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- Criminal Organisation Bill
- Motion: Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry;
- Road Safety
- Integrity Bill and Commissions of Inquiry (Corruption, Cronyism and Unethical Behaviour) Amendment Bill
- Trade Measurement Legislation Repeal Bill
- State Penalties Enforcement And Other Legislation
- Vegetation Management and Other Legislation
- Gambling and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Personal Property Securities (Commonwealth Powers) Bill
- Motion: Far North Queensland Regional Plan
- Victims of Crime Assistance Bill
- Juvenile Justice and Other Acts Amendment Bill; Juvenile Justice (Sentencing Principles) Amendment Bill
- Cairns Musicalife
- Mrs Liz Plummer
- Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait, Tourism Industry
- Cairns, Public Transport
- Regional Road Safety Summit
- Great Barrier Reef Protection Amendment Bill
- Appropriation Bills: Estimates Committee G
- Infrastructure Investment (Asset Restructuring and Disposal) Bill; Fuel Subsidy Repeal and Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Barron River Electorate, Bikebus and Cycle Safety
- Address-In-Reply
- Telecommunications Interception Bill
- Vegetation Management (Regrowth Clearing
- Barron River Electorate, Election Promises
- Tourism Industry
- Trinity Inlet
- Natural Disasters
- Queensland Economy
- Animal Management (Cats And Dogs) Bill
- Investigation Into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee
- Motion: Reef Rescue Program
- Carers (Recognition) Bill
- Health Legislation (Restriction On Use Of Cosmetic Surgery For Children And Another Measure) Amendment Bill
- Cairns Cycleway
- Motion: Cairns Hospital, Order for the Production of Documents
- Cairns Transit Network
- Community Safety
- Mines And Energy Legislation Amendment Bill
- Far North Queensland Regional Plan 2025
- Airport Assets (Restructuring and Disposal) Bill
- Liquor and Other Acts Amendment Bill
- Death of Ms D Forden
- Appropriation Bills; Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- FNQ 2025
- Disability Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Trinity Beach State School
- Contemporary Music Strategy
- Cairns Hospital
- Kuranda State District College
- Criminal Code and Civil Liability Amendment Bill
- Water Fluoridation Bill
- Australian Tropical Forest Institute; Kuranda Neighbourhood Centre
- Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre
- Sustainable Homes
- Edwards, Mr R
- Judicial Remuneration Bill
- Redlynch State College
- Queensland Heritage and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Cape York Peninsula Heritage Bill
- Transport Legislation Amendment Bill
- Death of Mr A Payet
- Urban Land Development Authority Bill
- Cairns Airport
- Barron River Electorate, Community Celebrations
- Environmental Protection Amendment Bill
- Land Court and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Community Services Bill
- Clean Coal Technology Special Agreement Bill; Appropriation Bills
- Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Amendment Bill
- Legal Profession Bill
- Queensland Tourism Strategy
- Associations Incorporation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Security Providers Amendment Bill
- Fire Ants
- Transport Legislation and Another Act Amendment Bill
- Climate Change
- State Penalties Enforcement and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
- Whistleblowers Protection Amendment Bill
- Questions on Notice
- Media Releases
- Cairns: Sports funding up for grabs
- Fraud Week warning on scams
- Pool safety paramount in tropical top end
- $13.5 million to help community care and disability providers upgrade facilities
- CIVILIANISATION BOOSTS FRONTLINE POLICING IN FAR NORTH
- Kuranda on track for the future
- Tropical North Queensland tourism operators vie for national honours
- Cast your vote for Tropical North Queensland!
- Best Job Ben journeys to Japan for a Queensland promotional tour
- Cairns Volunteer Associations Receive Money In Grants
- Best Job in the World’s Ben Southall invites almost four million North Americans to Tropical North Queensland
- Echo Creek Launch
- $1 Million sport and recreation boost for children in care
- Crocs And Snakes To Have A Swim In Floodwaters
- Queenslanders to Shape Future of Education System
- Queensland Takes Proactive Approach to Street Gangs
- Beware of Electric Ants in green debris in storm waste
- Major adoption reforms for Queensland
- Work starts on Cairns cruise ship terminal redevelopment
- Premier and Best Job Ben urge Americans to say G'Day to Queensland
- Cars with Kids: No One Smokes Here Anymore
- Tropical North Queensland receives $72,000 tourism grant
- Earl Hill Walking Tracks and Interpretive Signage Officially Opened
- $7 million for six months tourism marketing under new Tourism Action Plan
- QPWS Welcomes Families for Christmas at Tinaroo
- Funding benefits Barron River community
- Have Yourself A Very Green Christmas!
