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9 September 2021

On your marks: the $50b infrastructure blueprint that will carry us to the Olympics

Deputy Premier and Infrastructure Minister Steven Miles will outline the state’s infrastructure pipeline for the next four years. He will also release an updated 20-year infrastructure vision to drive preparations for the 2032 Olympics, Queensland’s need to recover from the ...

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9 September 2021

Garnaut: Queensland’s role as a renewables superpower starting to take shape

Queensland needed to build a “rhombus of reliability” in renewable power generation and transmission in the central and northern parts of the state to support its competitive e...

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6 September 2021

Our vision splendid: Why building big things gets more complicated by the day

Infrastructure Australia’s just published 2021 Australian National Infrastructure Plan comes in at 648 pages and highlights just how much more challenging it is to build major pr...

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1 September 2021

Building a thriving Queensland infrastructure industry through collaboration

The Infrastructure Association of Queensland Inc (IAQ) is trying something new – an Assembly, bringing people together for a common purpose; to connect industry and government to...

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18 August 2021

Games on! Industry ready to deliver catalytic infrastructure to create long term legacy

The 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games are a once-in-a-century opportunity for Queensland and are strongly supported by the infrastructure industry.

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22 July 2021

A win for our athletes, a win for the community’: Qld rejoices after 2032 Olympics decision

A huge Brisbane crowd erupted in cheers after it was announced the city had secured the 2032 Olympic Games. Thousands decked out in green and gold jumped as the announcement came ...

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31 May 2021

Build QLD: Gabba redevelopment to be completed in time for 2029 Ashes, proposed timeline says

The proposed timeline for the $1 billion Gabba redevelopment has been set, as the 2032 Olympic Games bid ramps up, and there’s a big change in store for Mt Coot-tha in the proces...

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13 May 2021

Queensland regions buttered up with infrastructure cash splash

Regional Queensland voters who delivered Scott Morrison his “miracle” election victory are being wooed with an infrastructure cash splash ahead of a looming pandemic-era electi...

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3 May 2021

Qld’s budget plea: Billions needed for roads as death toll skyrockets

Billions of dollars is needed from the federal budget to fast-track critical transport infrastructure in Queensland and stem the growing road death toll, the RACQ says.

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17 March 2021

Funding accelerates vital infrastructure

The Palaszczuk Government will release a new State Infrastructure Strategy to support Queensland’s economic recovery.

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16 March 2021

New roads, schools to be mapped out under 10-year Queensland blueprint

How to tackle Brisbane bottlenecks and safeguard drinking water in regional Queensland will be part of a review into the state’s long-term infrastructure strategy.

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21 September 2020

Your Say 2020: Desperate plea for plan to save Queensland

Creating jobs and driving down crime are overwhelmingly the top priorities across the state the Your Say 2020 survey has revealed, with Queenslanders crying out for a bold plan for...

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11 September 2020

Rail the fast track to better future

Rail is critical to economic productivity and growth, industry experts say, even helping to protect us against future threats like COVID-19.

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21 August 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: $13.9 billion infrastructure investment to unlock economic recovery

The Treasurer today released details of the Palaszczuk Government’s $13.9 billion infrastructure investment for 2020-21 as part of Queensland’s plan to support jobs and acceler...

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11 August 2020

Just one QLD major project fast-tracked – NSW got eight

Queensland has been snubbed in a plan to fast-track major projects. While NSW had eight job-creating works given the tick, the Sunshine State was given just one – and it’s caus...

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4 August 2020

Triple the trucks would weigh down Queensland roads: Rail advocates

South-east Queensland roads would be burdened with a massive increase in freight trucks unless the Queensland leg of the $9.3 billion Melbourne-Brisbane Inland Rail project is addr...

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20 July 2020

Consultants ban a ‘threat to recovery’

QUEENSLAND’S economic recovery is under threat from a state government move to cut back on private sector experts critical to some of the state’s biggest jobs generators.

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20 July 2020

Push for asset sales, boom in construction

Queensland should consider selling public assets to stimulate private investment as part of a suite of reforms to get the State's Economy back on track, peak industry bodies say.

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22 May 2020

Recovery needs more than building for its own sake

As governments clamour to pump money into dormant projects and stir the economy out of the COVID-19 slump, they’ve been warned about “building for its own sake”. Here’s wha...

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21 May 2020

Small business in line for $10,000 grants as part of Queensland recovery plan

Small businesses are in line for $10,000 grants to help them survive the COVID-19 crisis as part of a massive package by the Palaszczuk Government to get the state moving again aft...

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18 May 2020

Queensland needs plans for building, infrastructure projects

The State Government has been urged to release an economic recovery plan, with a call for more infrastructure and construction projects to keep people in jobs.

