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…
The Morrison Government is continuing to invest in programs that deliver training and employment outcomes for Indigenous people living in remote areas by providing $1 million to Kapani Warriors to refresh their equipment and improve their training offering. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the program has yielded outstanding rates of success across a number…
Three Cairns organisations have been successful under the Morrison Government’s Veteran and Community Grants program. Veteran and Community Grants are for activities and services that improve the health and wellbeing of members of the veteran community. They can also fund programs that reduce social isolation, support carers and improve access to community services. Federal Leichhardt…
The Morrison Government is providing more than $1.2 million for headspace services in Cairns as part of its $26 million investment to ensure that young people can access mental health services where they need them and when they need them. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch welcomed the funding which will ensure better social and health…
MR ENTSCH: Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of attending the official launch of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair with my beautiful wife, Yolonde. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, or CIAF, as it’s known, is Australia’s premier Indigenous art fair. It celebrates the vibrancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. This year, the theme…
MR ENTSCH: I recently had the pleasure of attending the Cooktown and Cape York Expo with my beautiful wife and daughter, Yolonde and Mackenzie. Cook Shire Council had been planning to stage the event in 2020 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s 1770 voyage to Australia. Unfortunately, it became a victim of…
MR ENTSCH: It gives me great pleasure to advise that the land required to build the Cairns university hospital has now been purchased. It’s a major step in ensuring the long-overdue and much-needed project becomes a reality. In 2019, the Morrison government, in partnership with James Cook University, announced a $60 million investment to get…
As part of Men’s Health Week, the Australian Government is encouraging Men’s Sheds across Cairns and Far North Queensland to apply for funding as part of the newest round of the National Men’s Shed Development Programme. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said funding under Round 22 of the National Men’s Shed Development Programme was now…
Cairns motorists received a major road safety boost today with the Morrison Government announcing it will invest $709,000 towards upgrading the intersection of Upward and Draper Streets at Parramatta Park. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said community input was critical to identifying key black spots across Cairns and Far North Queensland. He said Cairns Regional…
Small and medium hotels across Cairns and Far North Queensland are receiving support from the Morrison Government to cut their energy costs so they can invest in their business and create local jobs. Seventeen* local businesses have been awarded grants of up to $25,000 under the Morrison Government’s $10.2 million Hotel Energy Uplift Program. The…
