Mr WETTENHALL (Barron River-ALP) (11.45 am): On 15 August this year I had the great pleasure of attending a concert at the Cairns Civic Theatre. It was a concert of a kind never before staged in Cairns. Three hundred and eighty students from 27 schools in the Far North, from Tully to the Torres
Strait, took part in Cairns MusicaLife, a celebration of community in concert

Mr WETTENHALL (18 August 2009) (10.52 pm): This evening I would like to pay tribute to the life of Elizabeth Plummer, a courageous Cairns woman who lost her five-year battle with cancer on 14 July this year at the age of 58.

Mr WETTENHALL (Barron River-ALP) (12.05 pm): Cape York and Torres Strait are recognised as two of the most spectacular and culturally important tourism regions in Queensland.

Mr WETTENHALL (Barron River-ALP) (11.42 am): The Bligh government is committed to building a modern, efficient, accessible, comfortable and affordable public transport system in Cairns.

Mr WETTENHALL (Barron River-ALP) (10.04 pm): In 2008, 28 people were killed on roads in Far North Queensland. Each year we hope and expect that fewer people will die in road crashes on Queensland roads than the year before. In 2009, however, 40 people have already died in road accidents
in Far North Queensland, already 12 more than the total for last year.