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CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL
Adam Willimott (Excellence Award) – Adam manages the Innisfail PCYC with his loyal band of staff and helpers who have worked tirelessly to raise money for the multi use facilities including squash courts, fitness & training centre and designated music room. During his 7 years in Innisfail he has established an [...]

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Recently I congratulated local Justice of the Peace (JP) Peter Nielsen on reaching 25 years of service, and presented him with a certificate in Gordonvale with ‘JPs in the Community’ coordinator Selwyn Johnston.
Some people may recognise Peter as the long-serving Santa Claus at Stockland Earlville. But these days he has hung up the big red [...]

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Premier Anna Bligh has launched a plan to use the State’s resources to fuel the education of the next generation of Queenslanders.
The Premier released From Mines to Minds: A proposal to establish a Queensland Education Trust at West End State School today.
The paper proposes the establishment of a multi-billion dollar Queensland Education Trust using 50% [...]

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�Earlier this week, I attended the Gordonvale State High School presentation evening and was fortunate to present awards to a number of promising students. In particular, I was pleased to present the Curtis Pitt MP Youth Volunteer Award, originally instigated to celebrate the International Year of Volunteers by the former Member for Mulgrave.
As the name [...]

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�The Babinda Information Centre will benefit from Queensland Government funding for capacity building projects from the third round of grants under the $2 million Building Rural Communities Fund.
The Babinda Information Centre will receive $8,000 towards establishing an historical display of the Babinda Sugar Mill.
Under the plan funding of up to $10,000 is available to organisations [...]

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�It was great to welcome my Cabinet Colleague, Building Industry Minister Simon Finn, to Edmonton today to inspect the site of the public cyclone shelter which is to be constructed at the Edmonton Leisure Centre on Walker Road, south of the Cairns CBD.
The shelter is one of ten new shelters to be constructed in North [...]

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�Today I represented Education Minister Cameron Dick at today’s Earth Smart Science Celebration Day, and congratulated 14 Far Northern teachers for inspiring their students to take steps towards reducing their environmental footprint.
The $5.8 million Earth Smart Science program is part of the State Government’s $43.5 million commitment to rejuvenate science teaching and re-ignite student interest [...]

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�Fisheries Minister Craig Wallace is encouraging fishers across Queensland to have their say on Queensland’s Fisheries regulations.
Mr Wallace said fishers are being given the opportunity to provide feedback on issues important to them.
“I am very interested in finding out what recreational fishers think about a limited take of female mud crabs,” Mr Wallace said.
“Protection measures [...]

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Queenslanders are voting overwhelmingly to celebrate the Queen’s Birthday public holiday in the second half of next year and to enjoy an extended school holiday break at Easter.
The discussion paper titled Getting the balance right: A proposal on holidays in Queensland also looks at allocating an extra public holiday when Christmas, Boxing, or New Year’s [...]

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Queensland Premier Anna Bligh today announced the Government would establish an independent Queensland Mental Health Commission.
“I’m very pleased to announce the next stage in our fundamental transformation of Queensland’s mental health system through the establishment of the Queensland Mental Health Commission,” the Premier said.
In 2011-12 alone, the Queensland Government is investing over $1 billion in [...]

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