MEDIA STATEMENT: FIRST NATIONS HOUSING GETTING OFF THE GROUND IN TOWNSVILLE

BRISBANE, Queensland, May 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

JOINT STATEMENT

Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth

The Honourable Sam O'Connor

Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism

The Honourable Fiona Simpson

First Nations housing getting off the ground in Townsville

* Construction has started on a new First Nations social housing project in Townsville. * Community housing providerYumba-Meta is delivering 24 social homes with support from the Crisafulli Government. * Work continues to expand home ownership opportunities in Queensland's Indigenous communities, startin...