Entries have now closed for the Palaszczuk Government's $3 million 'Cairns Holiday Dollars' program. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said 106,212 people.
Cairns TAFE secures Australian Defence Force contract for maritime training to boost security
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Premium Content  CAIRNS has won a $36m naval training program to help expand its maritime sector capabilities and diversify the economy. TAFE Queensland in Cairns and the Australian Defence Force signed a contract on Tuesday to deliver a five-year maritime programthat will train students from 12 Pacific Island nations to crew 21 guardian patrol boats. The initiative forms part of the Federal Government s $2 billion Pacific Maritime Security Program to strengthen maritimecapability in the Pacific. Twenty four jobs in maritime maintenance will also be delivered to Cairns as part of the initiative.
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The Palaszczuk Government is offering 15,000 Queenslanders a free $200 travel voucher to spend on tourism experiences when they holiday in the Cairns and Great Barrier Reef region over the next four months.
The special deal launched today gives people three days from 8 – 11 March to enter the draw to secure one of the vouchers which they can use anytime between the 15 March – 25 of June this year.
The big give away aims to boost visitor numbers in the Far Northern Region hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of international travellers.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Tropical North is an ideal place for an Easter break or people could take a weeklong break around some of the other upcoming public and April school holidays.
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is well underway in the Far North, with Cairns Hospital on track to vaccinate its 1000th person. It has been a week since.