- FNQ families to benefit from new kindergarten programs
- Safety upgrades on highway continue
- New Service to Help Renters
- Sasi Victoire Children’s Books Launched and Images
- 2009 Queensland Road Safety Award for Trinity Beach School Bike Bus
- Somerset campground opens up Cape York
- Award Winning Road Safety Campaign
- Barron River Area Schools Improve in Literacy And Numeracy
- Barron River MP welcomes new driver fatigue campaign
- Five New Police for Far North Region
- Young artists from the region showcased at the Tanks
- Barron River Summer School to Support Literacy and Numeracy
- Youth Parliament reps meet their mentors
- Trinity Beach School Recognised In Healthy Qld Awards
- Defensive driving course for local members
- New Book Celebrates Queensland’s Unique Wet Tropics
- St John’s celebrates seniors in a multicultural community at St John’s - Redlynch
- Indian travel agents sample Tropical North Queensland’s holiday delights
- Green Traineeships on offer for Barron River jobseekers
- SOLD OUT – Tomorrow’s Cairns MusicaLife features 380 students on stage
- Bird Watching in Tropical Australia’ Tourism Launch
- New Appliance a Boost for Kuranda Fire Station
- Far North seniors keep fit
- Road Safety Summit for Cairns
- Local builders start work on local school
- Best Job in the World Island Caretaker raves about Tropical North Queensland
- Seniors rebates and concessions amongst best in Australia
- Free vaccine for new parents to help fight whooping cough outbreak
- New rental laws take effect
- $525 000 secures land for Marlin Coast Neighbourhood Centre
- Beat Diabetes – Australia’s Fastest Growing Chronic Disease
- Launch Of New Cultural Tourism Strategy In Tnq
- Barron River community groups receive benefit funds
- Redlynch State College $20.7 Million Stage Three Officially Opens
- TNQ tourism campaign in the US pays off
- Barron River sports clubs to receive $24,800 in natural disaster funding
- Wettenhall welcomes State Budget
- Extra Help For Pensioners Doing It Tough
- Community funding boost in tough times
- Self-guide Rainforest Plant Identification Walkway for Kuranda tourists and locals
- Tourism Working Group to discuss the future of tourism in Tropical North Queensland
- Excellence Rewarded In Local Schools
- Kindly leave your ants at the door
- Submissions on changes to pool safety laws due this Friday
- Barron River Queensland Day Awards
- $10M outback tourism attraction opens near Port Douglas
- $120,000 invested into multiculturalism in Cairns
- Cairns Sunbus fleet boosted by 24 new vehicles
- Repair work reaps rewards
- Time running out to nominate a volunteer
- Welcome Funding Boost for Barron River School
- Speed limit change to improve safety on Captain Cook Highway
- Walk safely to school day
- Emergency Services Personnel to Showcase their Skills
- Electric ants hitch ride to Trinity Beach
- Building Kuranda’s Education Revolution
- Everyday Queenslanders to take a bow
- Trinity Beach school children cycle safely towards better health
- Barron River Queensland Day Awards
- Diabetes and home dialysis centres move
- Biosecurity Queensland tackles electric ants on new front
- Literacy help for unemployed in Cairns, Tablelands
- Call To Job Seekers: New Green Army To Protect Jobs And The Environment
- Love of Reading Reaps Results
- Jobs and Housing Bonanza
- Welcome Funding Boost for Barron River Schools
- Improvements planned for Wrights Lookout at Kuranda
- Opposition robs schools of vital funds
- Jobs in $20M new & upgraded FNQ police facilities
- $2 million multi-purpose community sports facility opens in Redlynch
- New Green Policies Launched
- Training places to support industry and create jobs
- Smithfield Police Station Upgrade
- Literacy and Numeracy Plan
- Labor Support for Tourism Jobs
- Boost for Smithfield High Science facilities
- Good news for Barron River boaties
- New Apprenticeship Opportunities
- Keeping Queensland's Elective Surgery Waiting Lists the Shortest in the Country
- Three candidates in the race for Barron River
- Steve Wettenhall and Labor encouraging more efficient and sustainable housing in the far north
- Steve has five icons listed in the top 300 - you can vote on them now
- Minister inspects new facilities at Redlynch State College
- Green Army to create jobs and protect environment
