BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 18 -- 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

* Further $95 million in funding announced as part of Round 2 to fast track an additional 4,900 new homes across North Queensland. * Residential Activation Fund has unlocked more than 159,000 places to call home for Queenslanders in less than 18 months. * The Crisafulli Government is building Queensland's future after a decade of decline under Labor saw Queenslanders locked out of the housing market as vacancy rates plummeted to record-lows.

The Crisafulli Government is c...