‘Roid use jumps amidst thriving ‘image drug’ black market
A massive online black market drug trade on websites and social media is continuing to grow amidst an increase in steroid use in Cairns.
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‘They are not listening’: Cairns Indigenous leader on tragic new figures
A Cairns Indigenous leader has said a dire new report on the nation’s Closing The Gap failures shows how the government is spending more money for worse results.
‘Straight to Clevo’: Kids aspiring to go to jail in remote FNQ
Remote Far North communities are creating “lost generations” of children who aspire to only to go to jail to get “street cred” as troubling new Closing The Gap results are released.
Man stabbed, flown to hospital, as clan violence flares again in Aurukun
A man has been stabbed in the early hours of the morning amid reports of an increase in sly grog-driven clan violence in Aurukun.
Pair charged with grievous bodily harm over bashing of teen
A 19-year-old Whitfield man and a 48-year-old Whitfield woman have both been charged with grievous bodily harm over an alleged incident at a Machans Beach address on Saturday.
Man, 21, allegedly drove motorcycle through Cairns pub
A 21-year-old accused of driving a motorcycle through the Trinity Beach Tavern has appeared in Cairns Magistrates Court.
World’s worst rate of child diabetes revealed
Far North Queensland has the world’s highest rate of childhood diabetes with kids as young as five diagnosed. People in their 20s are losing limbs and the number of deaths in remote areas “exponentially growing”.
‘Grotesque gangster’ jailed over revenge plot, secret bunker
A Far North Queensland boilermaker has been jailed after holding two men at gunpoint and having a secret bunker stockpiled with weapons buried underground on his farm. Watch the video.
‘Psychopathic’ identity theft killer to learn fate over shock bank teller hostage heists
A “psychopathic” killer who once murdered a man who looked like him to steal his identity will soon be sentenced for a string of terrifying robberies across Queensland.
‘Armed robbery TV’: Youth crims charged over social media boasts
Youth criminals in Far North Queensland are boasting about their crimes on social media at a rate of almost one offender per day, the region’s top cop says.
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