Tradies in paradise scheme offers incentives for workers to move to state, but budget mostly spent on ads and admin, government says
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A $1.9m Queensland government program to attract tradespeople to move to the state has led to just two successful cases.
The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, launched the tradies in paradise scheme in March, offering incentives of up to $1,750 to tradies who moved to Queensland to work on flood recovery projects.
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