Entsch to deliver Cairns Cycling Club upgrade

The Morrison Government will invest $418,500 in upgrading and improving facilities at Cairns Cycling Club to ensure the region’s cyclists have access to state-of-the-art facilities. The investment was secured in this year’s federal budget as part of the government’s highly-successful Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said he had been working…

Labor candidate needs to tell truth on health funding

Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch has called on the local Labor candidate to come clean and start telling the truth about Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service funding. Commonwealth funding* for the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service has increased from $127 million when Labor left office to more than $242 million last financial…

New dawn for Cairns Marine Precinct operators

Local jobs across the Cairns commercial shipping and maritime industries will be further supported by recently completed upgrades to the Cairns Marine Precinct. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch, who officially opened stage one of the precinct today, said the federal government’s $24 million investment had boosted economic growth in the region and supported the expansion…

Facility upgrade puts Cairns Hockey ahead of the field

Far North Queensland now boasts an international-quality sporting facility following the official opening today of the $3 million redevelopment of the Cairns Hockey Association facilities. This project was jointly funded with the Coalition Government investing $2.7 million and the Cairns Hockey Association $300,000. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the improved facility, now raised to international…

Government invests $1.3 million to deliver real health outcomes for the community

The federal government will invest $1.3 million to facilitate the second stage development of the COUCH Health Services Precinct in Manunda. Federal government funding will purchase land next to the COUCH Wellness Centre to support the future construction of much-needed short term accommodation facilities for Far North Queensland patients visiting Cairns for treatment for cancer…