The Queensland government has called on eligible North Queensland builders to tender for the construction of 22 new government employee residences in Doomadgee.
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Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni said the works would deliver on the government’s commitments to jobs and frontline services in remote communities.
“This project will deliver 22 new residences for government employees and their families, including teachers, doctors and nurses,” Mr de Brenni said.
“We’re looking for North Queensland companies who can build 10 one bedroom units, as well as four units with two bedrooms, three houses with three bedrooms, four houses with four bedrooms, and a single house with five bedrooms.
Mr de Brenni said this is a significant project for Doomadgee and would provide construction jobs for locals, including carpenters, electricians, concreters, plumbers, floor layers, glaziers, and cabinet makers.
“I strongly encourage every eligible local business to put in a tender for this opportunity,” he said.
Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland and Ministerial Champion for Doomadgee Coralee O’Rourke said the project would improve health, education, and employment outcomes in the region.
For further information on how to become qualified for Queensland Government building and construction work, phone 3008 3392 or visit www.qld.gov.au/gov/building-services.
Doomadgee is a is a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) community.
Doomadgee is the traditional homelands of the Gangalidda and the Waanyi people and has its own Aboriginal Shire.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 91.9% of the population of Doomadgee.
According to the Doomadgee council, the median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and older in Doomadgee is $280 which is less than half of the state average which is $587 and the town’s unemployment rate is usually more than 10% above the state average and is currently above 19%.
The average number of residents living in each house in Doomadgee is five, almost twice the state average of 2.6.
It is a young community – the median age in Doomadgee is 22 years and Children aged between 0-14 made up 38.1% of the population and people aged 65 and older made up only 2.9% of the population.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
