Report into powering the Daintree released

Options for supplying power to the Daintree community have been investigated in a report released today by energy market experts Sunverge. The analysis, supported by $180,000 from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, examined five options to power the World Heritage-listed Daintree rainforest. These included single and multiple electrical micro-grids with high renewables uptake and a…

Tuberculosis Motion

MR ENTSCH: TB is a disease that most people thought was in the past or was isolated to small pockets of some impoverished countries. TB is one of the oldest human diseases and has been identified in Egyptian mummies. I, for one, also assumed that the disease was no longer an issue, after my mum actually…

STEM – St Augustine’s College

MR ENTSCH: Last week, I had the privilege of spending the morning with year 9 students at St Augustine’s College in Cairns to participate in their STEM classes and activities. It absolutely amazes me what our young men and women can do these days. There’s certainly no limit for this generation. The things young Australians are…

Rondo Theatre

MR ENTSCH: I rise tonight to talk about a much-loved community asset in my electorate, the Rondo Theatre. Founded in 1953, the Cairns Little Theatre is a community driven, incorporated amateur theatrical company, whose charter is to choose, produce and stage the works of the finest Australian and international playwrights in a professional manner for…