News & Media
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Media releases
Strength and Diversity in TNQ
Critical demand on the region’s health services and an urgent bed shortage at Cairns Hospital headline vital requests in Advance Cairns’ State Budget submission released today. The submission highlights ever-increasing pressure on the local health sector, with Cairns...
Renewal, Resilience and Sustainability
Advance Cairns today released its Federal Budget submission in pursuit of almost $1.5B in infrastructure investment. The submission is headlined by unprecedented spending on the Cairns seaport (including its Navy base) and a series of the region’s most vital roads,...
Study to map new agricultural export opportunities for FNQ
Far North Queensland producers and exporters will reap the benefits of a significant new project to identify export opportunities for existing and potential high value agricultural products. The collaboration between the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing...
Submissions and publications
FY2025-26
2025 Northern Australia Economic Reform Roundtable
(Submitted in August 2025)
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FY2024-25
2025 Federal Election Priorities
(Submitted in March 2025)
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Roadmap 2035: A Framework to Strengthen Far North Queensland
(Published in February 2025)
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2025-26 Federal Budget Submission
(Submissed in February 2025)
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2025-26 Queensland Budget Submission
(Submissed in February 2025)
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2024 Queensland Election Priorities
(Submitted in September 2024)
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FY2023-24
2024 Tropical North Queensland Priorities: Brisbane Delegation - Delivering a Sustainable Future
(Submitted in February 2024)
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2024-25 Queensland Budget Submission
(Submitted in March 2024)
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2024-25 Federal Budget Submission
(Submitted in January 2024)
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2024-25 Queensland Budget Submission
(Submitted in November 2023)
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FY2022-23
2023-24 Budget Submissions
(Submitted February 2023)
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Federal Budget Submission (August 2022)
FY2021-22
Federal Budget Submission (February 2022)
Regional Priorities (Februrary 2022)
Queensland Budget Submission (March 2022)
FY2020-21
Federal Budget Submission (February 2021)
Queensland Budget Submission (February 2022)
FY2019-20
Federal Budget Submission (February 2020)
Queensland Budget Submission (February 2020)
Queensland Election Priorities (July 2020)
Invest Cairns: World's eyes on tropical jewel (November 2019)
Northern Australian Alliance Priorities (November 2019)
FY2018-19
Federal Budget Submission (February 2019)
Queensland Budget Submission (March 2019)