Entrants in the Queensland primary school students’ Farm Safety Calendar competition have been encouraged to complete their entries and get them in as the closing date is this Friday (24 June).
Minister for Industrial Relations, Grace Grace urged Queensland’s budding artists to show off their talents and deliver important safety messages for the people who live and work on the land.
“It’s about getting creative to help save lives on farms,” Ms Grace said.
“The masterpieces by our 12 winning creators go into the 2023 calendar to be displayed in homes and workplaces across the state as a year-round reminder to work and play safely on farms.”
She said the agriculture industry employed around three per cent of Queensland’s workers but accounts for more than 30 per cent of workplace deaths.
“This gets kids thinking about and advocating for their own and their parents’ safety from a young age,” Ms Grace said, “and as we all know, they can be very persistent and persuasive once they’ve set their minds on something!”
She said primary school students were encouraged to use their artistic flair to illustrate important safety messages about electricity, animals, tractors and machinery, quad bikes, water or general health and wellbeing.
The winners receive a $250 gift voucher and $500 for their school.
Ms Grace said the popular competition has been running since 2015 and almost 8,500 Queensland students have entered over those seven years.
“The winners in the 2022 calendar were selected from more than 1,900 entries, sent in from 126 schools the length and breadth of the state,” the minister said.
While the entries close this week, the winners will be announced in October with 30,000 copies of the free calendar distributed around the State.
More information is available from this PS News link.
