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Central and Western Queensland manufacturers are being given the opportunity to supercharge their businesses thanks to a Queensland grants program.
Now in its fourth round, the Made in Queensland Grants program totals $61.5 million.
Minister for Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water Glenn Butcher said the program had been given a greater focus on transforming businesses and delivering jobs for regional manufacturers.
“In the first three rounds, 40 per cent of Made in Queensland projects were based in regional Queensland. As Minister for Regional Development as well as for Manufacturing, I want to see that percentage grow,” he said.
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A grant totalling $15.5 million has been announced for manufacturers in Wide Bay and Burnett area, as the focus on transforming businesses and delivering jobs in regional areas grows.
Marking the fourth part of the Made in Queensland grants – amounts of $50,000 and $2.5 million – are available to those operating in the region to help overcome international competitiveness within their industry. A previous Made in Queensland recipient included Bundaberg Brewed Drinks owner John Mclean.
Regional manufacturers can access up to 75 per cent of their future project costs, totalling to $500,000.
Minister for Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water Glenn Butcher said he wanted “Queensland to be Australia’s premier manufacturing state.
A massive $20 million investment announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in Warwick this morning is set to kickstart the Southern Downs region’s plans for long-term water security.
The Premier was joined by Minister for Regional Development and Water Glenn Butcher, Southern Downs Mayor Vic Pennisi, and Toowoomba councillor Nancy Sommerfield for the announcement at Warwick’s council chambers on Thursday.
More than $8 million of the drought resilience package will be put towards a detailed design and surveying for the proposed Warwick-Toowoomba pipeline, and another $4.54 million will be used to increase Leslie Dam’s usable water capacity by 1700ML.
The small town of Allora was another focal point of the investment, with $4.6 million in enhanced water treatment and other upgrades to reconnect the township to groundwater and free up an additional 350ML of urban water supply across the region.
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Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Minister for Water The Honourable Glenn Butcher
The ban on new commercial groundwater bores being drilled on Tamborine Mountain and Springbrook has been extended beyond its original March 5 expiry by the Palaszczuk Government.
Minister for Water Glenn Butcher said extending the moratorium on new bores would allow the government to continue working with local councils, the community and scientific experts to investigate groundwater resources for the Scenic Rim and Gold Coast hinterland.
“We take our responsibility as steward of our State’s water resources extremely seriously, and we appreciate that local residents are concerned about the sustainability of groundwater resources at Tamborine Mountain and Springbrook,” Mr Butcher said.