PORMPURAAW residents again have access to air services, with the community’s airport re-opening to flights. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the Australian Government contributed $790,000 towards the airport upgrade from the Regional Aviation Access Program. “This important program helps upgrade aerodromes in remote and isolated communities around…
THE FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt, Mr Warren Entsch, has today announced the opening of applications under Round One of the Australian Government’s landmark $1 billion National Stronger Regions Fund. The new Fund will target projects that deliver priority economic development and small-scale community infrastructure at the local level throughout Australia. “This is a huge opportunity…
CONSTRUCTION of the new Bloomfield River Bridge is now complete, ending years of wet season isolation for the remote community of Wujal Wujal on the Cape York Peninsula. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the bridge will improve access for the local community to schools and health services…
AUSTRALIA is part of an international community and has an obligation to make a stand against genocide, sexual slavery and torture in Iraq and Syria, says Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch. Speaking in Parliament today on the National Security Statement, Mr Entsch expressed his strong support for Australia’s action to help combat the “desperate circumstances” in…
I rise here today to express my very strong support for what Australia is doing to help combat the desperate circumstances that we are seeing with ISIL in Iraq and in Syria. This is certainly a humanitarian endeavour. It is certainly not an act of war. When we see scenes of genocide, families fleeing violence,…
THE FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch, is asking Far North Queensland kids to illustrate what ‘the spirit of Christmas’ means to them as part of his 2014 Christmas Card competition. The competition, which is now in its fifth year, is open to all children aged from 5 years to 12 inclusive ? with the…
THE FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch, is today calling on local research organisations to bid for a share of more than $25 million in annual funding as part of a new National Environmental Science Programme (NESP). The Programme, managed by the Federal Government’s Department of Environment, builds on the world-class research carried out by…
COOKTOWN State School student Dylan Mitchell has been recognised on the world stage with his artwork being viewed and enjoyed by international figures at the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Cairns this weekend (19-21 SEP). Dylan was among just 14 students from across Far North Queensland awarded for their entries in the G20 Cairns School…
THE Coalition Government has signed off on the first tranche of funding to help Cairns Regional Council update its outdated CCTV system, Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said today. The 2014-15 Federal Budget includes funding under the Coalition Government’s Safer Streets Programme, where proceeds of crime will be directed to fund local crime prevention projects.…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has highlighted the issue of mobile phone coverage in Parliament yesterday, presenting a petition from Kuranda residents who are sick of battling mobile black spots and slow internet. This petition, with 579 signatures from residents and businesspeople of Kuranda, reinforces the dire state of telecommunications in the region. “The lead petitioner…
