‘50 per cent chance’: How you can help cat diagnosed with ‘deadly’ disease
A cat has been diagnosed with a deadly bacterial disease which has claimed the lives of 11 Far North Queenslanders this year. His road to recovery.
Cairns
Man charged in relation to alleged face slashing
Officers have taken a man into custody who police allege is at the centre of a horrific knife attack on another man at known Cairns North itinerant hotspot.
Arrest video: Specialist police crackdown targets crime hotspots
During the first day of a specialist deployment to the Far North 24 people have been charged including one teen who police allege bashed a homeowner and demanded car keys before taking off.
Alleged Cairns gang rape trio have matter heard in court
Three teens, two aged 15 and a 16 year old, accused of a vile home invasion and rape at knifepoint have had their matters heard in the Cairns Childrens Court.
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Murder accused’s sister speaks about moment brother allegedly killed her boyfriend
The young woman whose brother is accused of murdering her boyfriend in Far North Queensland has told a court she struggles to think about the night when “chaos” and “hell broke out”.
Threats, vandalism and personal attacks make for grubby northern battle
Labor has lashed state MPs in response to a hit job of the ALP’s Leichhardt candidate from the floor of the Qld parliament in a high stakes battle for the north described as being especially dirty in 2025.
GALLERY: Central Queensland University’s biggest-ever Cairns graduation event
Central Queensland University celebrated its biggest-ever graduation event in Cairns.
‘People need this’: Stakeholders plea for cancer centre funding
Stakeholders have issued an urgent plea to Leichhardt candidates to commit to funding a Cairns cancer centre ahead of the federal election on Saturday.
‘Get stuffed’: Kennedy candidates call for radical change on climate policy
Farmers in the Far North’s food bowl have posed heated questions on climate change and net zero emissions targets to candidates for Kennedy as contenders make their final stump speeches to undecided voters.
Serial crim sentenced for Kuranda Range road rage attack
A Cairns court has heard how, in an extreme act of Kuranda Range road rage, a man exited his vehicle while it was in reverse causing it to total another car while he punched its driver in the face.
‘Will never forget you’: Swimmer who died at Tinaroo identified
A Yungaburra man who swam out to rescue two children at Lake Tinaroo before slipping beneath the surface has been identified as a tree changer who recently moved to the Atherton Tablelands.
Baby among large group rescued from tiny Torres Strait islet
A group of 16 people including a young baby have been saved by a ship crew after being stranded without food or water on a remote Torres Strait islet. Here’s how the rescue unfolded.
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