Queensland Training Awards, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Funding and more!

Queensland Training Awards 2025

Nominations for the Queensland Training Awards 2025 are now open!

The Queensland Training Awards offer individuals and organisations an exciting opportunity to showcase their achievements, best practices, and innovation in vocational education and training. 

Whether you want to nominate yourself, someone else, or an organisation, now is the perfect time to start preparing.

With a range of award categories available, there’s something for everyone involved in training. 

Nominate and learn more via Queensland Training Awards - how to enter.

 How to prepare your nomination

• Review the eligibility criteria. 
• Use the relevant drafting template to outline your key achievements. 
• Reflect on your past successes and future goals. 
• Plan ahead and check out our guides on how to prepare a nomination for more tips. 

Take it step by step – don’t leave it to the last minute.

Nominations will close 11.59pm, on Tuesday 11 March 2025 . Enter Now Enter Now

How Do You Library?

Libraries are more than just books – they’re hubs of discovery, creativity, and connection. The State Library of Queensland is inviting everyone to get involved in the statewide How do you library? campaign, to encourage everyone to rediscover their local library or Indigenous Knowledge Centre and tell us 'how they library.'

Did you know? 

There are 325 public libraries and IKCs across the state, and 1 in 3 Queenslanders is a library member.  

Launching on Library Lovers’ Day (14 February 2025) and running until November 2025, this campaign encourages everyone to explore the amazing services libraries offer – from free Wi-Fi, cool aircon, study spaces to creative events and workshops, a place to meet up with friends or access in person and online to millions of collection items from history records to story books, manga to newspapers, audio books and films and so much more. 

Here’s how your organisation can get involved: 

• Like, share and repost the campaign materials with your network using our #howdoyoulibrary hashtag and logo. 
• Promote it through your newsletters and social media. 
• Enjoy and share stories during the campaign, with stories from communities and their libraries

For more information on how to get involved contact howdoyoulibrary@slq.qld.gov.au

Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Funding

The Australian Government has opened the third round of its $1 billion Disaster Ready Fund (DRF), offering $200 million for projects aimed at enhancing disaster risk reduction and resilience. $138 million has been designated for infrastructure to support communities and prepare for natural disasters like floods, cyclones and bushfires. 

The Guidelines:

• Emphasise the importance of enduring project benefits for communities
• Support all projects, with a greater focus on infrastructure (dedicated funding of up to $138 million)
• Allow more time to deliver successful infrastructure projects (5 years)
• Set a minimum project value of $500,000 for infrastructure projects
• Clarify that 'business as usual' activities are not eligible (i.e. standard capital works or essential services that fall under the remit of state or territory government, local government or other Australian Government departments), and
• Tighten rules related to historical investments to ensure new investment in disaster resilience.

The Disaster Ready Fund is an opportunity for governments, community groups and affected communities that want to reduce impact of natural hazards and avert disasters. Applications are open from 22nd January to 2nd April 2025. 

How to Apply
How to Apply