Mr ENTSCH: I rise today to congratulate the Cairns and District Chinese Association, known as CADCAI, for their vibrant Chinese New Year celebrations. The Cairns Festival was held over a 15-day period and was a great opportunity to share in and celebrate North Queensland’s rich Chinese history. Some of the highlights included spectacular Chinese lion…
Mr ENTSCH: I rise to inform the House that tomorrow is the day that we here in Parliament House are raising awareness of prostate cancer. The day will be starting early for those who have booked to receive their prostate blood test, and from 12 pm there’s a big barbecue—with over 250 persons anticipated to…
Mr ENTSCH: On 21 October this year the Cairns Chamber of Commerce and James Cook University Business Excellence Awards were held. Since their inception 2017, the BEX awards, as they are commonly known, showcase business excellence and contributions businesses have made to the community of Cairns. With 10 categories, 188 nominees, 88 finalists, 18 judges and over…
Mr ENTSCH: While I welcome the government’s significant investment commitments to the Kuranda Range in the marine precinct in my electorate, I want to raise some serious concerns about the effectiveness of the funding. Let me start by addressing the concerns with the government’s commitment for $210 million for safety upgrades on the Kuranda Range.…
Mr ENTSCH: I’m sure, Madam Deputy Speaker Chesters, you’ll agree with me that it’s important that we celebrate sporting events in our remote areas. Recently the remote Cape York community of Kowanyama held its Bob Sands Memorial Weekend. One of the significant events was the Kowanyama softball competition. For the second year running, it was…
Mr ENTSCH: Last Monday I attended the launch of Legacy Week in an event that was a first, in taking place at the HMAS Cairns base. It was a great opportunity to engage with the defence community and come together and celebrate Legacy Week. We all know that Legacy does some great work supporting veterans…
Mr ENTSCH: Last Monday, 29 August, my beautiful wife, Yolonde, and I had the pleasure of attending the 2022 Hostplus North Queensland and Northern Territory restaurant and caterers awards. This is the first time for a couple of years that the awards have been held. There was a little thing that crept into our society,…
Mr ENTSCH: The Zonta Club of Cairns, in collaboration with the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, held their second masquerade ball on 23 July at the Pullman Cairns International. I had the great pleasure of attending with my beautiful wife, Yolonde. It was a colourful affair, with everyone donning all sorts of uniquely designed masquerade…
Mr ENTSCH: The Daintree microgrid project is signed, sealed and about to be delivered. I have fought tirelessly for this project for more than two decades and I am immensely pleased that the construction will start later this year. I could stand here for hours and talk about the microgrid project and the benefit of…
Mr ENTSCH: I rise to speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022. I have to say, before the member for Kingsford Smith leaves the chamber: this hasn’t been a nine-year journey. The first time we had the opportunity of fixing this catastrophe was back when I approached his Treasurer,…