Bruce Highway upgrade delivers early for Cairns

by | Aug 27, 2017 | Media Releases

• Cairns Southern Access – Foster to Robert Road upgrade project opened today • Freight and tourism industries set to benefit from improved traffic flow, reliability and safety The $58 million upgrade of the Bruce Highway from four to six lanes between Foster Road and...

Major improvement in Cairns unemployment rates

by | Aug 24, 2017 | Media Releases

Treasurer and Member for Mulgrave, Curtis Pitt, says the latest ABS figures show significant improvements since the January 2015 state election in the general unemployment rate in Cairns as well as youth unemployment. Figures released today show the lowest...

Have your say on proposed new place name

by | Aug 18, 2017 | Media Releases

Members of the public and community groups are being invited to have their say on a proposal to name a geographical feature in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Treasurer and Member for Mulgrave, Curtis Pitt, said the proposal involved formally naming a natural...