2008 reports
Queenslanders tackling chronic disease: becoming Australia's healthiest state
This report provides the Queensland Government with a blueprint to achieve the ambition set out in Towards Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland, to make Queenslanders Australia's healthiest people. The report highlights that Queensland's rate of chronic disease risk factors such as alcohol consumption, smoking, physical inactivity and excess weight is among the highest in Australia.
The report recommends a number of actions for the government to lead the way in achieving the Q2 ambition, by taking a whole-of-Government approach, investing in prevention, driving enduring behavioural change, making the healthy choice the easy choice and using new technologies for early detection and screening programs.
Queenslanders tackling chronic disease (PDF, 1.13 MB)
Queenslanders tackling chronic disease (.doc, 1.11 MB)
Government Response to the report on Queenslanders tackling chronic disease: becoming Australia's healthiest state (PDF, 198 KB)
Government Response to the report on Queenslanders tackling chronic disease: becoming Australia's healthiest state (.doc, 312 KB)
Attracting investment into Queensland's knowledge-intensive industries
This report illustrates ways in which investment can be attracted into knowledge-based or smart industries. The report discusses strategies to reshape Queensland's investment attraction efforts by focussing on industry sectors or sub-sectors in areas of Queensland's competitive advantage that also align with the needs of investors and the key drivers that influence business investment decisions.
In particular, the report recommends a new model to develop and implement industry strategic plans and investment attraction plans, with multi-skilled project teams and an investment ambassadors program comprising senior business people to promote Queensland internationally.
Attracting investment into Queensland's knowledge-intensive industries (PDF, 554 KB)
Attracting investment into Queensland's knowledge-intensive industries (.doc, 747 KB)
Government Response to the report on Attracting investment into Queensland's knowledge-intensive industries (PDF, 74 KB)
Government Response to the report on Attracting investment into Queensland's knowledge-intensive industries (.doc, 118 KB)
Smart State = Design State
Design is the process which translates innovative ideas into feasible reality. The value of design is increasingly becoming recognised worldwide for many reasons - to enhance competitiveness, to create tourism identity, to enrich the social and cultural fabric of regions, to improve efficiencies, to solve environmental challenges, and to create export potential. This report focuses on the role of design in creating competitive economies and examines ways to recognise, promote and advance the value of design as fundamental to the ethos of the Smart State.
Smart State = Design State (PDF, 621 KB)
Smart State = Design State (.doc, 929 KB)
Government response to the Smart State = Design State report (PDF, 108 KB)
Government response to the Smart State = Design State report (.doc, 205 KB)
Review of Research, Development and Extension in the Queensland Food and Fibre Sector
Queensland's primary industries (agribusiness, food and fibre) sector is a major contributor to the Queensland economy. The food and fibre sector faces significant challenges, at both a global and domestic level, in maintaining its competitive edge. This report examines opportunities for the Queensland food and fibre sector to prosper in a rapidly changing global market and outlines a 2030 Smart State vision for the sector, to meet the requirements of economic, environmental and social sustainability in the future.
Review of Research, Development and Extension in the Queensland Food and Fibre Sector (PDF, 670 KB)
Review of Research, Development and Extension in the Queensland Food and Fibre Sector (.doc, 946 KB)
Government response to the Review of Research, Development and Extension in the Queensland Food and Fibre Sector (PDF, 96 KB)
Government response to the Review of Research, Development and Extension in the Queensland Food and Fibre Sector (.doc, 132 KB)
