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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....

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...

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.

03 March 2024 Joint statement from Cairns Airport, CleanCo Queensland & Advance CairnsA new landmark agreement has Cairns Airport firmly on the path to becoming carbon-neutral by next year, a status which would make it among the first in Australasia. Cairns...

16 January 2024 Joint statement from North Queensland's peak advocacy bodies: Townsville Enterprise (for the Townsville North Queensland region), Advance Cairns (for the Tropical North Queensland region) and Greater Whitsunday Alliance (for the Mackay, Isaac and...

Fuelling connectivity and economic growth: Advance Cairns calls for investment in Far North Queensland General Aviation sector Advance Cairns, Far North Queensland’s independent economic development and advocacy organisation, has launched its General Aviation...