LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has thrown his support behind Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale in angrily rejecting the Insurance Council of Australia’s view that local governments ‘should have done more to prevent communities from flooding’. Mr Entsch said the comments this week from ICA CEO Rob Whelan illustrate the organisation’s lack of understanding of the true…
FEDERAL MP Warren Entsch has welcomed the news of a September 14 Federal Election, saying he was looking forward to locking in firm policy commitments that will benefit the Far North. “The timing couldn’t be better, given that the Coalition has just announced its positive plan to build a strong and prosperous economy, and a…
THE Hon Warren Entsch MP, Member for Leichhardt said the release of the Coalition’s plan for Australia would be welcomed throughout Far North Queensland. “Our Plan Real Solutions for all Australians” was released by the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott on Sunday and explains the direction, values and policy priorities of the next Coalition Government.…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has thrown his support behind the campaign for an Adolescent Mental Health Ward in Cairns, encouraging people to sign the petition at his Grafton St office. The petition was launched last week by the Declan Crouch Fund and the Dr Edward Koch Foundation, to lobby the region’s three State MPs for…
THE LNP has formally endorsed long-serving local MP Warren Entsch as the party’s candidate for Leichhardt in the upcoming federal election. Mr Entsch received the notification letter this week from the headquarters of the LNP, although the actual decision was approved at a meeting on 24 November. “I’m very pleased to confirm that I’ve been…
NORTH Queensland-based shipping company Sea Swift and Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch have teamed up with a generous Cairns couple to help donate clothes to a poverty-stricken region in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinean Sally Kaida and her husband Stephen Dunick approached Mr Entsch to see if he could help get bags of…