-
Island Caretaker Announced
After a truly global search, the atmosphere was electric when the Caretaker of Islands of the Great Barrier Reef was announced by the Premier of Queensland - congratulations Ben Southall!Ben S was chosen...
-
Candidates arrive on Hamilton Island
Tourism Queensland's final 16 Best Job in the World candidates arrived on Hamilton Island today to begin the selection process. There was no time to unpack before they headed to the resort swimming...
-
Subscriber Competition Winners
Thanks to everyone who signed up for email updates about The Best Job in the World. All of our subscribers entered our competition to win one of three holidays to the Islands of the Great Barrier...
-
Next Best Job Campaign
Tourism Queensland has been made aware of another campaign being run named 'The Next Best Job'. Some applicants for our Best Job in the World - Island Caretaker position have been approached by this...
-
Final 16 Applicants Announced
Now we come to the news that the world has been waiting for - the announcement of the Top 16 short-listed applicants for Tourism Queensland's Best Job in the World. As we announced yesterday, we...
-
Top 11 will now be Top 16
Wow! What a few weeks we've had. Since the Top 50 were announced on Tuesday March 2 UTC, it has been an amazing journey for both the candidates and the Tourism Queensland team. We asked our...
-
Voting Closed
Voting for the Wild Card has now closed and the successful Wild Card applicant will be announced soon. Tourism Queensland will also announce the additional 10 applicants to make it into the Final 11...
-
Withdrawal of Candidate
Tourism Queensland would like to advise that Achim Dold from Germany has decided to withdraw his application for The Best Job in the World. Given we are in the final stages of the selection process...
-
Voting - don't leave it to the last minute
With voting closing at 11:59pm UTC 24 March, Tourism Queensland encourages you not to leave it to the last minute to cast your votes. Please remember that voting is a 2 step process and...
-
Removal of Candidate
Pursuant to the Terms and Conditions for the Best Job in the World, Tourism Queensland has decided to exclude Julia Yalovitsyna from the selection process. Given we are in the final stages of the selection...