LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has welcomed the announcement that His Excellency the Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Tweddell will be appointed the new Chancellor of James Cook University in 2016. “Bill is an outstanding JCU alumnus and a highly appropriate person to take over the reins from retiring Chancellor Lt Gen John Grey AC,” Mr…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says Far North Queensland will benefit from extra efforts to tackle the drug ‘ice’. The Government will invest almost $300 million over four years to improve treatment, after-care, education, prevention, support and community engagement to tackle ice. It comes after the Final Report of the National Ice Taskforce was…
A commitment of $58 million from the Reef Trust spearheads a suite of measures by the Australian Government to continue to build the health and resilience of the iconic Great Barrier Reef. “This new commitment of $58 million between 2015 and 2019 brings the Australian Government’s total investment through the Reef Trust to $91.3 million,”…
A GROUP of future leaders of the Torres Strait took inspiration from a visit to Parliament House in Canberra recently, meeting with their local MP Warren Entsch among other representatives. Hailing from Thursday, Mabuiag, Mer and Yorke islands, the seven women were participating in a four-day Torres Strait Women's Leadership Program to expand their skills…
FAR Northern MP Warren Entsch has welcomed today’s news that the Mt Emerald Wind Farm has been approved by Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt. “This is fabulous news and I congratulate the project proponents, John Morris from Port Bajool and RATCH-Australia Corporation, for their perseverance during the lengthy assessment phase,” Mr Entsch said. “The approval…
LIBERAL MP Warren Entsch has taken time in Parliament this week to recognise the 16th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, which was commemorated around the world on 20th November. “In more than 20 countries, people remembered those who have died as a result of anti-transgender hatred and prejudice,” Mr Entsch said. “In Sydney people gathered…
LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has backed legislation that would see dual-nationality citizens who support or engage in terrorist activities against Australia stripped of their Australian citizenship. The Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015, before Parliament this week, recognises that ‘Australian citizenship is a common bond and that citizens may, through certain conduct incompatible…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says time is running out for people with limited or no mobile phone coverage to nominate specific locations for Round 2 of the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program. “Round 1 of the program was a resounding success and saw a commitment of $100 million by the Federal Government…
Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt and Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch have united in a bipartisan fight to see the ‘Cairns Solution’ secure the lucrative Australian Defence Department’s Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement tender. The Labor and Liberal MPs said opportunities for Queensland would always come ahead of party politics. “Warren and I have both been pushing hard…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says three local arts organisations will receive a combined total of $121,600 to help keep Indigenous languages and art alive. The funding was part of more than $3-million announced by Minister for the Arts, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield today for 59 projects across the country that will showcase…
