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$10m for Local Road Projects

Somerset Regional Council and Scenic Rim Regional Council were both awarded $5 million towards increasing the safety and reliability of their local road projects. These projects include widening and upgrading roads used along heavy vehicle freight routes. For more information…

Congratulations, Scenic Rim Regional Council!

$7,000,000+ for Scenic Rim Regional Council The Albanese Labor Government continues to support local councils across regional and rural communities improve the safety and efficiency of their road networks, with over $7 million being awarded to Scenic Rim Regional Council…

Connect to Employment Event

Five weeks ago, Springfield Regional Jobs Committee held their first Connect to Employment Event where 15 young people were invited to ‘speed-interview’ with local employers. We cannot be more excited to say 14 of these young people were made offers of employment from this event!…

Queensland’s Clean Energy Workforce Roadmap

Queensland’s Clean Energy Workforce Roadmap provides direction to further develop Queensland’s highly skilled workforce to support the continued growth of the state’s clean energy industry. Developed in consultation with over 90 stakeholder groups across Queensland, the Roadmap makes significant strides in…

South East Queensland Liveability Fund

More than $285 million will deliver great places and spaces for communities across Queensland’s booming south-east corner. The SEQ Liveability Fund is one of the key projects being delivered under the $1.8 billion SEQ City Deal, a partnership between the…

2023 Skills Priority List

The latest Skills Priority List is now released by Jobs and Skills Australia, showing that 36% of occupations assessed are in shortage. Skills including technicians and trade workers, and professional occupations (health, engineering, information communication technology and science roles) have…

Local Disaster Management

RDA Ipswich & West Moreton Chair Cr Janice Holstein attended the Lockyer Valley Local Disaster Management meeting recently. Chair Mayor Tanya Milligan, Deputy Chair Cr Janice Holstein and Council and QPS officers discussed the issues faced with infrastructure during a…

Greater Springfield Update

RDA Ipswich & West Moreton and the Springfield Regional Jobs Committee took the opportunity to catch up with Hon Shayne Neumann MP, Federal Member for Blair. We proudly presented Shayne with the recently updated Educate to Employ Report for 2023…