I’m a big supporter of the work of Men’s Sheds in our region and was pleased to be able to help build a new relationship between the Cairns Men’s Shed and QUIHN Cairns. QUIHN (Queensland Injectors Health Network) is doing fabulous work with people who are facing – and recovering from – substance abuse and…
Helped launch the YWAM Medical Ships 2016 Cairns Corporate Challenge, Cairns Hosted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for a community meet and greet, Cairns Addressed insurance industry CEOs on the insurance crisis, Sydney Enjoyed Phantom of the Opera at the Cairns Civic Theatre, Cairns Played ‘Santa Claus’ at the Grand Hotel’s Christmas Lunch for residents of…
**IMAGE: Supporting Minister Sussan Ley as she presents the medicinal cannabis bill.** 2016 has started with a very busy sitting schedule! We’ve made inroads on a range of legislation; I’ve met with numerous stakeholders and constituents and taken a whole range of issues to my Ministerial colleagues. Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016 The introduction of…
When you’re off the beaten track in Laos, South East Asia, the last thing you expect is to meet not just one, but three Far North Queenslanders who are making a difference! In 2015, on a Parliamentary Delegation, I attended a business networking function in Vientiane, Laos. You can imagine my delight when one of…
**IMAGE: At the Brooklyn Chest Hospital, young patients are able to continue their schooling.** Late last year I had a very productive visit to South Africa and Botswana. I took part in the 2nd Global TB Summit in Cape Town in my role as the Australian Convenor of the Global TB/HIV Caucus (99 countries strong!)…
I was excited to help launch enVizion Group’s Virtual Reality Training Bus, a fantastic initiative from an organisation that is truly changing lives. I’ve been working with Julie-Ann Lambourne, Christina Togo and the enVizion team for several years and I’m a firm disciple – I’ve never come across an organisation that has had such profound…
**IMAGE: Kylie Fell from the Western Cape Chamber of Commerce discusses mobile phone black spots with me during a visit to Weipa** Here we are in 2016 and at the time of writing, the new political year has just started in earnest. I’m looking forward to what the next 12 months will bring! In early…
THE Australian Government is providing a total of $4.86 million to five organisations – including more than $780,000 to Cape York Natural Resource Management – to address gully erosion in the Great Barrier Reef catchments. “These gullies are located in some of the highest risk areas of sediment erosion for the Great Barrier Reef,” said…
I would like to respond, particularly acknowledging 24 March as being World Tuberculosis Day. I, like many other Australians, believed that tuberculosis was consigned to the history books along with sanatoriums and iron lungs. My mum was treated for tuberculosis in 1963 and spent a year in the thoracic ward in Cairns. It had a…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has welcomed a Commonwealth-State joint-funding announcement of more than $3 million in projects to assist communities across Queensland build resilience to natural disasters. Projects are jointly supported with Commonwealth Government funding matched by the Queensland State Government and funding recipients. This funding encourages a partnership approach to disaster resilience, with funding…