BRISBANE, Queensland, May 30 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

JOINT STATEMENT

Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations

The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie

Assistant Minister for Primary Industry Development, Water and Western Queensland

Mr Sean Dillon

PhosOne declared a prescribed project for the North West

* North West Queensland pit-to-production operation PhosOne deemed a 'prescribed project'. * Project will establish a cost-effective phosphate ore development tocapitalise on global demand. * PhosOne expected to generate $1.4 billion in economic value and create 240 ongoing and 490 construction job.

The Crisafulli Government has de...