New campaign delivers targeted reminders to drive safely

•New roadside campaign reminding Queensland motorists to drive safely

•Campaign designed to address high-risk behaviours before they happen

•Billboards will contain locally relevant reminders for road users.

Brisbane, 15 July: The Palaszczuk Government is launching a new, highly targeted road safety billboard campaign across Queensland reminding motorists to drive safely via messaging addressing dangerous driving behaviours.

This new campaign has been developed using crash data from specific high-risk locations, and provides important on-road safety reminders including the use of seatbelts, checking for motorcyclists and avoiding distractions from mobile phones. Creative approaches have been used to appeal to several target audiences right across Queensland, while utilising clear and engaging messaging.

Prompted by a concerning spike in the number of lives lost on Queensland roads in recent years,

Queensland’s largest renewable hydrogen project

this campaign reminds motorists to adjust their behaviour while they are driving.

In 2022, 297 people lost their lives on Queensland roads, 20 more than the previous year and 17 per cent higher than the previous five-year average. Almost every region in Queensland has experienced an increase in road deaths compared to previous years, with speeding, breaking road rules and drink driving all acknowledged as major contributors to road trauma throughout the state.

Funding boost for local flyingfox management programs

•The Palaszczuk Government is providing more than $200,000 in funding for ten projects aimed at managing flying-fox roosts in communities across Queensland •The funding will be shared by nine local councils and will support projects including the development of long-term roost management plans, vegetation management and training for council staff

Brisbane, 12 July: Ten flying-fox management projects in nine local government areas across Queensland will share in more than $200,000 in funding to support the protection of flyingfox roosts while mitigating noise, odours and damage to crops.

Local councils will use the grants to tailor their flying-fox programs to suit their communities and support projects including the development of long-term roost management plans, vegetation management and training for council staff.

This latest round of funding has been made available as part of the Palaszczuk Government’s four-year, $2 million commitment to support local governments’ management of flying-foxes.

The Department of Environment and Science is working closely with the Local Government Association of Queensland in administering the grants program, to ensure that grant funds are targeted to the areas of greatest need and will provide the maximum long-term benefits for flying-fox roost management in council LGAs.

The Palaszczuk Government’s 2023/24 State Budget extends the local Government grants program for Flying-Fox Roost Management with an additional $500,000 per year for the next three years.

Community groups receiving funding to take climate action

• Sixty-eight community groups and not-for-profit organisations will share in more than $3.4 million as part of the Palaszczuk Government’s Community Sustainability Action grant program

• Grants of up to $100,000 were available to assist community groups to purchase and install renewable energy systems, such as solar panels and batteries, and energy efficient replacement items, including lighting, whitegoods and hot water systems Brisbane, 12 July:Sixty-eight community groups and organisations from across Queensland will receive a funding boost from the Palaszczuk Government to help them take climate action.

The groups will share in more than $3.4 million in funding through the Palaszczuk Government’s Community Sustainability Action grant program for projects that help them to reduce emissions and energy costs and build local resilience.

This latest round of funding is providing grants of up to $100,000 that will assist community groups to purchase and install renewable energy systems, such as solar panels and batteries, and energy efficient replacement items, including lighting, whitegoods, and hot water systems.

One of this year’s successful recipients is the Lions Club of Malanda, which will receive $81,762 to purchase and install a solar system and inverter for 10 housing units managed by the Club. The grant will also be used to upgrade a switchboard and whitegoods to further reduce their carbon emissions and reduce energy costs.

•Keppel Infrastructure has joined other partners in the Central Queensland Hydrogen (CQ-H2) project

•The CQH2 FEED study represents the largest investment in an Australian green hydrogen project of its kind to date.

•The project aims to produce 200 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per day by 2028 and up to 800 tonnes per day by the early 2030.

