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  Rookwood Weir   Queensland’s largest water infrastructure project is starting to rise out of the Fitzroy River, with the first concrete pours for the foundations of the Rockwood Weir commencing overnight. This marks another major construction milestone for the $367.2 million project, which will unlock thousands of megalitres of water to increase water security, expand irrigated agricultural production and drive new employment and economic opportunities across Central Queensland. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Barnaby Joyce said the Liberal and Nationals Government is determined to deliver for the people of Central Queensland and Rookwood Weir is proof of that commitment. “We are getting on with delivering the infrastructure Central Queenslanders need and deserve,” the Deputy Prime Minister said. “Rookwood Weir is going to transform this entire region, driving the expansion of irrigated agricultural production and ope...

The Victorian Government is supporting multicultural Victorians from diverse communities to stay safe and healthy, and promote the importance of vaccination in their communities. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ros Spence today announced $2 million to increase health messaging promoting vaccination and COVIDSafe behaviour designed by multicultural communities. The grants will support the creation and distribution of public health information in language that responds directly to misinformation and encourages vaccination and COVIDSafe behaviours. Multicultural media, community organisations and individuals are invited to apply for grants of up to $100,000 from funding of $1 million to deliver informative and accessible coronavirus-related content. In addition, $1 million is being provided directly to 21 organisations to communicate health messages to communities, including the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, Youth Activating Youth, Western Bulldogs Community Foundation, radi...

LGBT Sydney Lockdown Party Photo YouTube While Australians were told they shouldn’t even talk to each other under COVID lockdown rules, police officials in Sydney held an office party to celebrate the LGBT community. Mount Druitt Police Area Command posted images to Facebook showing over a dozen employees gathered in close proximity to recognize Wear It Purple Day. The pictures showed the room had been decorated with LGBT flags as the employees prepared to tuck into a buffet. “Mt Druitt is located in the City of Blacktown LGA – an area with one of the highest rates of Covid cases since Sydney’s second wave delta outbreak began in mid-June,” reports the  Daily Mail . Although emergency services are exempt from lockdown rules that prevent gatherings of people, that’s so they can do their job, not so they can throw office parties to virtue signal about gay and trans endorsement. “Happy Wear it Purple Day. Follow your rainbow and start the conversation,” stated the text accompanying th...

More than $20 million is now in the pockets of small businesses across Queensland, thanks to the Palaszczuk Government’s COVID-19 Business Support Grants. The $600 million program, jointly funded by the Palaszczuk and Commonwealth Governments, provides grants of up to $30,000 to businesses impacted by Queensland lockdowns.  The Minister for Employment and Small Business, Di Farmer, said teams were working hard to get the money out the door. “Here in Queensland, we didn’t have a lockdown that went for longer than three days until very recently. And Queenslanders did an incredible job to stop Delta in its tracks,” Minister Farmer said. “Just like we were the first state to introduce a COVID economic stimulus package last year, we acted quickly again: applications for this support opened just one week after that lockdown ended and the first payments were being made the very next day. “Applying is straight forward, with template letters provided to make the process easier. We’ve alread...

  Gudjuda Indigenous Rangers Photo Department of Agriculture and Fisheries   Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol officers have joined forces with the Gudjuda Indigenous Rangers from Home Hill to haul in a significant number of illegal crab pots from Townsville and Burdekin waterways in their latest clean-up operation. Member for Townsville Scott Stewart said the clean-up was conducted over five days and focused on Plantation Creek, Ocean Creek, Haughton River, Barramundi Creek and Cleveland Bay. “The crews removed 119 abandoned and derelict pots from the marine habitat,” Mr Stewart said. “It was also a great relationship-building exercise for the two agencies. The Gudjuda Rangers are passionate about cleaning up their Sea country.” Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said crabbing was one of Queensland’s most popular forms of fishing and the problem of unmarked, abandoned and lost crab pots is a statew...

NSW Government: To help stop the spread of COVID-19, new rules now apply for workers needing to travel to and from a local government area (LGA) of concern and for people travelling outside of Greater Sydney. You now need to register your travel if you: authorised workers, Transport, postal and warehousing and  freight, logistics, postal, courier or delivery services including food logistics, delivery and grocery fulfilment and delivery of building supplies to support construction but not including home and office removals export supply chain operators distribution of food, groceries and sanitary products for sale by supermarkets, grocery shops or other shops that predominantly sell food or drinks warehousing road transport (passenger and freight) apart from taxi, rideshare and chauffeur services rail transport (passenger and freight) – including rail yards  water transport (passenger and freight) air transport (passenger and freight)  pipeline and other transport...

Klaus Schwab The Great Reset is the name of the 50th annual meeting of the  World Economic Forum  (WEF), held in June 2020. It brought together high-profile business and political leaders, convened by  Charles, Prince of Wales  and the WEF, with the theme of rebuilding society and the economy in a sustainable way following the  COVID-19 pandemic WEF chief executive officer  Klaus Schwab  described three core components of the Great Reset: the first involves creating conditions for a " stakeholder economy "; the second component includes building in a more "resilient, equitable, and sustainable" way—based on environmental, social, and governance ( ESG ) metrics which would incorporate more green public infrastructure projects ; the third component is to "harness the innovations of the  Fourth Industrial Revolution " for public good. In her keynote speech opening the dialogues,  International Monetary Fund  director  Krista...

After a successful start for Australia’s first drive-through vaccination clinic in Melton, Victoria will now be home to an additional three drive-through sites – helping us reach our goal of one million doses in the next five weeks.  Premier Daniel Andrews today announced the new drive through clinics will open at the Former Ford Factory in Broadmeadows, at Sandown Racecourse in Springvale and at the Eagle Stadium in Werribee. The Melton clinic at the iconic Bunnings warehouse has seen a successful start, with   1200 doses delivered over the first seven days. The new site at the Ford Factory in Broadmeadows will be soft launched this Sunday by invitation only, and will open to the public for booked appointments from Monday 23 August. The Sandown Racecourse clinic will be adjacent to the existing Sandown Racecourse indoor vaccination hub and will run an invitation-only soft launch on Friday. It will open to the public for booked appointments from Saturday 21 August. Combined, t...

 Queensland invests in migrants, refugees workforce The Palaszczuk Government will invest $3 million to help work-ready migrants, refugees, and international students access support and guidance to help them find jobs and build up their careers. The announcement comes during Multicultural Queensland Month, a celebration of all the different communities that make up the Sunshine State. Minister for Training and Skills Development Di Farmer today visited Multicultural Australia, one of the first five successful projects from the Diverse Queensland Workforce program. “The Queensland economy continues to power through as we continue to manage the impacts of COVID-19 and we want to make sure we don’t leave anyone behind,” Minister Farmer said. “We put investing in skills at the heart of our COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan to ensure Queenslanders have the skills needed for the jobs of the future, and that those who might usually face barriers don’t miss out on opportunities. “This $3 mil...

Sarah Hanson Young Senator Sarah HANSON-YOUNG ( Senate Speech Climate Change ): I move:  That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment ( Senator Hume ) to a question without notice asked by Senator McKim today relating to climate change .