Senior Australians living in communities across Cape York will benefit from significant upgrades to local residential aged care facilities. Nearly $1.6 million in federal funding will enable extensions, refurbishments and improvements at five aged care facilities in Cape York. The new funding will be delivered under the federal government’s Aged Care Regional, Rural and Remote…
Far North Queensland will soon be home to an iconic tourist attraction with a spectacular glass viewing platform to be built over the edge of the Barron Gorge. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said Skyrail’s Rainforest Development Project would offer dramatic views directly to the face of the waterfall and also stunning views down the…
Stage performers and audiences in Cairns now have access to a spectacular new performing arts centre in the heart of the tropical Queensland city. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch, who attended last night’s gala opening, said the Cairns Performing Arts Centre’s main theatre seats up to 940 people. He said the project was jointly funded…
The federal government will improve the health and care of patients in Far North Queensland with a guaranteed $1.25 billion boost to health services. Under the program the government will partner with local community providers, health and hospital services and research institutions, such as James Cook University and CQUniversity, to provide additional funding in four…
The federal government will invest $491,000 in upgrading and improving the sporting facilities at Edge Hill United Football Club and Cairns Indoor Sports to help increase sporting participation and get the local community more active. Edge Hill United Football Club will receive $337,000 and Cairns Indoor Sports will receive $154,000. The investment is part of…
The Sugar Code of Conduct will be extended a further four years to provide certainty for the Australian sugar industry. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the continuation of the code would be welcomed by cane growers around the Cairns and Tableland region. “The Sugar Code of Conduct will stay in place to provide certainty…
Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the federal government had listened to the concerns of Far North Queenslanders and had changed Cairns Port’s designation. The designation is even more important in light of the federal government’s policy emphasis on the south-west Pacific and the establishment of a joint Australia/PNG naval base on Manus Island. Federal…
The job-creating Cairns Shipping Development Project has been given the green light after the federal government signed off on the environmental impact statement. The federal government was forced to delay making a final decision on the EIS for several months at the request of the Queensland Labor Government. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the…
Students at Freshwater Christian College in Brinsmead will benefit from new classrooms, staff facilities and a covered outdoor learning area thanks to a federal government grant. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch today announced the federal government would provide $700,000 towards two projects at Freshwater Christian College via the government’s highly-successful Capital Grants Program. “Students and…
The launch today of a study to assess the care and support needs of tourists travelling to Tropical North Queensland will make the region’s world-renowned sites more accessible and inclusive. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said tourists who were elderly or had a disability had previously been unable to experience the unique sites of the…