Brisbane, 14 July: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has met with consortium partner for Queensland’s largest renewable hydrogen project. Keppel Infrastructure has joined other partners in the CQ-H2 project, Iwatani Corporation (Japan), Kansai Electric Power Company (Japan), Marubeni Corporation (Japan) and Queensland’s publicly owned Stanwell Corporation. At its peak, the proposed project will provide more than 8,900 new jobs, deliver $17.2 billion in hydrogen exports, and add $12.4 billion to Queensland’s Gross State Product over its 30-year life. CQ-H2 is Queensland’s largest renewable hydrogen project and ranks in the global top 10 hydrogen projects, with Central Queensland as the hub of the strategic development.

Gladstone has a unique set of attributes to be a global player in the production of green hydrogen and related products, including a deepwater port with space for expansion, electricity and gas transmission infrastructure and a highly skilled workforce.

Delivering Australia’s largest energy SuperGrid with be supported by the $62 billion Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan to accelerate our progress toward achieving a 70 per cent renewable energy target by 2032 and 80 per cent by 2035.

The Premier invited Keppel Infrastructure to Queensland to continue discussions about this important project.

Final piece of Sky Deck lifted into place at Queen’s Wharf

• Sky Deck completed with final piece moved into place at Queen’s Wharf Brisbane

• Specialist teams worked through the night to complete this major milestone for the $3.6 billion project

• 725 tonnes of steel used to build Sky Deck, all manufactured in Beenleigh

Brisbane, 12 July: The final piece of the Sky Deck at Queen’s Wharf has been lifted into place, 100 metres above the Brisbane river.

Acting Premier Steven Miles joined The Star’s Chief Operating Officer, Kelvin Dodt, to mark the milestone.

The $3.6 billion Queen’s Wharf Brisbane development delivered nearly 2,000 construction jobs on site at peak, with 8,000 jobs expected in total, including the supply chain and operational roles.

The Sky Deck is a 250-metre long crescent-shaped platform, which offers views from the Brisbane CBD to Moreton Bay and Mount Coot-tha and will be a tourism drawcard in the lead up to

Brisbane 2032.

The team involved in doing the very technical lift were sourced for their expertise on similar projects in Dubai and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

The Queen’s Wharf Brisbane redevelopment, which is being delivered by Destination Brisbane Consortium, is located on stateowned land between the Brisbane River and George Street and between Alice and Queen streets.

It is the first development in Brisbane to be awarded 6-star Green Star Communities rating in recognition of its social, environmental, and economic sustainability designs that will benefit locals and future visitors to this world-class integrated resort development.

The open-air rooftop Sky Deck is a first for Brisbane, open 365 days a year for up to 1,500 people with a signature restaurant, all day casual dining, a hero bar and a sky-high events space.

The first stage of the development is expected to open in April 2024.

Brisbane Music Trail set to spark music revolution for Brisbane

• Brisbane is on song for September to be Australia’s epicentre for music lovers

• Brisbane Music Trail, BIG SOUND and Brisbane Festival band together in a historic first.

• The Avalanches and Grove Armada headline Brisbane’s Sweet Relief! concert

Brisbane, 12 July:The first Brisbane Music Trail is set to spark a new wave of music making and audience growth by staging Australian exclusives and bringing together the state’s premier arts and cultural events to deliver a super September of music.

With its debut, Brisbane Music Trail will bring to Brisbane an Australian exclusive on 16 September with Sweet Relief! featuring some of the best dance, electronic and live acts from Australia and around the world including The Avalanches and Groove Armada.

Queensland Music Festival, which delivers the Trails, has banded together with two other premier music and cultural festivals BIG SOUND and Brisbane Festival to deliver a month of amazing music in Brisbane.

The Brisbane stop on the 2023 Queensland Music Trails program is supported by the Queensland

Government’s $20 million investment which is designed to deliver increased tourist visitation numbers, support entertainment and hospitality jobs and boost local economies.

The Queensland Music Trails are a unique musical offering that showcases a vast array of music in stunning locations across Queensland. Already in 2023, the Queensland Music Trails have visited stunning locations across

Queensland with four trails in the Outback, Southern Queensland, Scenic Rim and Mackay.

Last weekend the Reef Trail featuring Busby Marou performing at Cape Hillsborough Beach at Mackay was a sellout with more than 1200 people attending the two concerts on a remarkable beach setting – a quintessential Queensland experience.