BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 3 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

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

The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie

* $3 million awarded through theCrisafulli Government's$180.6 million Sovereign Industry Development Fund (SIDF) to Aviation Australia in Townsville. * Investment supports aviation maintenance for the defencesector through new high-tech training equipment. * TheCrisafulli Government is accelerating the growth of theDefence, Biomedical and Biofuels industries and building sovereign capability in Queensland after a decade of decline under Labor.

The Crisafulli Government ...