THE campaign to promote Cairns’ $2B bid to build 21 replacement Pacific Patrol Boats has ramped up, with the consortium members meeting with senior Ministers in Canberra today. Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch helped host the group, which included representatives from the prime contractor TeeKay Shipping (Australia), vessel designer and builder Damen Shipyards Group,…
Australia Tibet Council has today released a new report Tibet – An Environmental Challenge in Canberra as part of its campaign to broaden understanding of the significance of the Tibetan plateau in today’s world. This 40-page report, released ahead of the UN Climate Conference in Paris in December, looks at Tibet as the source of…
**Read the current edition of my eNewsletter** Thanks for taking the time to read my Spring 2015 Newsletter. There’s always so much going on that doesn’t necessarily get covered in the media, so this newsletter is the best way for me to communicate with you, my constituents. I’m pleased to report that the Northern Australia…
Mars Petcare will give evidence about the opportunities for milkfish aquaculture to supply product to the pet food industry when it appears before the Northern Australia Committee in Canberra on Tuesday, 13 October. The public hearing is part of the committee’s inquiry into opportunities to expand the aquaculture industry in Northern Australia. Committee Chair, the…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has congratulated the Cairns community in Parliament for taking a united stand against domestic and family violence. “Yesterday, more than 300 people turned out for the Safer Families, Better Communities walk on the Cairns Esplanade,” said Mr Entsch. “It was a very public statement that Cairns has zero tolerance for domestic…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has slammed the insurance industry in Parliament today for not being serious about improving the affordability and availability of property insurance in Northern Australia. “Submissions to the Northern Australia Insurance Taskforce from the insurers and the Insurance Council of Australia are overwhelmingly against government action,” he said. “The ICA’s…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is calling on Far North Queensland kids to illustrate how Christmas is celebrated around the world as part of his 2015 Christmas Card competition. The competition, which is now in its sixth year, is open to all children in Leichhardt aged from 5 years to 12 inclusive – with…
ROADTEK will deliver works on three projects on Cape York to extend the seal on the Peninsula Developmental Road. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the three projects are part of the Cape York Region Package and have a combined value of $19.2 million. “By funding the upgrade…
5…4…3…2…1…BLAST OFF! THE countdown is on for high-speed broadband in regional areas of Leichhardt with the launch tomorrow (THUR) of the first of two new multi-million dollar NBN satellites. The satellite, named ‘Sky Muster’ is scheduled to be launched from the French Guiana city of Kourou, in South America, sometime between 0630 and 0746 Eastern…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has welcomed news that local producers will be among those who benefit from $5.3 million worth of projects to assist small exporters with market access. The grants, announced by the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce, under the Government’s Package Assisting Small Exporters Programme, delivers on an…