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      • $159 million in 09/10 capital works
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      • Kingsford Luncheon Speech
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      • Urban Development Institute of Australia - Cairns Branch Presentation 4 July 2008
      • Cairns Regional Council Budget for 2008
      • Cairns Regional Council Swearing in Ceremony
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    • Community a priority in 09/10
    • Savings found through sustainability
    • Budget boosts economic development
    • Council finds $8m in budget savings
    • $159 million in 09/10 capital works
  • Whats New
    • What's New
      • Council Election on 28th April
      • Achievements at the End of Last Year
      • Small Business and Economic Development
      • Mayor Val Schier's Fundraising Art Auction
      • Entertainment Precinct
      • Community Grants
      • Future Community Grant Funding
      • Welcoming Babies Ceremony
      • Other Celebrations
      • National 'Ride to Work Day' – 12 October 2012
      • Fly in Fly out (FIFO) Worker Promotion
      • Defence Forces Review
      • Welcoming the region's babies: Sunday 25 September 2011: 10am to 4pm
      • Sustainable House Day is on again: Sunday 11 September
      • Having your say about cycling safety
      • New Rectangular Stadium?
      • Consultation with the Community
      • Update On City Centre Revitalisation And Entertainment Precinct Masterplans
      • Launch Of Off-Road Cycleway
      • We've Supported The Inaugural 'Challenge Cairns' And 'Adventure Festival'
      • We've Waived Headworks Charges For Developers
      • More Achievements!
      • An Important Cairns Hillslope Purchased For The People
      • Community Grants
      • Blues Festival, Carnivale, Adventure Festival, Challenge Cairns. . . . Is May The Festival Month?
      • Post-Cyclone Yasi Responses Underway
      • 2011 Tropical Innovation Awards
      • Significant Achievements
      • Want a space for an event?
      • SuperYacht Group
      • Hillslopes Protection
      • Cyclone Yasi
      • Premier's Visit
      • Cairns: the Adventure Capital of Australia
      • Purchase of Red Hill
      • International Women's Day Celebrations in Cairns
      • The Future of Babinda
      • Australia Day Events
      • Chinese New Year: the year of the rabbit
      • Economic Development
      • Community Profiling/Atlas/Economic Profiling
      • International Women's Day
      • A City Ready for Cyclones
      • Opening of Cruise Ship Terminal
      • 'Your Say' and 'Imagine Tomorrow' on Council Website
      • Tropical Style Design Guide
      • All Abilities Playgrounds and Sugarworld Gardens Open
      • More Cycling Paths
      • Real Buzz at the Tropical Innovations Awards
      • New Council Website
      • Regional Events
      • Community Planning
      • Small Business Support
      • Climate Change Strategy
      • Tropical Innovations Awards
      • Back Zoning of Hill Slopes into Conservation
      • Council Grant Programme
      • Welcoming Babies Ceremony
      • Implementing the Port Douglas Waterfront Master Plan
      • ZUMBA classes on the Cairns Esplanade
      • Community Planning: Make sure you have your say
      • Peace Park Opened in Peace Week
      • Partnerships
      • Flying Fox Summit
      • Creating new events: Eclipse Marathon
      • Riding Safely
      • The new regional Tennis Centre
      • Making our Laneways Attractive and Interesting
      • Green Choice
      • Federal government on board with Cultural Precinct
      • Cairns Festival: Live Cairns
      • New Life for Empty City shops: Beautiful Spaces
      • Turning the sod for the cycle way
      • Raising of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags on Sorry Day
      • 125th Anniversary of Local Government in Cairns
      • Urban Design Awards
      • 20th Anniversary of the Mt Emerald Plane Crash
      • Getting On With The Job
      • International Womens Day celebrations
      • Earth Hour 2010: 27 March
      • Great Northern Clean Up in September this year
      • Gong Xi Fa Cai
      • Looking to the Future: Community Planning
      • Dynamic new CEO
      • Strengthening and enriching our communities
      • Our environmental credentials are looking good
      • Doing our bit to boost the economy
      • Infrastructure projects completed
      • The PM and Premier Respond to Regional Leadership
      • Clamping down on illegal clearing of vegetation
      • Walk against Warming
      • Prepare Now for the Cyclone Season
      • Meet the Mayor
      • Cattana Wetlands Official opening: 9am Sunday 6 December
      • Christmas is coming
      • Cars, pedestrians and cyclists: getting the balance right
      • More Events Make Good Sense For Our Economy
      • FREE GREEN WASTE DISPOSAL: Sun 7th to Sun 15th Nov 2009
      • Celebrating National Re-cycling Week and perhaps the "Big Aussie Swap Party" next year
      • How Prepared is Cairns for a Natural Disaster?
