BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 8 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation
The Honourable Andrew Powell
* The Crisafulli Government is delivering on its election commitment, with shovels in the ground on a new world-class marine wildlife hospital at Sea World.
* The Southern Hemisphere's first facility of its kind will expand marine wildlife rescue and care while also delivering new tourism opportunities.
* After a decade of Labor decline, theCrisafulli Government is delivering $39.6 million for five new and expanded wildlife hospitals across Queensland.
Construction is underway on a new world-class marine...