GYMPIE MUSIC MUSTER PLAYS ON WITH LONG-TERM BACKING

BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 31 -- 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 cementing Queensland as the events capital of Australia, securing the Gympie Music Muster for three more years. * The country music festival is expected to deliver 220,000 visitor nights and inject more than $51 million into the Queensland economy across the three-year period. * Events like theGympie Music Muster deliver on the Crisafulli Government's Destination 2045 vision after a decade of decline under the former Labor Government.

The Crisafulli Government is locking in ...