News & Media
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Media Releases
Amplifying Far North Queensland’s Voice in Canberra
As the Crisafulli Government begins its 100-day campaign following the State election, Advance Cairns has shifted its focus to the Federal stage. In partnership with the Cairns Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ), we recently led a...
Fighting for the Far North Ahead of the Federal Election
A delegation of more than 25 business leaders from Tropical North Queensland will head to Parliament House in Canberra next week advocating for key priorities essential to unlocking the region’s potential. The focus areas include infrastructure investment, health,...
Advance Cairns welcomes water security boost
Advance Cairns, the leading independent economic development and advocacy organisation for Far North Queensland, today welcomed the funding announced for the Cairns Water Security Stage 1 project, with an additional $87.5 million allocated in the 2024-25 State Budget....
Advance Cairns reacts to Federal Budget: slim-pickings for region
Failure to fund Cairns Water Security risks deepening cost-of-living pressures for city’s ratepayers. Advance Cairns today said while the 2024-2025 Federal Budget was big on national initiatives, it was short on specific commitments to Cairns and Far North Queensland....
Tropical North Queensland Delegation: Delivering a Sustainable Future
We had an extraordinary week of high-level engagement across the Queensland Parliament during our Tropical North Queensland delegation to Brisbane last week. The delegation of about 25 senior business leaders met with close to 30 Members of Parliament across the two...
Tropical North Queensland delegation to Queensland Parliament
A delegation of close to 30 business leaders from across the region will head to Brisbane to advocate for priorities which are key to unlocking the potential of the region with a key focus on health, connectivity and water security.
Submissions & Publications
2024-25
2024-25 Federal Budget Submission (January 2024)
2024-25 Queensland Budget Submission (February 2024)
2024 TNQ Priorities: Brisbane Delegation (March 2024)
2023-24
2023-24 Queensland & Federal Budget Submission (February 2023)
2022-23
Federal Budget Submission (February 2022)
Regional Priorities (Februrary 2022)
Queensland Budget Submission (March 2022)
Federal Budget Submission (August 2022)
2021-22
Federal Budget Submission (February 2021)
Queensland Budget Submission (February 2022)
2020-21
Federal Budget Submission (February 2020)
Queensland Budget Submission (February 2020)
Queensland Election Priorities (July 2020)
2019-20
Federal Budget Submission (February 2019)
Queensland Budget Submission (March 2019)
Invest Cairns: World’s eyes on tropical jewel (November 2019)
Northern Australian Alliance Priorities (November 2019)