LOCAL defence operations came under the spotlight today when Darren Chester, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, and Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch toured facilities in Cairns. During their visit Mr Chester and Mr Entsch met with the patrol boat crew Ardent Five and toured HMAS Childers. “HMAS Cairns remains an important strategic base in…
THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE (RFDS) today welcomed the arrival of the latest addition to its aeromedical aviation fleet ? a new 2014 model Beechcraft B200 King Air aircraft for its Cairns Base. The aircraft was unveiled at an official ceremony attended by the Hon. Warren Entsch, Member for Leichhardt, and Alan Smith, CEO of…
THE Australian Government is investing more than $31 million over six years for research into tropical water quality through the National Environmental Science Programme. The research will assist in the management of coastal and marine water quality in Australia’s tropical regions, including the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. “This boost to science funding will…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch is seeking to reassure Far Northerners that proposed data retention laws do not pose an increased threat to privacy, ahead of a protest in Cairns tomorrow. “Data retention is a vital measure to help us, as a country, stop online criminals,” Mr Entsch said today. “We need to put processes in…
FEDERAL MP Warren Entsch says a move by the Insurance Council of Australia to hold town-hall meetings in the Far North next week is nothing but a “rear-guard action” intent on scaring consumers. “These meetings are being held in Edmonton and Innisfail by the ICA, at the request of Kennedy MP Bob Katter, and apparently…
CHRISTMAS has come early for aged care in Leichhardt with Federal MP Warren Entsch successfully securing support for two critical and long-overdue projects. In the 2014 Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR), officially announced today, the Star of the Sea Elders Village on Thursday Island will receive a capital grant of $19,093,000 to carry out an…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch says Far North Queensland is being seen as the tourism torchbearer after the region received eight gold, eight silver and five bronze gongs at the Queensland Tourism Awards on Friday. Mr Entsch, who attended the awards in Brisbane, said that twenty-one of the thirty-nine nominations put forward from the region received…
MORE than 40,000 homes and businesses in the Far North are a step closer to getting the National Broadband Network, with construction to be completed or underway in a number of suburbs by June 2016. “It was good to attend a briefing in Canberra today and get the latest information as to when and where…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch will co-sponsor a cross-parliamentary Bill on medicinal cannabis on behalf of the Liberal Party when it is lodged with the House of Representatives next week. At a press conference in Parliament today, Mr Entsch stood alongside representatives of all major political parties to announce proposed new laws that would stop people…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has today welcomed key moves in the campaign to make medicinal cannabis more available for people suffering chronic and terminal conditions. In Townsville, at the weekend’s LNP State Council meeting, two motions on medicinal cannabis were passed with very strong support from party membership. “The first encouraged the State Government to…