      • Have Your Say About The New Cycleway
      • Women in Local Government
      • Arts Nexus
      • Nominate a community champion for Australia Day Awards 2010
      • The New Breed of Business People in Cairns
      • Ride to Work Day
      • Where do we go with alcohol-related violence in the CBD?
      • Tropical Green Building Network
      • New Regional Tennis Centre in North Cairns
      • Feedback from SBS's "About Women"
      • Urban Design: Mayor's Award
      • Go Troppo Arts Festival Port Douglas
      • About Women: SBS 8.30pm Wednesday 30 September
      • Council Grants to sports, arts, culture and community development organisations
      • Sister Cities Photo Exhibition
      • A Big Sporting Week
      • Great Northern Australia Clean up Day
      • Sustainable House Day: Sunday 13 September 2009
      • Parks and Recreation Strategy 2010-2015
      • Cultural Precinct
      • Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Plan
      • HAPPY BIRTHDAY JCU
      • Council stall at Carnival on Collins: Sunday 6th September
      • Do Not Call Register
      • Festival Cairns 2009
      • Port Douglas Combined Club Opening
      • Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for the Cairns Region
      • Pacific Islands Forum
      • Citizenship Ceremonies
      • Small steps can make a world of difference
      • Kingsford Lunch Speech
      • My Commitment to Openness and Transparency
      • Chinese Heritage in Grafton St
      • Cattana Wetlands: Tree planting on Sunday 2 August
      • The Cleaner Seas Project
      • Charity Car Washes
      • Mossman Gorge Gateway Project
      • Cycling and Walking Strategy for the Cairns Region
      • NAIDOC WEEK 2009
      • Queensland Beekeepers' Association
      • Corporate Plan
      • Bringing down the Budget in difficult times
      • The Freshwater Heritage Trail
      • Green Expo at TAFE
      • High rise in Cairns?
      • An Event Strategy for Cairns
      • Resignation of CEO
      • A Month in my life as Mayor
      • Going to Guam
      • Douglas Water
      • An exciting new Festival Cairns
      • Festivals Committee
      • The Taipans
      • The year in review
      • Residents Response System
      • Visit to the North of the Region
      • The First Few Days of Being Mayor
      • Swearing in on Thursday, April 3rd
    • Media Releases
      • Community a priority in 09/10
      • Savings found through sustainability
      • Budget boosts economic development
      • Council finds $8m in budget savings
      • $159 million in 09/10 capital works
    • Council Election on 28th April
    • Achievements at the End of Last Year
    • Small Business and Economic Development
    • Mayor Val Schier's Fundraising Art Auction
    • Entertainment Precinct
    • Community Grants
    • Future Community Grant Funding
    • Welcoming Babies Ceremony
    • Other Celebrations
    • National 'Ride to Work Day' – 12 October 2012
    • Fly in Fly out (FIFO) Worker Promotion
    • Defence Forces Review
    • Welcoming the region's babies: Sunday 25 September 2011: 10am to 4pm
    • Sustainable House Day is on again: Sunday 11 September
    • Having your say about cycling safety
    • New Rectangular Stadium?
    • Consultation with the Community
    • Update On City Centre Revitalisation And Entertainment Precinct Masterplans
    • Launch Of Off-Road Cycleway
    • We've Supported The Inaugural 'Challenge Cairns' And 'Adventure Festival'
    • We've Waived Headworks Charges For Developers
    • More Achievements!
    • An Important Cairns Hillslope Purchased For The People
    • Community Grants
    • Blues Festival, Carnivale, Adventure Festival, Challenge Cairns. . . . Is May The Festival Month?
    • Post-Cyclone Yasi Responses Underway
    • 2011 Tropical Innovation Awards
    • Significant Achievements
    • Want a space for an event?
