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Cairns Airport Flies High with Clean Energy Partnership

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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...

Unified Effort for Enhanced Cyclone Reinsurance Pool in Northern Queensland

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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...

Advance Cairns calls for investment in FNQ General Aviation sector

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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...

Advance Cairns’ response to State Budget 2023-24

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Brisbane, June 13, 2023: Advance Cairns has welcomed funding across infrastructure, business and training detailed in the 2023-24 Queensland Budget tabled today. CEO Jacinta Reddan she said the funding announcements will benefit business and industry with...

2023-24 Federal Budget reaction

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9 MAY 2023 (Cairns) – Advance Cairns, Far North Queensland’s independent economic development and advocacy organisation, today welcomed the confirmation of additional $30 million in funding for the critical Cairns marine precinct Common User Facility (CUF), part of a...

Superyacht Bill consultation feedback by March 9

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3 MARCH 2023 (Cairns) - Advance Cairns is calling on the region’s tourism, marine and allied industries to have their say on flagged legislative changes which would ensure that the jobs and economic benefits of the superyacht industry would continue to flow to the...