CAIRNS People living with dementia will now have the opportunity to enjoy their creative side. Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield and Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch have announced funding for KickArts Contemporary Arts through the Regional Arts Fund. “I am pleased to announce that KickArts has received $26,720 through the March grant round…
Saibai Island residents in the Torres Strait will be better protected from storm surges and high tides after the completion of the Saibai Island Seawalls, part of the Torres Strait Seawalls project. The Torres Strait community today celebrated the official opening of the $24.5 million Saibai project, which will help protect homes and critical infrastructure…
THE service of the nation’s most highly decorated Australian-Chinese soldier to serve in World War I has been recognised today, with a new pedestrian bridge on the Bruce Highway at White Rock officially commissioned and named in his honour. Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch was onsite today for the official commissioning and naming of…
– Sealing works have begun on Laura Racecourse to Little Laura project on the PDR– Project will improve the road surface and provide additional overtaking opportunities as part of the $260.5 million Cape York Region Package Sealing works have started on the Laura Racecourse to Little Laura project on the Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) as…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has officially opened Austal’s new office in Portsmith today, congratulating the company on the move which he says reinforces its commitment to our region. Austal has been awarded the $24 million contract by the Commonwealth Department of Defence to provide support services for the existing Pacific-class and new Pacific Patrol Boats…
MP Warren Entsch has congratulated United Petroleum for “bringing the fuel price fight to Cairns”, where motorists have had a gutful of consistently high prices at the bowser. “I think it’s fantastic that United is offering cut-price fuel at its new station at Woree, they’re bringing competition to Cairns city which is sorely needed,” he…
The Australian TB Caucus welcomes the call from G20 leaders on the weekend for a new platform to incentivise research and development to tackle drug-resistant infections ? specifically in relation to the threat of tuberculosis (TB), which accounts for a third of deaths globally from drug resistance. As the world’s leading infectious disease killer and…
The Mareeba community will have continued access to essential GP services with the Coalition Government providing $2 million to help reduce pressure on the Mareeba Hospital’s emergency department. The funding will support both GP services and local residents with complex or chronic conditions, to help keep them well and out of hospital. “This is a…
SENATOR the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for the Arts and Leichhardt MP, Warren Entsch have congratulated four Far North Queensland Indigenous arts groups on receiving grants under the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program. “I am extremely pleased to announce that the Hopevale Aboriginal Corporation for Arts and Culture, the Pormpuraaw Arts and Cultural…
Hosting the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis, Dr Eric Goosby, at Saibai in June. LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch will use his appointment to the United Nations later this year to present Australia’s position on a whole range of issues, including showcasing the work being done to preserve the Great Barrier Reef and warning the global…