 over the next 12 months for unemployed, disengaged, at risk or disadvantaged Queenslanders will soon begin to flow.

The Palaszczuk Government has approved the first $40 million in the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative. Applications are now open for the second round of $40 million.

The program’s focus is on young people (including those in and transitioned from out-of-home

Round 1 funding is supporting a number projects, engaging youth known to Youth Justice Services, Queensland Corrective Services, Queensland Police Service or are deemed at-risk of offending.

By ensuring young people at-risk of offending are provided with skills training, there are more opportunities to keep them diverted from crime and from the youth-justice system.

Round 1 successful project providers include: yourtown, Reclink Australia, Carers Queensland Energy Skills Queensland and Career Employment Australia.

Queensland’s sportstech economy driving golden investment opportunities

• Sportstech Trade and Investment Roundtable to identify opportunities in the sportstech arena.

• Australia’s sportstech sector now equal to $4 billion fintech industry.

• Brisbane ranked 15th on BCW 2023 Ranking of Sports Cities.

Key objectives include:

• identifying export and investment opportunities

• strengthening and growing local companies, and

• attracting high value talent to support continued growth.

Re-commercialisation of former mines is a key component of the Palaszczuk Government’s new Critical Minerals Strategy as well as the Queensland Resources industry Development Plan.

• Brisbane - Farrington House in Alderley will receive $24,146 to repair the gabled dormers and plaster ceiling which have deteriorated since the February 2022 weather events.

• Jimbour East – Jimbour House will receive $35,000 to repair damage to the western balcony’s soffit caused by recent rain events and to install a drainage system to prevent future flooding and damage to the aircraft hangar.

Brisbane, 28July:A Sportstech Trade and Investment Roundtable is being held in Brisbane to promote trade opportunities and investment interest in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The forum will be moderated by former Wallaby and Australian Sports Commission Executive General Manager, Pat Howard.

• Toowoomba - Russell Mineral Equipment will receive $24,368 to repair the roof and box gutter of 2 Russell Street Toowoomba which was damaged during the February 2022 storms.

• Blackall - Blackall Historical Woolscour - the Historical Woolscour Association will receive $35,000 to repair and replace roofing sheets and water-damaged flooring in the shearing shed area, which was damaged by the November and December 2021 flooding event

Trade and Investment Queensland (TIQ), the Palaszczuk Government's global business agency, will introduce a dedicated sportstech stream within its latest Go Global Export Program. The program provides matched funding of up to $25,000 to support Queensland companies who are export ready launching into new international markets.