- Steve Wettenhall welcomes crackdown on repeat juvenile offenders
- Surf life saving clubs big winners including Palm Cove and Ellis Beach clubs
- Wettenhall challenges Liberal National Party candidate on environment
- Springborg: Queensland's no. 1 global financial crisis denier
- Wettenhall backs Overpass solution for Western Arterial Road/Ramsey Drive
- Business gets a break to fight economic downturn
- New committee to guide Kuranda's development
- Good news for Barron River schools
- Barron River schools urged to `tap into' water saving
- Work starts on $33m infrastructure project at JCU
- Cairns MPs Welcome Premier's Mozzie Repellent Roll-out
- Traffic lights to be installed at Arnold Street intersection
- Australia Day award honours Cape York planner
- Wettenhall Calls for Further Cycle Safety Measures on Roundabouts
- Far north's emergency services personnel shine at Australia Day Awards
- Springborg gets an "F" for dodgy schools policy
- Right turn to be removed at busy Cairns intersection
- Opposition missing in action on Emissions Trading Scheme and Nazi comments
- Pedestrian / cycle ways improve safety on the Northern roundabouts
- QAS Awards Far North's Best of the Best
- Solar Homes Program
- Local Women Nominated for Community Innovation Award
- Share your story and make a difference
- Kuranda District State College Officially Opens
- St Andrew's Catholic College Celebrates Opening of New Facilities
- Other News
- A Flying Start For Queensland Children
- Are you cyclone and storm ready?
- Ergon Energy Customers give $4million to RFDS
- Are you cyclone prepared?
- Remaining Captain Cook Highway roundabouts to be upgraded
- Reminder to register for the ClimateSmart Home Service program
- $250,000 to move four younger people with disabilities out of Cairns Base Hospital
- Lions Club of Trinity Beach purchase new Laptop and Projector thanks to Gambling Community Benefit Fund Grant
- Plans to act locally after summit tackles wider road safety issues
- Fair Trading makes a Smart move
- Have your say on the new Draft Queensland Coastal Plan
- Support with Disaster Relief
- Qld Set to Roll Out Swine Flu Vaccines
- Community groups in Barron River receives funding boost
- Call for seniors to help shape their future
- Tough new laws to make Queensland pools safest in Australia
- Ramping Up the Effort to Stop Alcohol-Fuelled Violence
- Recent State Government Iniatives
- Jobs Figures
- ‘Bird Watching in Tropical Australia’ Tourism Launch
- New Book Celebrates Queensland’s Unique Wet Tropics
- Green Traineeships on offer for Barron River jobseekers
- Road safety initiatives in the Cairns Region
- New Appliance A Boost For Kuranda Fire Station
- Road Safety Summit for Cairns
- Best Job in the World Island Caretaker raves about Tropical North Queensland
- $525 000 secures land for Marlin Coast Neighbourhood Centre
- New rental laws take effect
- REDLYNCH STATE COLLEGE $20.7 MILLION STAGE THREE OFFICIALLY OPENS
- Community funding boost in tough times
- State Budget delivers for FNQ
- Self-guide Rainforest Plant Identification Walkway for Kuranda tourists and locals
- Barron River Queensland Day Awards
- Renewing Queensland Plan
- Swine Flu
- Submissions on changes to pool safety laws due this Friday
- New laws passed to target rock throwers
- Submissions invited on draft laws to assist victims of crime
- Cairns Sunbus fleet boosted by 24 new vehicles
- Thank You Steve
- Door to Door Traders
- Roundabouts now 60km
- Electric Ant Infestation Spreads
- Call To Job Seekers: New Green Army To Protect Jobs And The Environment
- Message from Steve: Election Aftermath
- Buses are preferred mode for proposed Cairns rapid transit project
- Be safety smart with portable gas cylinders this Easter
- Don’t be a bunny this Easter - new fishing rules apply
- How To Vote - Handy Information
- Springborg: Queensland's no.1 global financial crisis denier
- Payroll Tax Apprentice and Trainee Incentive
- Community groups in Barron River buoyed by pre-Easter grant funding
- Toward Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland
- Barron River Electorate Office now a MobileMuster point
- New Resources Help Demystify Court System
- Barron Falls is First in my books
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