A group of Far North Queensland hospitality businesses who have been fighting the validity of Covid vaccine mandates in court for three years say they are relieved they will “finally be heard” following a Court of Appeal decision.
With budgets handed down by most Far North Queensland regional and shire councils, residents can now find out whose rates will rise the most … and the cheapest place to register a working dog.
A contentious decision that cost Queensland thousands of volunteer firefighters will be reviewed as part of a parliamentary inquiry touring the state this week.
A bankrupted Cooktown mum who is fighting to save her family home after losing a defamation action against a former mayor claims the Qld justice system is unfair to self-represented litigants.
The Far North will be injected with a fresh boost of camouflage and military grey as the region hosts more than 30,000 military personnel from 19 nations for war-fighting exercises.
Unprecedented levels of bleaching have wiped out coral and left “football fields of animal skeletons” at a major research station and reef system in Far North Queensland. See before and after.
The 16th Cairns Indigenous Art Fair has officially opened with an exciting fashion showcase, Look and Listen, at the Tanks Art Centre on Thursday. SEE THE PHOTOS
The LNP has refused to release an abandoned business case to build two First Nations cultural centres in Queensland, with the Indigenous affairs minister attacking Labor for failing to close the gap and deliver critical services to remote communities.
A 27-year-old Cairns woman has been jailed after brutal attacks on two “defenceless” strangers in the CBD, including dragging one victim to the ground by her hair before stomping on her head and slamming her face into the concrete more than a dozen times.
A wide cast of Far North leaders helped establish CQU’s Cairns Campus, but its 10-year tenure all hinged on one key individual, as it celebrated the milestone this week. SEE WHO WAS THERE.
A man has suffered significant injuries and been airlifted to hospital after flipping a car south of Cairns.
The Cairns Convention Centre was on track to produce $80m last financial year following a lengthy, multimillion-dollar expansion.
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