How $360m marine precinct will grow the ‘economic pie’
Cairns’ $360m marine precinct upgrade is key to the city’s growth, but there are concerns whether the region can retain the labour force to needed to meet the project’s potential.
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The 32-year-old helped smuggle $26,000 worth of an opioid drug into Lotus Glen Correctional Centre over eight months.
Weipa business owner charged with raping child
Detectives from Far North Child Protection and Investigation Unit have charged a Weipa businessman with further child sex offences.
‘We decided to stay and fight’: 4500ha destroyed as firefighters describe horror conditions
Those on the the frontline have revealed what it was like in the eye of a fire that has burned 4500 hectares in Mutchilba.
WATCH: Car fire spreads to grass at Smithfield bypass
Fire crews had to extinguish two fires when they arrived at the scene near McGregor Road.
‘Sail straight into the cyclone?’: Mega cruise ship diverts to Cairns
Hundreds of cruise ship passengers who thought they were heading to Vanuatu got a message as they were loading their luggage that Cyclone Lola would make that impossible.
Two car crash on Captain Cook Highway
Two cars have been involved in an accident on the Captain Cook Highway.
’It’s about freedom’: Woman’s tips to being the happiest in country
New research shows people over 65 in Cairns have almost half the rates of mental health conditions and more than half the levels of psychological distress than other age groups.
500+ witnesses: Key milestone in case against Toyah’s alleged killer
There’s been a significant milestone in the progress of the court case against the man alleged to have murdered 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley.
12yo arrested after allegedly setting fire to shed, land
A 12-year-old boy has been charged following a fire at a shed and surrounding vegetation in Mooroolbool.
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