Federal member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has announced more patients in Far North Queensland are seeing a doctor without having to reach for their wallet, thanks to Medicare. Mr Entsch said local GP bulk billing rates for the 2016-17 financial year increased to 87.2 per cent compared to 86.2 per cent in 2015-16. This is…
DetailsWorks are now finished on safety upgrades of the Bruce Highway south of Cairns, with wide centrelines, new turning lanes and better lighting along five kilometres of highway between Gordonvale and Edmonton. Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said the upgrades would make the highway safer for motorists travelling near Sikh Temple Road…
DetailsEligible child care providers in Far North Queensland can now apply for funding to help break down barriers that may be preventing disadvantaged and vulnerable families accessing early learning services. Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said applications for the Government’s new $124 million Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) can be made from today and…
DetailsFederal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has encouraged all Far North Queenslanders to honour the service and sacrifice of our soldiers who served in the Vietnam War as Australia marks Vietnam Veterans’ Day and the Battle of Long Tan today (18 August 2017). Mr Entsch said nearly 60,000 Australian men and women served in the…
DetailsFederal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has reassured Far North Queenslanders that patients needing urgent after hours medical care at home will always be supported under Medicare despite a review of after-hours services. An independent doctor review of after-hours services has found a 150 per cent growth in the use of urgent after-hours was not…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government is accelerating efforts to improve the Great Barrier Reef’s water quality by providing further funding of up to $7.1 million to Queensland sugarcane farmers to reduce nitrogen runoff flowing from the Reef catchments. Runoff from agricultural land in the Reef catchments is a major threat to the health of the Reef. Work…
DetailsFOLLOWING on from the announcement that Cairns Aquarium will receive Federal Government funding for its new Reef and Rainforest research education centre, the Coalition Government has announced three more major grants for Far North Queensland under the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF). Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has congratulated the successful applicants in securing…
DetailsA Coalition Government funding boost of $601,000 for Indigenous entrepreneurs in Far North Queensland, is set to create business opportunities and jobs and provide much needed machinery. Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, and the Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch MP, said today the Hudson Machinery Hire proposal would enable ‘Hudson Hire’ to purchase a…
DetailsTROPICAL North Queensland applicants still keen to take advantage of the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages have been given extra time to submit their applications for the $220 million initiative. Minister for Regional Development Fiona Nash said the extension, to 15 August 2017, would ensure the best outcome for regional Australia. “We have worked closely…
Details• 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…
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