Holistic support is now available for Far North Queenslanders living with cancer with the COUCH Wellness Centre now open to patients. The Coalition Government invested $1.5 million in the project with COUCH contributing the remaining $1.6 million. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch, who officially opened the centre today, said the construction of the wellness centre…
The Coalition Government will invest $12,000 to deliver vital upgrades at the Holloways Beach Men’s Shed. The investment will allow the shed to undertake much-needed paving work to make it more accessible for its members. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said he had been working closely with Holloways Beach Men’s Shed to secure this much-needed…
The Coalition Government will invest more than $525 million to ensure Australia’s vocational education and training sector delivers the skills critical to the economy now and into the future. A key aspect of the government’s Delivering Skills for Today and Tomorrow initiative will be the creation of up to 80,000 additional apprentices in priority skill…
The Morrison Government will help the Daintree community establish Australia’s first solar to hydrogen-based microgrid. Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor today announced a grant of $990,150 for the Daintree Renewable Energy Pty Ltd to take the 100 per cent renewable project to ‘shovel ready’ within 12 months. He said the money has been allocated in…
The Coalition Government will invest $1 million to secure the future of the Cairns Men’s Shed. The investment was secured in this year’s federal budget as part of the government’s highly-successful Community Development Fund. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch, who is also the shed’s patron, said he had been working closely with Cairns Men’s Shed,…
The Coalition Government is backing traditional owners and investing $5 million to construct sea walls in the Torres Strait to support local employment, businesses and training opportunities for local families. The funding for this project has been allocated out of existing resources within the Indigenous Advancement Strategy. The investment will be delivered via a partnership between…
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…
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 Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch has welcomed recent Conus/CBC Staff Selection Regional Trend Labour Force report prepared by Pete Faulkner. Mr Entsch said the local figures for unemployment have been trending down for some time now, with plenty of progress being made just recently. “These improvements are linked to the government’s commitment to enabling and…
Cairns residents received a major road safety boost today with the federal government announcing it will invest $372,000 towards bicycle safety upgrade projects under the federal government’s highly-successful Black Spot Program. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said six* locations across Cairns will be made safer thanks to the federal government’s investment. “Motorists living within and…