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Young Central Queenslanders who are looking to make a real change in their communities are encouraged to participate in the 2021 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament, with nominations now open.
The YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament offers young Queenslanders aged 15 to 25 years the opportunity to speak up for their communities and learn first-hand about parliamentary processes.
Member for Keppel and Assistant Education Minister Brittany Lauga said since 1996, the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament had brought young people together to learn about democracy, connect with their peers and have a say about important issues facing the state.
“I encourage young people to nominate for this program to assist them to build their leadership skills and learn about influencing change,” Ms Lauga said.
Rapid population growth in South-East Queensland prompts $400 million spend on five new state schools
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Brisbane South State Secondary College is being built to address inner-city population growth.
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Five new schools will open this week in South-East Queensland to help ease the stranglehold of soaring population growth on the region s education infrastructure.
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Growth in apartment living has lifted the inner-Brisbane population
South-East Queensland s population growth is predicted to continue
Three of the campuses have been built in booming pockets on the Sunshine Coast, where the population is expected to swell to 500,000 in the next two decades.
MP scores cool $850k for home at centre of court drama An MP has finally flogged off her forever home which has caused her so much anguish over the years.
Politics by Steven Wardill
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Subscriber only Keppel MP Brit look at moi Lauga has finally flogged off her forever home which has caused her so much anguish over the years. There s rumours in Rockhampton that the buyer is none other than former mayor Margaret Strelow, who got cranky after a Crime and Corruption Commission finding against her and quit, but that s yet to be confirmed. Keppel MP Brittany Lauga
Altum Property Group and Capricorn Coast businesses last month formed an association to advocate the development of Altum’s planned resort on Great Keppel Island.
The GKI Progress Association Inc.’s stated aims are to increase awareness of the resort project, to provide stakeholders a forum to discuss it, and to speak with all levels of government about their island investments.
The group’s secretary is Altum’s revitalisation project general manager Leigh McCready.
Its president is Ross O’Reilly and its treasurer is Gerry Christie, both of whom are also on the association’s committee, which consists of those who signed an open letter drafted by Ms McCready in September last year.
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Eight Central Queensland race clubs will share in nearly $700,000 worth of infrastructure funding from the State Government’s Country Racing Program.
The big winner is the Emerald Jockey Club with $470,000 for a new racecourse mower, fertilising and spraying equipment, an irrigation upgrade and tie-up stalls.
Bluff Blackwater Amateur Race Club will receive nearly $200,000 for a new public address system, perimeter fencing for the horse float area and to refurbish its tie-up stalls.
Yeppoon Turf Club will receive $40,000 to upgrade its chute and Clermont Race Club $10,000 for fencing.
In Gladstone there is funding for culvert repairs, Alpha is set for a track upgrade, Aramac Racing Club received funding for a firewall for shed development and Barcaldine will receive funding for a new judges tower.