Far North Queensland received a major boost today with the opening of the new $13.6 million Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal.
Far North Queensland received a major boost today with the opening of the new $13.6 million Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the new terminal would be a much needed shot in the arm for the local economy.
“Backed by this substantial piece of infrastructure the local cruise ship industry will set a course for even more success,” Ms Bligh said.
“First impressions count and arriving passengers will be dazzled by this terminal.
“There is a great mix of old and new. We’ve restored the heritage-listed wharf shed and even the original rail tracks are featured in the redevelopment.
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FORMER Ipswich state MP Rachel Nolan believes the city’s future “hangs in the balance” and the next few years are critical to setting things on the right path after the monumental damage done by corrupt mayor Paul Pisasale and other senior council figures.
Now executive chair at think tank the McKell Institute, Ms Nolan has been out of politics for almost a decade.
At the time she was the youngest woman ever elected as an MP in Queensland when she won the seat of Ipswich in 2001, at the age of 26. Bill Hayden with former MPs Rachel Nolan (left), David Hamill (right), and current Ipswich MP Jennifer Howard in 2016.