Stage performers and audiences in Cairns now have access to a spectacular new performing arts centre in the heart of the tropical Queensland city. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch, who attended last night’s gala opening, said the Cairns Performing Arts Centre’s main theatre seats up to 940 people. He said the project was jointly funded…
The federal government will improve the health and care of patients in Far North Queensland with a guaranteed $1.25 billion boost to health services. Under the program the government will partner with local community providers, health and hospital services and research institutions, such as James Cook University and CQUniversity, to provide additional funding in four…
The federal government will invest $491,000 in upgrading and improving the sporting facilities at Edge Hill United Football Club and Cairns Indoor Sports to help increase sporting participation and get the local community more active. Edge Hill United Football Club will receive $337,000 and Cairns Indoor Sports will receive $154,000. The investment is part of…
The Sugar Code of Conduct will be extended a further four years to provide certainty for the Australian sugar industry. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the continuation of the code would be welcomed by cane growers around the Cairns and Tableland region. “The Sugar Code of Conduct will stay in place to provide certainty…
Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the federal government had listened to the concerns of Far North Queenslanders and had changed Cairns Port’s designation. The designation is even more important in light of the federal government’s policy emphasis on the south-west Pacific and the establishment of a joint Australia/PNG naval base on Manus Island. Federal…
Mr ENTSCH: I rise to speak about a game-changing project in my electorate that was announced last week. The Cairns Shipping Development Project represents a key economic driver not only for Cairns and Far North Queensland but for all of northern Australia. The project will support 195 full-time jobs during construction and create a further…
The job-creating Cairns Shipping Development Project has been given the green light after the federal government signed off on the environmental impact statement. The federal government was forced to delay making a final decision on the EIS for several months at the request of the Queensland Labor Government. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the…
Mr ENTSCH: I rise tonight to highlight a transformational project within my electorate. The Mossman Mill has been a feature in the local landscape for more than a century. In 1897, Annie Rose fed the first sugarcane into the mill, with the mill producing its first sugar after crushing 27,905 tonnes of cane for its…
Mr ENTSCH: I rise this evening to highlight an initiative that is achieving amazing results in Wujal Wujal, a small Indigenous community in my electorate. The 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment, plays an important role in the security of northern Australia by conducting surveillance patrols in sparsely populated and remote regions of Far North…
Mr ENTSCH: It gives me great pleasure to rise this afternoon to talk about the Cairns Men’s Shed and the fantastic work they’re doing in my community. The Cairns Men’s Shed has come along in leaps and bounds over the past few years and is widely regarded as one of the best sheds around. During…
