Cairns TNQ Convoy to Capital Q

Delegations hit State Parliament

February’s Cairns TNQ Convoy to Capital Q, in collaboration with Tourism Tropical North Queensland and Cairns Chamber of Commerce, was the largest and most united delegation from our region to travel to Brisbane.

The 51 delegates from 12 different industries made a huge impact across Parliament House over two days during more than 70 separate meetings with both major parties and the cross benches. Five months later with borders closed amid the COVID-19 crisis, a second senior business delegation including Cairns Mayor Cr Bob Manning returned to Parliament House for two more days of back-to-back meetings. Off the back of this delegation, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk re-committed the QLD Cabinet to meeting in Cairns in August (after the original April meeting had to be cancelled) and subsequently made major announcements around the university hospital, marine maintenance precinct, Cairns Western Arterial Road and support for the tourism industry.