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Luke Williams is a police and crime reporter for The Advertiser. He previously covered courts for the Cairns Post.

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Ian Richard Duncan leaves court in July.

Named: Man charged after allegedly recording woman in bathroom

A man has appeared in court after allegedly setting up a recording device in the bathroom of his rental in Cairns.

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‘Addicted’ to child abuse images: Cairns dad in court for fifth time

Robert John Mitchell, 48, has previously been convicted four times across four states in the past 21 years for accessing and viewing child sexual abuse material.

Cairns

The Queensland Government has signed a historic land use agreement with the Djabugay Nations traditional owners to allow for the continuation of works on the Wangetti Trail hiking and cycling track, from Palm Cove to the Mowbray River. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with Cook MP Cynthia Lui, Cairns MP Michael Healy, Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe and Barron River MP Craig Crawford. Picture: Brendan Radke

‘Not a world class track’: Controversy over northern end of Wangetti Trail route

Douglas Shire Council say they are worried the government may go ahead with a plan to route part of the Wangetti Trail through a suburban area.

Cairns

US Representative Nancy Pelosi (L), Democrat of California, speaks during a Democratic Women's Caucus press conference in advance of Equal Pay Day at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on March 10, 2023. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

International tourist upsurge expected in 2024

The federal tourism minister is banking on a dramatic upsurge in international tourists to the region over the next 12 months – and he reckons a high profile US politician will be among them.

Cairns

The girl claims she raped in the bathroom at an adult party.

Trial of man over alleged rape of 11yo at party delivers hung jury

The trial of a man charged with raping and indecently treating an 11-year-old girl at a party on the Atherton Tablelands has resulted in a hung jury.

Cairns

Mill worker Brett Quinn was electrocuted while driving a crane for MSF Sugar, but had veered off-site.

‘No case to answer for’: Mill worker death thrown out of court

A Cairns magistrate has dismissed the Work Health and Safety prosecutor’s case against MSF Sugar over the heartbreaking death of a mill worker near Little Musgrave in 2019.

Cairns

Woman sentenced for stabbing man because ‘he was supposed to be home watching the kids’

The woman immediately said she knew “she had done a bad thing” and told police “I just want to be punished.”

Cairns

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‘I can’t outrun him’: Teen stalked by flasher at Palm Cove

A Palm Cove mother claims her 15-year-old daughter, dressed in school uniform, was forced to hide in a creek bed after she was stalked by a flasher off her bus.

Cairns

Schools could be sued for anti-Semitic bullying

Cairns schools are at risk of being slugged for significant sums for the racist bullying of their students, warns the lawyer who just successfully sued the Victorian Government.

Cairns

Food restrictions, ‘gross chores’, foot gagging: Secret kink scene revealed

Kinksters say pursuing their fantasies has liberated them in unexpected ways, but what happens when lines start to be crossed? Step inside Cairns’ secret kink scene.

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