FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has called for dredge spoil to be used to reclaim degraded land as a solution to preventing the pollution of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The Federal Government is proposing that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority collects up to $15 a cubic metre of dredge spoil…
PREMIER Anna Bligh has plucked eight random rivers to add to the Wild Rivers legislation list merely to meet the quota she promised green groups, Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says. Mr Entsch labelled Labor’s pledge to declare five more rivers on Cape York as being exempt from mining, damming and other development as…
ABOUT 100 people who attended the Future of Fishing Forum were vocal in their views on the Government’s lack of consultation when imposing restrictions on the industry. The forum, organised by Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch, heard from dozens of people in, or associated with, the commercial, sport and recreational fishing industry at the…
FISHERS wanting a say in the future of their livelihoods are invited to a public meeting hosted by Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch, Senator Richard Colbeck and the Far North’s LNP candidates. The Future of Fishing Forum aims to give recreation, sport and commercial fishers the opportunity to share their views on the challenges…
MEMBER for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is stunned that fellow MP Bob Katter has launched a State election policy to solve Queensland’s insurance woes when he has avoided dealing with the problem for the past year. Mr Katter last week said his party of state election candidates would establish a State Government insurance firm to ensure…
THE Far North’s over-stretched public health system would be one of the nation’s biggest casualties under the Gillard Government’s plans to wind back private health insurance rebates, Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says. Mr Entsch argued against the Government’s legislation in Federal Parliament, saying the changes would push more patients into the public health…
Currently there is no funding or support for the intersex transsexual, transgender, sister-girl, brother-boy and gender-diverse community in Queensland for healthcare. As a result there is a growing concern and fear in the community that gender centres and some sexual health services are at risk of shutting their doors to the community because of the…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch today welcomed the Government’s support of his motion to take more action to reduce the tuberculosis threat to Papua New Guinea from affecting the Torres Strait. Mr Entsch met with Health Minister Tanya Plibersek and senior AusAID officials today (February 7) to reinforce his view that frontline health services…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is confident proposed law changes that would restrict the use of foreign-based cabin crews will be rejected. Major carriers Jetstar and Qantas have already warned the draft legislation would increase their operating costs and reduce their ability to compete with other airlines, forcing them to withdraw connecting services from…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has thrown his support behind a business group campaign aimed at forcing the State Government to build a second access roadway in the growing southern corridor of Cairns. The Edmonton Traders Association and the Mulgrave and District Chamber of Commerce has launched a petition demanding the State Government investigate, fund and…