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With a very busy year in 2011 now behind us, I am very much looking forward to the opportunities and challenges ahead in 2012. There is no doubt that 2011 was a tough year, with cyclone Yasi devastating communities in the Far North and our economy continuing to struggle, but I will continue to work with you and fight to achieve tangible outcomes for the electorate of Leichhardt.
 
I am completely focused on continuing the work we started in 2011 to tackle issues such as strata title insurance, the Labor-Green proposal to lock up the Coral Sea, the urgent need to repair and build sea walls on islands in the Torres Strait and the ongoing fight to maintain health services to prevent the spread of tuburculosis from Papua New Guinea to the Torres Strait.  Read more >



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Valuable views put forward at fishing forum

ABOUT 100 people who attended the Future of Fishing Forum were vocal in their views on the Government’s lack of consultation when imposing restrictions on the industry.The forum, organised by Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch, heard from dozens of people in, or associated with, the commerc... ...read more

Fishing forum to give anglers a voice

FISHERS wanting a say in the future of their livelihoods are invited to a public meeting hosted by Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch, Senator Richard Colbeck and the Far North’s LNP candidates.The Future of Fishing Forum aims to give recreation, sport and commercial fishers the opportunity... ...read more

Katter's insurance policy lacks substance

MEMBER for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is stunned that fellow MP Bob Katter has launched a State election policy to solve Queensland’s insurance woes when he has avoided dealing with the problem for the past year.Mr Katter last week said his party of state election candidates would establish a State Go... ...read more

Private health reforms to sting public health system

THE Far North’s over-stretched public health system would be one of the nation’s biggest casualties under the Gillard Government’s plans to wind back private health insurance rebates, Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says.Mr Entsch argued against the Government’s legislation in Federal Pa... ...read more