MEMBER for Leichhardt Warren Entsch MP has promoted the “incredible” efforts of Cairns’ Under 19 White Water Rafting girls team in Parliament in the lead-up to the World Championships in Indonesia. “One year ago, five schoolgirls from Cairns beat teams from Brazil and Russia to win the World Championship in Under 19 White Water Rafting,”…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says we need to have courage to explore the best way to reform Australia’s current taxation system. “There are serious issues with our current tax system. It was put together in the early 1900s ? long before the internet opened up the possibility of working, buying and selling across…
One year ago, five schoolgirls from Cairns beat teams from Brazil and Russia to win the under-19 world championship in whitewater rafting. On 27 November they leave for Indonesia to defend this title. Lucy Edington-Chapman, Carina Nixon, Gabriella Brinks, Layla Bitolkoski, Maddi Brittain and the team captain, Stephanie Seed, are training eight times a week…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is encouraging community organisations in Leichhardt to apply for a grant of up to $5000 to help the work of their volunteers. Mr Entsch said the funding is being provided under a $20 million Volunteer Grant funding round. “This is a great opportunity for local community organisations here in…
Warren Entsch MP has today officially opened the second stage of the Sr Agnes Building at St Monica’s College in Cairns. Secondary students and staff at St Monica’s College now have full use of five general learning areas, an art room, a maintenance store room, associated walkways and a carpark. The Australian Government provided $1,713,678 in funding from…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is inviting local groups to apply for up to $5-million in funding to reduce and manage the impact of soil erosion in gullies surrounding the Great Barrier Reef catchments. The funding, provided under the $140 million Reef Trust, is one of a number of practical projects the Government is…
On 9 October you invited me to be involved in a public debate on the China Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) – to state the case for it, and explain how it will benefit working people and businesses in Leichhardt. In responding, I explained that I was unable to accept the invitation on that day,…
CAIRNS Historical Society will receive $2,690 from the Federal Government’s Community Heritage Grants to hold a collection, storage and handling workshop. The funding is part of more than $420,000 announced by Minister for the Arts, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, for 75 community organisations around Australia to preserve and increase access to locally owned and…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has congratulated the North Queensland Primary Health Network for being selected as one of only two sites in Australia for the trial of opt-out E-health services. The trials are part of a $485 million package to re-boot the personalised My Health Record system for patients and doctors, to deliver Australians a…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch says he’ll await further information about changes to ABC regional programming but hopes that the decision will not result in major cuts to local content in the Far North. “I was very disappointed when I heard that the ABC was cutting the Morning show and re-jigging local news bulletins because local…