Driving innovation and entrepreneurship

Published: 24 March 2021. (Note: information was correct at date of publication but may have since been changed or superseded.)

As part of its ongoing support for innovation and entrepreneurship, Council will provide $30,000 of funding support to YEP Entrepreneurship Facilitators for the TNQ Innovation Festival.

The five-day festival, to be held from 7 June to 11 June, will be the first of its scale and focus outside a major centre in Australia.

The event hopes to attract 350 participants, with 70 outside the region, and aims to highlight and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Far North.

It has been times to follow Cairns Ironman 2021 with the intension this could attract investors and entrepreneurs from southern states during winter, particularly those who may be involved in the ironman event.