BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 28 -- 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

* The Crisafulli Government has launched public consultation on its draft State Planning Policy to help ease Labor's Housing Crisis. * Refreshed planning framework will unlock land and deliver consistency and clarity, including natural hazard management and flood mapping. * Queensland's State Planning Policy hasn't been updated since the start of Labor's decade of decline.

The Crisafulli Government will deliver a place to call home for more Queenslanders through a refres...