Building Better Regions Fund delivers Cairns Reef and Rainforest education centre

• A reef and rainforest research education centre to be built at the Cairns Aquarium under Coalition’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) • Coalition Government is investing almost $1 million under the BBRF • Research centre will boost visitor numbers to Cairns and surrounding region The Coalition Government’s new Building Better Regions Fund will deliver…

Reminder: Expressions of Interest for Round 3 of the Stronger Communities Programme Close Next Week

COMMUNITY groups, not?for?profits and local government organisations are being reminded they only have one week left to submit an expression of interest for funding as part of Round 3 of the Australian Government’s Stronger Communities Programme. The programme is again providing $150,000 to fund small capital projects, with grants ranging between $2,500 and $20,000 that…

Additional family counselling services for First Australians in Leichhardt

The Wuchopperen Health Service will be able to provide additional family counselling services in Edmonton, Bentley, White Rock and Gordonvale with a focus on social and emotional wellbeing and family violence, thanks to a $356,832 grant from the Coalition Government. Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, said that Wuchopperen Health Service Limited would receive funding…

nbn? lands in Port Douglas

PORT Douglas residents and businesses are being urged to start looking at options for their new broadband service with nbn™ being switched on to more than 2000 premises this week. Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch is encouraging people to jump onto the nbn™ website at www.nbn.com.au/check where they can type in their home or business address…