Cape York Weekly FREE – #186 | Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Editor Lyndon Keane: 0419 891 666 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
INSIDE TODAY
WIK WOMEN CELEBRATED Page 6
COEN ARTIST IN LINE FOR GONG Page 9 Cook Shire Council Mayor Robyn Holmes, RDA Tropical North chair Professor Hurriyet Babacan and RDA Tropical North chief executive officer Sonja Johnson show off the Lakeland Irrigation Area Scheme detailed business plan in Cairns last Wednesday morning.
Support flows for Lakeland scheme as hunt begins for $1.6b in funding
Dam good plan Cape York food security, tenfold population growth and a $500 million per year economic boost will just be the beginning if the Lakeland Irrigation Area Scheme gets the political green light, according to a detailed business case released by RDA Tropical North and Cook Shire Council on 22 May. Turn to Pages 2 and 3 to find out what the project will mean for the region.
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS Pages 8 & 9 WINE BY THE SEA IN WEIPA Page 13
BIG WEEKEND OF SPORT Pages 22-23
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