Queensland Labor MPs are now playing catch-up behind the Coalition’s plans for a national dugong and turtle protection plan. The Coalition went to the election with a $2.6 million plan that would enable Indigenous Rangers and additional officers to step up practical and effective efforts to protect the key species. Shadow Minister for Climate Action,…
A National Dugong & Turtle Protection Plan is on the agenda in Parliament this week.Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch and Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage Greg Hunt launched a push to establish a National Dugong & Turtle Protection Plan in Parliament last night. The duo called for bipartisan support to save…
Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has accused the Gillard Government of a “no consultation” agenda in relation to detention centres to house the increasing number of asylum seekers. Mr Entsch says the dumping of detention centres in communities throughout Australia, such as Weipa in Far North Queensland and most recently Inverbrackie in Adelaide Hills…
Mr ENTSCH (Leichhardt) (1.56 pm)-I rise today to recognise in this place the very special efforts of a very special woman in my electorate of Leichhardt, Mrs Rose Richards, affectionately known as Auntie Rosie. Auntie Rosie has dedicated her life to helping Indigenous pregnant women from remote communities and their children get the best care…
Mr ENTSCH (Leichhardt) (6.55 pm)-I welcome the opportunity for governance of this area to come under the jurisdiction of the federal parliament as of 1 July, because I think what we need to do here is send a strong message out to the Australian medical colleges that, with the gift of monopoly-which is what they…
Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has accused Queensland Premier Anna Bligh of giving with one hand and taking with the other. The claim comes after Anna Bligh today announced that she will be giving back 75,000 hectares of park known as Archer Bend to the Wik Mungkan people on Cape York. “This is so…
It isn’t good enough that the primary healthcare of Cairns’ southern suburbs is left almost solely to one doctor. Edmonton Family Medical Centre is serviced by only one full time GP and as a result has been unable to deliver adequate healthcare with 100 patients being turned away a week. The Opposition believes we need…
The Weipa community is up in arms after the announcement that the RAAF Scherger air force base will be turned into a detention centre to house an influx of asylum?seekers. The announcement made today by Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has sent the Weipa community into a spin. “The community have been lied to ? there…