Media Releases

Cairns-based Jute Theatre Company is set to benefit from a $9,800 funding boost from the State Government.
Member for Mulgrave and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Curtis Pitt said the funding boost is part of the Learning Earning Active Places (LEAP) strategy.
The LEAP program, worth $900,000 in 2011-12, funds sport, recreation and cultural [...]

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Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) has been caught out playing politics on the important issue of disability services.
Member for Mulgrave and Minister for Disability Services Curtis Pitt said a media release issued by the KAP candidate for Cairns simply doesn’t stack up and completely ignores the Bligh Government’s $50 million election pledge to boost support for [...]

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Southside patrons will now have access to a safer and more improved entertainment experience following today’s celebration to launch the Southern Corridor Liquor Accord in the Gordonvale area.
Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt said it was great to see licensed venue operators come together to promote a cooperative approach to developing a safe and well managed [...]

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A White Rock storm water drain has been fenced to reduce the drowning risk for children attending the new kindergarten at White Rock State School.
Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt said the fence has been a known local issue.
“When I visited the kindergarten site prior to construction last year, the acting principal made me aware of [...]

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 Older people and people with a disability in Innisfail are now more mobile than before thanks to a new St John’s Community Care bus.
Member for Mulgrave and Disability Services Minister Curtis Pitt said St John’s Community Care had received $145,000 in Queensland Government funding earlier this year to buy a new vehicle and had purchased [...]

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The LNP’s Emergency Department policy announced yesterday would deliver not one extra cent, not one extra clinician, and not one extra service to Innisfail or Babinda, Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt said today. 
In fact, of the 27 hospitals the LNP lists as benefiting from their policy, Innisfail and Babinda miss out entirely.*
“Their policy only delivers [...]

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 Minister for Disability Services and Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt today presented local families with a new autism guide at Autism Qld Centre in Edmonton.
Mr Pitt said My child has autism – information for Queensland families is an important new resource for families of children with autism aged up to eight years.
“The guide provides practical [...]

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A re-elected Bligh Government would grant $50,000 to Cassowary Coast Regional Council for a jointly-funded feasibility study into dredging of Johnstone River, Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt said today.
“Dredging of Johnstone River could mean huge economic benefits for the region so it’s worth investigating but we need to make sure any project would be [...]

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The Innisfail community will have access to state-of-the-art library facilities following today’s announcement that a re-elected Bligh Government will deliver $2 million to help fund a new multi-purpose library.
Premier Anna Bligh said the old library had been damaged extensively by Cyclone Larry and has been operating out of temporary facilities since 2006.
In 2009 community [...]

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Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt has challenged his opponents to lay their cards on the table regarding how they’d fund future health services in the southern corridor, saying both will promise the world during the election but won’t be able to explain how they’ll deliver.
“This time last year in a two-page spread in The Cairns [...]

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