500 FIREFIGHTERS RECRUITED AS QUEENSLAND'S FRONTLINE GROWS STRONGER

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

Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers

The Honourable Ann Leahy

* TheCrisafulli Governmentreachesa major milestonewith500firefightersjoiningQueensland's frontline sincethe election. * Laborunderinvested in Queensland's firefighters, which in returnsawfrontlinenumbers heavily decline andstretchedresourcesacross the State. * The milestone strengthens emergency response across metropolitan, regional and rural communities. * TheCrisafulli Governmentismaking Queensland safer after Labor's decade of decline.

The Crisafulli Government has reached a major milest...