Visiting the Marlin Coast Men's Shed earlier this year. TWO local Men’s Sheds will receive funding from the Turnbull Government to promote and support men’s health and wellbeing in the Far North. The Club Shed Cooktown will receive $3022 for a new drop saw, while the Mossman Community Men’s Shed will benefit from $7500 towards…
COMMUNITY organisations and not for profits play an invaluable role in Far North Queensland but are often run on the smell of an oily rag. That’s why Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch is encouraging local groups to take advantage of grants of up to $5000 to help support the work of their volunteers. The funding is…
Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, has congratulated 22 Indigenous rangers and four Indigenous Compliance Officers on completing their Certificate IV in Statutory Compliance at a graduation ceremony in Cairns today. The graduates completed the course as part of the Coalition Government’s Specialised Indigenous Ranger Programme (SIRP). “This programme is the first of its kind,…
LOCAL MP Warren Entsch has welcomed the Turnbull Government’s announcement of $20.5 million in new funding for McGrath Breast Care Nurses to ensure ongoing support for people being treated for breast cancer, including patients in Far North Queensland. Breast cancer is estimated to be the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the most common cancer…
SPEEWAH residents are celebrating after their new mobile phone tower was turned on earlier this week, drastically improving reception in the regional community near Kuranda. The new tower was funded under Round 1 of the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Programme in conjunction with Telstra, with Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch crediting the very high level…
MEMBER for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says the Turnbull Government is getting young Australians ready and able to join the workforce through the innovative Youth Jobs PaTH programme. With the tender process to deliver the stage 1 of the programme (the delivery of pre-employment training for young unemployed Australians) launched late last week, local employers and…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch today officially opened the new learning areas at Peace Lutheran College in Kamerunga, describing himself as “incredibly impressed” by the new infrastructure. Students and staff at Peace Lutheran College now have full use of four new classrooms, withdrawal rooms, three staff offices and storage areas. The Turnbull Government provided $325,000 in…
Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch has welcomed news that Far Northerners aged over 70 can now get the shingles vaccine at no cost. Mr Entsch said the shingles vaccine will be free to eligible people, with a catch-up program available for adults aged 71 to 79 years. “This new National Shingles Vaccination Program is an important…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has congratulated the team behind the State of the Children report released today, describing it as an “outstanding” piece of statistical social work. “This will be an incredibly valuable tool as governments and community agencies look to address some of these areas of disadvantage in our communities,” Mr Entsch said after…
Image courtesy ABC Far North The remote far north Queensland community of Pormpuraaw will no longer be cut off during the wet season after the completion of upgrade works on the only access road into the community. Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said the project had been funded under the $260.5 million…