BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 13 -- 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

* More than $66 million to fast-track new homes for the Gympie Region through Round 2 of the Residential Activation Fund. * Residential Activation Fund has unlocked more than 155,000 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 continuing...