FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says he’s pleased that more than $3.65 million in funding has been provided to 14 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations in Far North Queensland to support local artists. “This funding, through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support programme, aims to enhance the cultural life and identity…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says the Australian Government’s Mobile Service Centre will visit Port Douglas, Laura, Hope Vale, Cooktown and Lakeland in the coming weeks. “Living in a regional hub, such as Port Douglas, we often need to travel greater distances to access vital government payments and services,” said Mr Entsch, “so this…
WORK will start mid next month on the Mein Deviation project to seal 29 kilometres of the Peninsula Developmental Road south of Coen in Cape York. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced today that Civil Mining and Construction has been awarded the tender…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has congratulated Cape York Camping Punsand Bay for winning the Regional Award at the 2015 Telstra Queensland Business Awards. The business owners, who were also finalists in the Start-Up category, were presented with the award at a Gala Dinner in Brisbane last night. Mr Entsch said: “This is a…
The Australian Government invites community groups, organisations and individuals to start their own tree planting projects by applying for grants under Round 2 of the 20 Million Trees Programme. “I’m pleased to announce the opening of the second round of the Australian Government’s 20 Million Trees Programme that will see 20 million trees planted across…
The Australian All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet (AAPGT), led by the Hon Warren Entsch MP and the Hon Michael Danby MP, is deeply saddened by the passing of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a highly respected and much-loved Tibetan lama who died in a Chinese prison on 12 July. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche had qualified for medical…
Terrain NRM is providing project grants to 19 Community Groups across the Wet Tropics for 20 projects supporting grass roots action to improve the region’s environment. The funding for the grants ($501, 581) is being made available through Terrain NRM as part of the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme. The projects being funded include…
Six organisations across Leichhardt will receive a combined total of more than $3.5 million to deliver projects to improve the lives of First Australians living in Far North Queensland. Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said the funding, through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) grant round includes: $1.33 million over three years for…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says the Royal Flying Doctor Service will continue providing counselling services thorough the Cape York Wellbeing Centres for the next 12 months following a $1.67 million federal government funding extension. The four Wellbeing Centres – based in Aurukun, Coen, Hopevale and Mossman Gorge – were established in 2008 as…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has congratulated The Western Cape Bulletin for printing its 500th edition. “Newspapers are a vital part of every community – particularly in regional areas such as Cape York,” said Mr Entsch. “Whether I’m in my electorate office in Cairns, travelling across Leichhardt, or representing the Far North in Canberra,…