    • SuperYacht Group
    • Hillslopes Protection
    • Cyclone Yasi
    • Premier's Visit
    • Cairns: the Adventure Capital of Australia
    • Purchase of Red Hill
    • International Women's Day Celebrations in Cairns
    • The Future of Babinda
    • Australia Day Events
    • Chinese New Year: the year of the rabbit
    • Economic Development
    • Community Profiling/Atlas/Economic Profiling
    • International Women's Day
    • A City Ready for Cyclones
    • Opening of Cruise Ship Terminal
    • 'Your Say' and 'Imagine Tomorrow' on Council Website
    • Tropical Style Design Guide
    • All Abilities Playgrounds and Sugarworld Gardens Open
    • More Cycling Paths
    • Real Buzz at the Tropical Innovations Awards
    • New Council Website
    • Regional Events
    • Community Planning
    • Small Business Support
    • Climate Change Strategy
    • Tropical Innovations Awards
    • Back Zoning of Hill Slopes into Conservation
    • Council Grant Programme
    • Welcoming Babies Ceremony
    • Implementing the Port Douglas Waterfront Master Plan
    • ZUMBA classes on the Cairns Esplanade
    • Community Planning: Make sure you have your say
    • Peace Park Opened in Peace Week
    • Partnerships
    • Flying Fox Summit
    • Creating new events: Eclipse Marathon
    • Riding Safely
    • The new regional Tennis Centre
    • Making our Laneways Attractive and Interesting
    • Green Choice
    • Federal government on board with Cultural Precinct
    • Cairns Festival: Live Cairns
    • New Life for Empty City shops: Beautiful Spaces
    • Turning the sod for the cycle way
    • Raising of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags on Sorry Day
    • 125th Anniversary of Local Government in Cairns
    • Urban Design Awards
    • 20th Anniversary of the Mt Emerald Plane Crash
    • Getting On With The Job
    • International Womens Day celebrations
    • Earth Hour 2010: 27 March
    • Great Northern Clean Up in September this year
    • Gong Xi Fa Cai
    • Looking to the Future: Community Planning
    • Dynamic new CEO
    • Strengthening and enriching our communities
    • Our environmental credentials are looking good
    • Doing our bit to boost the economy
    • Infrastructure projects completed
    • The PM and Premier Respond to Regional Leadership
    • Clamping down on illegal clearing of vegetation
    • Walk against Warming
    • Prepare Now for the Cyclone Season
    • Meet the Mayor
    • Cattana Wetlands Official opening: 9am Sunday 6 December
    • Christmas is coming
    • Cars, pedestrians and cyclists: getting the balance right
    • More Events Make Good Sense For Our Economy
    • FREE GREEN WASTE DISPOSAL: Sun 7th to Sun 15th Nov 2009
    • Celebrating National Re-cycling Week and perhaps the "Big Aussie Swap Party" next year
    • How Prepared is Cairns for a Natural Disaster?
    • Have Your Say About The New Cycleway
    • Women in Local Government
    • Arts Nexus
    • Nominate a community champion for Australia Day Awards 2010
    • The New Breed of Business People in Cairns
    • Ride to Work Day
    • Where do we go with alcohol-related violence in the CBD?
    • Tropical Green Building Network
    • New Regional Tennis Centre in North Cairns
    • Feedback from SBS's "About Women"
    • Urban Design: Mayor's Award
    • Go Troppo Arts Festival Port Douglas
    • About Women: SBS 8.30pm Wednesday 30 September
    • Council Grants to sports, arts, culture and community development organisations
    • Sister Cities Photo Exhibition
    • A Big Sporting Week
    • Great Northern Australia Clean up Day
    • Sustainable House Day: Sunday 13 September 2009
    • Parks and Recreation Strategy 2010-2015
    • Cultural Precinct
    • Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Plan
    • HAPPY BIRTHDAY JCU
    • Council stall at Carnival on Collins: Sunday 6th September
    • Do Not Call Register
    • Festival Cairns 2009
    • Port Douglas Combined Club Opening
    • Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for the Cairns Region
    • Pacific Islands Forum
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
    • Small steps can make a world of difference
    • Kingsford Lunch Speech
    • My Commitment to Openness and Transparency
    • Chinese Heritage in Grafton St
    • Cattana Wetlands: Tree planting on Sunday 2 August
    • The Cleaner Seas Project
    • Charity Car Washes
    • Mossman Gorge Gateway Project
    • Cycling and Walking Strategy for the Cairns Region
    • NAIDOC WEEK 2009
    • Queensland Beekeepers' Association
    • Corporate Plan
    • Bringing down the Budget in difficult times
    • The Freshwater Heritage Trail
    • Green Expo at TAFE
    • High rise in Cairns?
    • An Event Strategy for Cairns
    • Resignation of CEO
    • A Month in my life as Mayor
    • Going to Guam
    • Douglas Water
    • An exciting new Festival Cairns
    • Festivals Committee
    • The Taipans
    • The year in review
    • Residents Response System
    • Visit to the North of the Region
    • The First Few Days of Being Mayor
    • Swearing in on Thursday, April 3rd
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