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The Cairns Regional Council office on Spence Street, where the majority of the council offices are situated. The building also houses administration, a customer service centre, a function room and covered courtyard, and the council chambers. Picture: Brendan Radke

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Cairns councillors to vote on scrapping climate targets

A plan for Cairns Regional Council to achieve net zero emissions for its operations by 2030 is likely to be scrapped with councillors to vote on a revised proposal featuring heavily scaled back targets.

FNQ Dance Academy perform their end of year concert, Movie Magic: The Dance Awards, at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre. Picture: Brendan Radke

110+ PHOTOS: FNQ Dance Academy Concert – Movie Magic

IN PICTURES: FNQ Dance Academy’s end of year concert Movie Magic:The Dance Awards, performed at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre. SEE OVER 100 PHOTOS HERE

Cairns tourism and business leaders say the recent seasonal flights from Korea are opening the door for more international airlines to come here. International travel to the region is already booming, with Cathay Pacific restarting direct flights from Hong Kong and Air Niugini adding thousands of extra seats ahead of the busy festive season. Picture: Supplied.

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Next decade offers tourism boom opportunity if Cairns can ‘get its act together’

Cairns tourism and business leaders say recent seasonal flights from Korea and Hong Kong are opening the door to international airlines and an incredible opportunity for the region during the next decade.

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Queensland Police officers and detectives escort Rajwinder Singh from a chartered jet to a waiting police car at Cairns Airport after being extradited from New Delhi to Cairns via Melbourne. Rajwinder Singh left Australia for India the day after Toyah Cordingley was found allegedly murdered on Wangetti Beach in Far North Queensland in October 2018, and is the alleged key suspect in the murder case. Picture: Brendan Radke

Toyah caught her killer engaged in ‘perverted’ act before her death: Judge

The judge who sentenced “depraved” killer Rajwinder Singh said Toyah Cordingley must have caught him in an “activity of a sexual or perverted nature” before she was murdered.

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‘Sickening’: Judge slams ‘gutless’ Toyah murderer

A judge has branded Rajwinder Singh a “gutless coward” while jailing him for life with no prospect of parole for 25 years over Toyah Cordingley’s brutal murder that devastated a community.

Toyah Cordingley's mother Vanessa Gardiner and her partner raise smile slightly outside the Cairns Supreme Court after hearing the guilty verdict delivered to Rajwinder Singh. Mr Singh has been found guilty of murdering 24 year old Toyah Cordingley at Wangetti Beach on October 21, 2018. Picture: Brendan Radke

‘Rot in hell you bastard’: Family reacts to Toyah trial outcome

In emotional statements the parents of Toyah Cordingley have spoken about the heartbreak of losing their daughter and how Rajwinder Singh will never be forgiven for his horrific crime. WATCH THEIR REACTIONS.

Douglas Shire Council CEO Scott Osman.

‘Disciplinary action’: Council chief on dodgy deals

Douglas Shire Council’s boss threatens disciplinary action after auditors exposed dodgy contracts with missing paperwork and untested suppliers.

Catherine Mary Kelly, 58, of Kamerunga has been charged with murder following the alleged stabbing death of an elderly Cairns man in Palm Cove on January 9. Police were called to the Villa Paradiso apartment complex on Williams Esplanade following an alleged serious assault about 10.50pm. Picture: Bronwyn Farr.

‘Help me, I just stabbed a man’: Woman in court for Palm Cove death

A woman charged with murder has appeared in Cairns Magistrates Court where witnesses testified she knocked on doors saying “I’ve stabbed someone” following a fatal incident in Palm Cove.

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The future of the much-loved Patrick English Pavilion in Malanda is in doubt, pending further engineering reports. Picture: Supplied

FNQ council hit with defamation claim apologises to resident

A Far North local government has deleted a statement from its website while issuing an apology to a resident who has hit the council with a defamation notice.

Cairns regional council has increased the price of burials by more than 150 per cent. Picture: supplied.

Grave situation: Council’s plot to solve space crisis

Cairns Regional Council has launched a buyback program targeting nearly 400 unused burial plots reserved for over 25 years as cemetery land runs critically low.

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Former Cairns teacher Greg Norman pleaded guilty to 92 counts of child sexual offences which included creating child exploitation material. Picture: iStock

Cairns teacher had ‘perverted interest’ in kids before employment

A former Cairns lawyer became a teacher to feed his child porn interests and created exploitation material with his primary school students, a court was told.

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Broadbeach, Australia- March 4, 2013: Police car in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast of Australia. The car is parked on a small street along the beach of Broadbeach and the police officers are patrolling the area to ensure safety.

Missing Cairns girl found safe and well

A 14-year-old Cairns girl who was reported missing from Manunda last week has been found safe and well, police say.

A teenage boy has been charged after the allegedly stolen car he was driving crashed into a power pole, causing serious injuries to both him and his passenger. Picture: Facebook.

Injured teen charged after allegedly crashing stolen car

A teenage boy has been charged after the allegedly stolen car he was driving crashed into a power pole, causing serious injuries to both him and his passenger.

Models Lainey Callaghan and Annabelle Ambrose carry ceramic artwork at the launch of Languages of Surfaces exhibition, an exploration of textiles and ceramics as wearable art at the Crystalbrook Bailey hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke

PHOTOS: Languages of Surfaces exhibition and fashion show

Cairns artist Luisa Manea fused paintings and ceramics together with textiles as wearable art at the launch of her latest exhibition Languages of Surfaces on Friday night. SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS HERE

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