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Meet Yvonne
A Message From Yvonne
Hi, I'm Yvonne Tunney, your LNP candidate for Traeger.
After 35 years living, working and volunteering in communities across North-West and Far North Queensland, Yvonne Tunney has been selected as the LNP candidate for Traeger at the state election in October 2024.
For the last 20 years, along with her husband Mark, Yvonne has owned and operated Ash’s Holiday Units and Ash’s @ the Point Café in Karumba, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, while being engaged in numerous local and regional community organisations.
Yvonne has been a long-term member of Gulf Savannah Development Incorporated (serving as Deputy Chair 2021/22) and is currently a member of the Carpentaria Shire Council Economic Development Advisory Committee.
For 13 years between 1997 and 2010, Yvonne was the volunteer coordinator for the annual Coast to Coast (C2K) Cairns to Karumba Bike Ride, raising funds for kids living in rural and remote areas of Far North and North-West Queensland.
A dedicated community volunteer, over the last 30 years, Yvonne has been involved in numerous organisations and held several committee roles, including:
• P & C Secretary and President, Cairns School of Distance Education,
• Treasurer, Karumba Progress Association,
• Founding member and Secretary, Gulf Chamber of Commerce,
• Treasurer, Gulf Barramundi Restocking Association,
• Representative on Priority Country Area Program, Isolated Parents & Citizens Association
Earlier, Yvonne had been employed as the Manager of the Health Promotion Program through the Far North Queensland Division of General Practice, which was active across the Atherton Tablelands, Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
In addition, Yvonne was previously engaged as an Executive Officer for the Commonwealth Government’s Sustainable Regions Program on the Atherton Tablelands, working on new economic development projects and strategies.
Yvonne served as a community representative on the Queensland Government’s North-West Queensland Ministerial Forum in 2007/2008 and in 2006, was awarded the Australian Institute of Management (Queensland and Northern Territory) – Rural Remote Manager of the Year for the Cairns/Far North Queensland area.