The Great Barrier Reef Foundation has identified $111 million in spending under the landmark Reef Trust Partnership over the next financial year that will help keep Australia on track to meet its 2025 Reef water quality improvement targets and drive forward the world’s largest scientific collaboration to help coral reefs adapt to changing ocean temperatures.…
The Morrison Government is providing $137,600 to Ruth’s Hub to support women and children experiencing family and domestic violence in Cairns. Federal Women’s Safety Minister Anne Ruston said the additional funding came on top of the $281,720 the Morrison Government provided Ruth’s Women’s Shelter to set up the Hub. “The Morrison Government is absolutely committed…
The James Cook Museum in Cooktown is in need of urgent roof repairs to ensure historical artefacts contained in the museum are not destroyed. The former convent, now owned and operated by the National Trust of Australia (Queensland), is one of Cooktown’s major attractions. The museum houses an extensive collection of local Guugu Yimithiir artefacts,…
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair has been awarded a $48,170 grant under the Morrison Government’s Indigenous Contemporary Music program. The $2 million program is aimed at increasing development opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians and bands. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the grant would allow CIAF to further support local indigenous artists…
Staff and students at Peace Lutheran College in Kamerunga will benefit from the development of a new master plan. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the Australian Government will provide $9,900 towards the project funded through the Morrison Government’s Capital Grants Program. “This project will enable Peace Lutheran College to plan for future upgrades and…
Nintiringanyi Indigenous Corporation has successfully secured $40,000 in funding under in the latest round of the Morrison Government’s Festivals Australia program. The funding will allow Nintiringanyi Indigenous Corporation to deliver its project, The Murama Experience, at the Cairns Festival. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the funding will provide critical support for local artists and…
First home buyers and single parents with children in Cairns and Far North Queensland can now apply for a place under the Morrison Government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme, New Home Guarantee or the Family Home Guarantee. Ten thousand additional places will be made available under each program from 1 July 2021. Since the introduction…
Businesses in Cairns and Far North Queensland are encouraged to apply for a grant to help strengthen Australia’s supply chain capabilities and access to critical products in times of crisis. Applications have now been opened for manufacturers under the Morrison Government’s $107.2m Supply Chain Resilience Initiative. This initiative is a key part of the Morrison…
The Morrison Government is providing Mossman-based manufacturer CocoNutZ Australia with a grant of $1 million to increase its competitiveness and productivity while also helping support local jobs. CocoNutZ Australia is an agricultural bio-manufacturing platform diversifying Far North Queensland agriculture through producing a range of condiments using local sugar cane. The grant is being delivered under…
Work on the congesting-busting $300 million Cairns Western Arterial Road duplication will commence in 2022. The business case for the project linking the Smithfield and Redlynch will be released in October 2021. Design detail options for the upgrades is now open for public comment on the Department of Transport and Main Roads website. The staged…
