FEDERAL MP Warren Entsch has congratulated the Queensland Government for its $10 million investment in Cape York, which will enable further sealing of the Peninsula Development Road. Together with the $210 million pledged and set aside by the Federal Government in December, it will help to provide greater economic, social and environmental benefits…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch is urging Far Northerners to make a submission into a new House of Representatives inquiry into skin cancer, which kills more than 2000 Australians every year. “According to Cancer Council Australia, two in three Australians will be diagnosed with a skin cancer by the time they turn 70 years of age,”…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is encouraging young Indigenous people from Far North Queensland to apply now for this year’s National Indigenous Youth Parliament to be held in Canberra in May. “This is a fantastic opportunity to participate in a week-long leadership program and receive expert training in how government works, public speaking and…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has thrown his support behind Cook MP David Kempton in slamming The Wilderness Society’s claims of misrepresentation at the Cape York Forum. “I was there and there is no doubt that The Wilderness Society representatives did participate in the forum,” Mr Entsch said today. “TWS may not have liked the fact,…
THE families of Australian Defence Force members in Leichhardt can now receive additional support through free basic health care, says Federal MP Warren Entsch. The Government’s National Australian Defence Force (ADF) Family Health Program came into effect on 1 January 2014 and delivers on one of the Government’s key defence election commitments. Under the program,…
THE tragic impact of bullying on young LGBTI Australians has been highlighted in Parliament today by federal MP Warren Entsch, Chair of the Parliamentary Friendship Group of LGBTI Australians. Mr Entsch outlined the disturbing findings of a new report titled ‘Growing up Queer’, which examines the mental health of young people who are growing up…
AS Cairns gears up to host the G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting later this year, Federal MP Warren Entsch is encouraging young people in the region to put their hand up to represent Australia at the Y20 Summit. The Y20, to be held from July 12-15 in Sydney, is the premier youth forum associated with the…
SELF-DESCRIBED “culture vulture” and local MP Warren Entsch has thrown his support behind the Far Northern arts scene, highlighting the fantastic achievements of the JUTE Theatre Company in Parliament last night (TUE). It comes as the Cairns community today reaffirmed the pressing need for a new, contemporary performing arts facility that can cater for larger…
IT’S a long way from the city streets of Adelaide to the red roads of the NPA but that didn’t stop Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne from making a historic visit to local schools last week. The visit was the first time that any education minister, state or federal, has taken a first-hand look at…
A NEW Trades Skills Centre in Weipa will help young trainees forge closer links with industry as the Australian Government strengthens its focus on vocational education and training in schools. Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch has confirmed that the Government will honour its commitment of up to $1.5 million in funding to establish a Trades Skills…