Why Does Cairns Get all the Good Things?

Cairns has been very lucky today to have common sense prevailing (but only just) in the decision to go ahead with one of this city's biggest community projects - the Cairns Entertainment Precinct. The competition from other Queensland regions for funding from both state and federal governments has been pretty fierce judging by this article from local blog "The Rock News".

"CAIRNS has a population of about 160,000 – less than half that of the Coast – yet its council has just managed to score $57 million from the State Government to fund a massive performing arts centre. After two decades shooting for the same goal, the Sunshine Coast Council is still working on a study on how to complete such a project...." Read More