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This time last year our crews from across Queensland were in the thick of the power restoration effort after Tropical Cyclone Kirrily, including disaster response veteran Barry Fitzgerald. In this video he explains the lengths we go to whenever severe weather strikes - and why it pays to be prepared for anything over summer. #GetReadyQueensland #cyclones #floods #electricity #customers #community #disasterresponse

🥁🥁🥁 Drumroll, please....meet the 27 amazing community groups getting boosts of up to $10k towards grassroots projects, thanks to the 2025 Ergon Energex Community Fund🙌 It's a fantastic line-up of groups & ideas making Qld an even better place to live, work and play . See where the grants are going in your area https://lnkd.in/emSP3Vqc & plan who you’ll vote for in the upcoming People’s Choice poll, which will deliver a $5k bonus to the most popular initiative. People’s Choice opens Feb 10 – stay tuned! #communityfund

Australia Day means different things to different people, yet we’re all united by our collective strengths, diversity and achievements. And we’re so proud to see the amazing contributions of our own people recognised in the Australia Day honours – people like Josh Woolfe. 🙌 In his day job, Josh is part of our team that designs transmission lines. Outside of work, and whenever duty calls, he’s the First Officer with Saunders Beach Rural Fire Service. That means long hours in the air as an observer flying over fires and reporting back to the incident management team; a critical role which has today been recognised with an Australia Day Award. It’s a skillset which also translates seamlessly to his day job – he’s racked up solid air miles doing aerial damage assessments of the electricity network after disasters, including cyclones Jasper and Kirrily. “I’ve been volunteering for the Rural Fire Service for 13 years and we do it for our community not for the accolades, but it’s nice to be recognised in this way,” Josh said. “To be able to help my mates on the fire ground with intel from the air is really rewarding and I’d encourage anyone who wants to be part of the Rural Fire Service to sign up because we always need more volunteers right across Queensland.” Josh was also among a group of 22 Rural Fire Service vollies who received the National Emergency Medal in the Australia Day Achievement awards this week, recognising their immense efforts to the community during the 2019-2020 fire season – that’s our Josh pictured front and centre in the light blue shirt ☺ Kudos to Josh, and all the other mostly unsung heroes who contribute so much to Australia’s incredibly diverse communities. Wherever you are in our beautiful state, there’s an Australia Day event happening near you: https://lnkd.in/gMyimBV9 #australiaday2025 #communityservice #ruralfireservice #volunteering

Whoever said good things come in small packages clearly wasn't working on a major substation upgrade... #transformers #majorprojects #MossmanSubstation #energisingcommunities

In a disaster, you'll see Qld's amazing SES volunteers slogging it out alongside our crews; clearing debris so that we can get the power back on safely, and sooner. So, it's only fitting that we continue to make sure the Orange Angels have the equipment they need to do this critical work. This latest $300k equipment contribution from us, Energex and Powerlink Queensland, is part of our decade-long Energising Queensland partnership - thank you, SES 🙌

What does take to make a great apprentice? Sure, aptitude + attitude are critical; but these need to be backed up by world-class training from passionate, experienced trainers dedicated to shaping the next generation of electrical tradies. As we gear up to welcome a record number of new starters in just a few weeks, here's why Raj, one of our awesome apprentice trainers, reckons he's got the best job in the world 🙌 https://bit.ly/4h8fUDC #apprenticeships #tradecareers #energytrades #qldjobs

This is what we call community spirit! Our crew at Julia Creek in Outback Queensland will once again spend their Christmas morning making some special deliveries to help local kids stay cool. These are the same people the community can rely on to get the power back on after a storm, bushfire or flood. We take our Santa hats off to them. #communityspirit #locallegends #JuliaCreek

Teamwork makes the dream work! Thanks to our partners at DOOMADGEE ABORIGINAL SHIRE COUNCIL, civil works at the community’s solar farm site are complete. Joining the Council crew at the site was a wildlife expert, pictured below with a frill neck lizard that was relocated to nearby bushland. Caring for country and cultural heritage is part of our commitment to communities across Queensland. Civil works have paved the way for construction of a new larger solar farm to commence in the dry season. When it’s commissioned, it will further reduce the remote community’s reliance on diesel generation as they draw more than half of their power needs from the sun. Find out more about how we’re supporting remote communities in the energy transition: https://lnkd.in/gkVwXTUb

This is a fascinating look at what goes into scoping projects; in this case, under the crystal-clear blue waters of Torres Strait.