BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 4 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Minister for Education and the Arts

The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek

* The Crisafulli Government is delivering safer school playgrounds with $5 million allocated for new sun safe shade structures across 17 State schools. * Queensland is the skin cancer capital of Australia and sun safe playgrounds help to protect students from the sun, while they stay active and enjoy the outdoors. * TheCrisafulli Government is building Queensland's future by delivering new and upgraded infrastructure across State schools after a decade of decline under Labor.

The Crisafulli Government is delivering new shade structures in play...