Management committee
The Sister Cities Committee will be structured as per our adopted Sister Cities Management Policy, with membership details below.
- Mayor (or nominee), Helen Tarrant and two Councillors, Cr Blake (Chair) and Cr Forsyth.
- General Manager Community, Sport & Cultural Services (or nominee)
- A maximum of one representative from nominated community groups to foster and maintain existing sister city relationships.
- Latvia - Andrew Krumins and proxy Alex Garsa (Hon Consul for Latvia)
- Japan - Jeff Haynes, President Australia Japan Society Cairns. Proxy Makoto Haynes
- PNG - Olive Davis, Cairns & Region Multicultural Assoc & Migrant Settlement Services
- China - Chan Lai Chu, Cairns & District Chinese Association
- Canada - no current representative
- Scottsdale - no current representative
- A maximum of one representative of a nominated community group to advance and/or represent a proposed or existing friendship or relationship
- Catania, Sicily - Frank Lanza, Hon Italian Consul Cairns
- A maximum of two nominated individuals with the ability to enhance the Sister Cities' program - Sim Hayward, Qld China Council and Lone White, Visual Arts Delegate.