NAIDOC Week this year takes on the theme – Voice. Treaty. Truth – Let’s work together for a shared future – echoing the call for constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. NAIDOC Week which will commence on July 7 is a significant week of celebration that recognises the cultures, histories and achievements…
Cairns-based Labor Senator Nita Green faces the biggest test of her two day old parliamentary career and one that will clearly define her as either a party hack or someone willing to stand up for Far North Queenslanders. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said Far North Queenslanders would be watching on with interest to see…
Visitors to Far North Queensland will soon be able to walk or cycle a stunning new coastal and hinterland route from Palm Cove to Port Douglas, thanks to an $8 million investment from the Coalition Government. Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham said the Wangetti Trail, once complete, would become one of the country’s leading adventure-based…
The Morrison Government will invest up to $10 million to ensure the Lakeland Irrigation Area Project is shovel ready. This investment will ensure the final engineering and scoping works on this region-defining project are completed. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said the Coalition Government want to build dams. He said the Coalition Government’s investment for…
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…
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…
The federal government has committed up to $100 million to upgrade regional airports across the nation, including those in Far North Queensland. Processes for funding applications and assessments will be released later in 2019, with funding available from 1 July 2019. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the federal government was focused on connecting country…
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…
Forty volunteer organisations across Cairns and Far North Queensland will share in $146, 609 in federal government grants to help them continue the fantastic work they do in their respective communities. The successful organisations* will receive grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 to help with a range of needs, including buying equipment, paying fuel costs,…
The federal government is backing men’s and women’s sheds in Far North Queensland by unlocking new fundraising potential. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the government would introduce a new law that will make donations to men’s and women’s sheds tax deductable. He said this meant from 1 July 2020 anyone who donates $2 or…