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Far North Queensland
2024–2025 Regional Community Forums
Expressions of interest for 2024–2025 Regional Community Forum membership were open from 6 November to 1 December 2023.
We will announce new 2024–2025 Regional Community Forum members in each of the seven regions in early 2024.
These Forums had the ability to bring about change, which has been fantastic Nikki Giumelli - Far North Queensland Regional Community Forum member
Hear from Forum members
Hear from 2022–2023 Regional Community Forum members about how getting involved creates real impact for your community. Forum members come from diverse places and backgrounds, ages and experiences but they work together for their common goal of making a difference in their region.
About the region
More than 290,000 people populate the Far North Queensland region which spreads from the Torres Strait Islands south to Cardwell and inland to the Gulf Savannah.
This region covers approximately 20 per cent of Queensland and attracts millions of domestic and international tourists annually given it is home to two World Heritage listed areas, the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics Area which includes the Daintree Rainforest.
Far North Queensland contributes to a vast array of industries including tourism, mining, marine, agriculture, horticulture and livestock but also aviation, defence, construction, manufacturing, engineering and more.
The world’s largest silica and bauxite mines can be found here alongside key produce such as sugar cane, bananas, mangoes, papaya, lychees and coffee.
