State gives green light to $1.4b tourism and residential project

By Daniel Hurst
Updated November 20 2012 - 2:08pm, first published 1:20pm
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman reveals the details of a tourism and residential project for the state's far north.
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman reveals the details of a tourism and residential project for the state's far north.
Ella Bay near Innisfail.
Ella Bay near Innisfail.
Plans for the Ella Bay development.
Plans for the Ella Bay development.

A $1.4 billion tourism and residential project is set to go ahead in far north Queensland, in what the Newman government describes as the state's biggest ever tourism development.