Department of Public Works (Queensland)
In the same year, construction begins on the Suncorp Stadium redevelopment in Brisbane. The redevelopment of Suncorp Stadium was the biggest and most ambitious project of its kind ever undertaken by the Department of Public Works. It involved a significant expansion of the stadium and the implementation of extensive built infrastructure and technologically advanced building systems.
The 52,500-seat world-class venue opened in June 2003 – on budget and on time – and became home to the Brisbane Broncos rugby league team. Today, it also hosts national and international rugby union and soccer games along with State of Origin matches and music concerts.
Winton Branch Railway (Queensland)
Queensland is the second largest of the Australian States and Territories by area. Its vast interior was largely opened up by the construction of three east-west railway lines that connected the interior of the State to the eastern coastal towns of Brisbane, Rockhampton and Townsville. The trunk lines were the Main Line and Western Line from Brisbane to Roma and Charleville (completed in 1888), the Central West line from Rockhampton to Emerald and Longreach (completed in 1892), and the Great Northern Line from Townsville to Charters Towers and Hughenden (completed in 1887). But those termini were still some 500 kilometres from Queensland’s western border.