WORKS UNDERWAY ON NEW RIPLEY VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 6 -- 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 a new state primary school in the fast-growing Ripley Valley Priority Development Area, with early works now underway. * The $112.8 million Ipswich school will cater for more than 600 students from prep to Year 6, with Stage 1 due to open for the 2028 school year. * TheCrisafulli Government is building Queensland's future and delivering 22 new schools, including nine special schools, as part of a record $23.1 billion education budget, after a decade of decline under Labor.

The Crisafulli Government is...