Across Queensland
Across Queensland at any given time there are hundreds of people getting together, sharing their stories, promoting their organisations, challenging community perceptions and celebrating achievements. We’ve captured a snapshot.
Queensland seniors who have collectively given over 500 years of volunteer service to communities around the state were recognised at the annual Premier’s Awards for Queensland Seniors at Parliament House in Brisbane.
The 15 senior award winners have made a huge social and economic contribution to the state.
The Queensland Multicultural Festival was a huge success attracting 65 000 people to Brisbane’s Roma Street Parkland to celebrate Queensland’s rich diversity of cultures. The free community event featured a vast array of music and dance and a wide variety of regional food.
The drum procession was a highlight at the Queensland Multicultural Festival.
Tania Perisic, pictured with her dog Sarina, discusses the new laws for assistance dogs with Disability Services Minister Lindy Nelson- Carr at Roma Street Parkland.
Palm Island Navy cadets visit a careers expo on Palm Island where community agencies and government departments including the Department of Communities had information stalls.
‘Marionettistes Sans Frontières’ (Puppeteers Without Borders) hosted the ‘Diversity Rocks!’ program as part
of the Queensland Multicultural Festival and schools workshops this year.
Former Queensland Governor Quentin Bryce joined Bundaberg Mayor Lorraine Pyefinch to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Edon Place, the Bundaberg domestic violence service.
North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships project officer, Jane Locke and former 60 Minutes reporter Jeff McMullen in Tully to visit the Wishbone Project assisting Indigenous students.
Premier Anna Bligh congratulates Margaret Baison from Townsville who received one of 15 Premier's Awards for Queensland Seniors for volunteer service at Parliament House in Brisbane.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr presented Certificates of Recognition to longserving and dedicated community workers in New Mapoon Mrs Josephine Lifu and Ms Margaret Mark.
With 97 scooters and wheelchairs, Hervey Bay residents broke the world record for the largest mobility scooter convoy as part of Disability Action Week celebrations. The event helped to raise awareness of some of the issues facing people who use wheelchairs or scooters.