Statement: 2019 Federal Election

This election will be one of the most important in a generation – it will define our region for the next decade. There is a lot at stake I have plan for our region and I will deliver it . . . you can trust my plan. This plan includes busting congestion along the Captain…

Neville Jamil Newman

Mr ENTSCH: I rise tonight to pay my respects to a dear friend who sadly passed away recently. Neville Newman was born on 18 May 1945 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Prior to Neville’s birth, his parents were part of the compulsory evacuation south to Cairns, Townsville and Brisbane during World War II on the…

Federal programs continue to deliver for Far North Queensland

Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch today welcomed additional funding packages announced in the federal budget for programs* that Far North Queensland always fared extremely well under. Mr Entsch said the funding packages covered a range of areas including local road infrastructure, community groups, sporting groups, social programs and telecommunication infrastructure. He said he expected significant…

Budget bonanza for Far North Queensland

The Morrison Government has delivered a funding bonanza for Far North Queensland with families and workers among the biggest winners. The federal government last night announced the first budget surplus in more than a decade. The last time Labor delivered an actual budget surplus was in 1989 – three decades ago. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren…

Federal government to deliver congestion-busting Captain Cook Highway project

The federal government will invest $287.2 million toward delivering the much-needed Captain Cook Highway project to bust congestion and improve road safety. The funding for this game-changing project will be announced in tonight’s federal budget. The project, linking the Cairns CBD to the Smithfield Bypass, will see significant upgrades at the three major roundabouts along the…

Federal budget to give funding boost to FNQ councils

Far North Queensland councils will receive a multi-million dollar funding boost in this week’s federal budget to assist them with local road and safety projects. Sixteen councils across the region will receive a funding boost* as part of the government’s highly-successful Roads to Recovery Program. All councils will receive an additional 25 per cent funding…

FNQ indigenous rangers to protect our natural assets

Twenty-one Indigenous rangers will today graduate having completed new compliance training under the federal government’s $30 million Capacity Building for Indigenous Rangers Strategy. The newest cohort of Indigenous rangers celebrated their successful completion of compliance training today, in a specialist program delivered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Federal Leichardt MP Warren Entsch…