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Advance Cairns reacts to Federal Budget: slim-pickings for region

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

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

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.

Events

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Advance Cairns and James Cook University Business Lunch: Defence Strategic Review with review co-auther Professor Peter Dean. Panellists: Commander Alfonso Santos, Commanding Officer HMAS Cairns and Olav Groot, CEO Norship, & Founding Director of Norsta

TNQ Delegation to Parliament House

A 30-strong delegation of business leaders from FNQ travelled to Parliament House in Canberra to advocate for key priorities.
18-21 November 2024

2024 Annual General meeting

Annual General Meeting followed by a cocktail function with Directors and Members.
Thursday, 31 October 2024

Advance Cairns and James Cook University Business Lunch: Defence Strategic Review with review co-auther Professor Peter Dean. Panellists: Commander Alfonso Santos, Commanding Officer HMAS Cairns and Olav Groot, CEO Norship, & Founding Director of Norsta

Banking Landscape & Cybercrime with ANZ

ANZ’s John Campbell, shared insight into how the bank’s $4.9b acquisition of Suncorp could positively impact FNQ.
Wednesday, 4 September 2024