The Crisafulli Government has bolstered support for Whitsunday region firefighters by delivering a brand new $1.15 million Type 3 appliance for the Bowen Queensland Fire and Rescue Station. The Crisafulli Government is restoring confidence, ensuring firefighters are protected with investment in new appliances. The truck is the first of its kind delivered to the Bowen station and is considered a jack-of-all-trades appliance, built with the capability of responding to structura

Changes to information provided by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) have caused a storm throughout Queensland but, according to Member for Burdekin, Dale Last MP, concerns raised by residents of the Burdekin centre on flooding rather than rain. Coupled with a malfunctioning river level gauge during the severe weather event earlier this year, Mr Last said people’s concerns were justified and had been echoed in the state government’s call for the Bureau to ‘do the right thing’.

After years of delays the Crisafulli government has delivered a new, state-of-the-art appliance to the Ayr Fire & Rescue Station as part...