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11 May 2020

How COVID-19 gives us the chance to break from the nine-to-five crawl

One of the nation's leading urban infrastructure thinkers has predicted major changes to the way Australians live, work and play as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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7 May 2020

Auditors deliver blow to Brisbane Live arena project

Brisbane's proposed 17,000-seat indoor stadium over Roma Street Station is not economically viable, a Queensland government Audit Office report has found.

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23 March 2020

Outback jobs bonanza put on hold

Almost $3 billion worth of projects sit on the drawing board across outback Queensland that could create jobs and transform the fortunes of hard-hit country regions and towns.

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19 March 2020

$50b in projects in the pipeline

Queensland has $50b in new roads, rails, mines and other infrastructure in the pipeline for the next five years with major public sector works greenlit but private investment well ...

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19 March 2020

Our $50b jobs bonanza

CALL FOR PRIVATE SECTOR TO STEP UP. Queensland has $50 billion in new roads, rail, mines and other infrastructure in the pipeline for the next five years with major public sector w...

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19 March 2020

State poised for power revolution

Queensland has the chance to shore up the 32,000 jobs that rely on mining and energy generation by digging up the ingredients for renewables, a report produced state's biggest cons...

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19 March 2020

How to save Queensland mining jobs

Queensland’s biggest construction companies and most influential infrastructure experts say they know how to save 32,000 mining and energy jobs.

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18 March 2020

Qld jobs: $23b mega projects offer 6.6k jobs but need private investment

Queensland has $23 billion in mega projects in the pipeline that will deliver 6600 new jobs. Only there’s one major obstacle, and it’s not the coronavirus.

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15 February 2020

State Govt ‘flatlining’ on major spending

Queensland risks coming to a grinding halt under a reputation of being a tough state for investing in infrastructure and a hangover of a five-year spending flatline on major roads ...

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17 December 2019

New boss for $5 billion investment fund in Cairns

A Brisbane senior investment executive has been appointed the new boss of the controversial Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.

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11 December 2019

Whole new ball games

A QUEENSLAND 2032 Olympic and Paralympics would create a gravitational pull that would draw the best and brightest to our region, and open up our most lucrative market - China - in...

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11 December 2019

Qld sprints for 2032 Olympic/Para Games

Business leaders have called for Queensland's potential bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Game to utilise existing infrastructure to prevent a cost blowout.

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10 December 2019

Annastacia Palaszczuk plans to share 2032 Olympic Games costs with Canberra and councils

Annastacia Palaszczuk will look to the federal government and local councils to share the costs of hosting the 2032 Olympics with the state government.

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1 November 2019

QBM Griffith MBA Scholarship 2019: Winners to become trailblazers

The winners of this year’s QBM Griffith MBA Responsible Leadership Scholarship want to use their skills for greater good

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28 October 2019

Brisbane Airport’s $7B cargo haul set to grow as second runway allows more flights

A second runway at Brisbane Airport isn’t just good news on a passenger flight front. More flights means more cargo space, boosting flexibility for Queensland exporters and speed...

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15 October 2019

State Governments urged to introduce peak hour driving tax for Australia’s busiest roads

A new plan could see Australian drivers hit with a fee to use their cars on some of the country's busiest roads, however NSW and Victoria have flat-out rejected the idea.

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25 September 2019

$250m Qld public servant bonuses could have funded major rail projects

$250m Qld public servant bonuses could have funded major rail projects It’s not only farmers who could have benefited from the $250 million doled out as bonuses to public servant...

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6 September 2019

Qld infrastructure deficit costing $4b a year, soon to be $6b

The federal Infrastructure Minister will tell a business gathering in Brisbane today the shocking annual cost of the state’s substandard infrastructure — and how rapidly it’s...

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2 September 2019

Wanted: 30000 tradies as Qld breaks ground on big projects

The coming infrastructure boom in Queensland will require an army of skilled tradespeople to build bridges, roads and high-rise hotels. Who will be in demand and where?

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5 August 2019

Procurement policy could ‘impact safety’ and ‘another layer of red tape’, industry says

THE latest instalment of the State Government's procurement policy could negatively impact safety at worksites and is just another layer of red tape, industry bodies have said.

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28 June 2019

Palaszczuk Govt under fire over inland rail delays

The State Government has been slammed for delays on another major project which could jeopardise thousands of jobs.

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8 May 2019

Green tape strangling infrastructure

Delayed environmental approvals for mining and rail projects are expected to contribute to a significant downturn in major infrastructure projects in Queensland.

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23 February 2019

Southeast Queensland’s Olympic dream has backing of experts

A detailed study has concluded Queensland has a ‘compelling’ case to mount a bid for the 2032 Olympic Games, and our team of local experts agree.

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