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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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Yarrabah teenager Markiah Major is usually constant contact with loved ones, but has been missing since August 15.

’I cannot sleep’: Mum fears for missing 17yo son

A Yarrabah mum says she hasn’t slept since her 17-year-old son went missing three weeks ago.

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Emergency services responded to a riot at the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

Shocking reoffending rates at NQ youth detention centre exposed

New statistics show an alarming reoffending rate at a North Queensland youth detention centre.

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Named: Man charged with horrific bashing fronts Cairns court

A Parramatta Park man is fighting for his life in Townsville Hospital after allegedly being brutally bashed outside a restaurant on the Cairns Esplanade. What happened in court.

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06/08/2004 PIRATE: Generic image of customer swiping a credit card through a Commonwealth Bank Eftpos machine at a shop in Sydney, 28/05/2004.

Man accused of defrauding elderly man wanted by police

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 32-year-old Westcourt man alleged to have targeted an elderly man with fraud at a North Cairns health facility.

Cairns

Lutheran Peace College Principal Shane Jurecky says the school has become

Principal speaks out on horror alleged stabbing

Peace Lutheran College Principal reveals what happened after alleged stabbing of teenager Melody Neal.

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Human hand of a drug addict and a syringe with narcotic syringe lying on the floor. Anti drug concept.

The deadly new drug trend sweeping Cairns

As new data shows an increase in drug overdose deaths in Cairns, an exclusive investigation has uncovered a drug taking over the illicit opiate market.

Cairns

Coroner blasts air safety regulator over crash that killed five

A Queensland Coroner has found the nation’s air safety watchdog failed to mandate a “long overdue”, life-saving monitoring device on smaller planes a previous coronial inquest had already recommended because of industry “push back over costs”.

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O'Cha Cha restaurant in Lake St Chef Seiichi Saeki, waiter Jenalyn Favis, Shunnosuke Saeki, and Chefs Hitomi Saeki PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS

Award-winning restaurant owner jailed for raping teen

The owner of a popular Cairns family restaurant has been sentenced for sexually assaulting a teenager seven times before raping her.

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Disturbing claims about Cairns watch house

Children as young as 11 spend at least 22 hours a day in their cell and have been forced to sleep on the floor as the number of teens being locked up in the Cairns adult Watch House has rapidly grown.

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School locked down after dramatic student knife chase

A student reacted to comments in a cooking class by allegedly chasing a group of fellow students with a knife in Far North Queensland.

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