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Lotus Glen prison. PICTURE: STEWART McLEAN

Lotus Glen rioters get extra jail time

Three prisoners who set fires and smashed windows at Lotus Glen Correctional Facility have each had 12 to 14 months added to their jail time after pleading guilty to the riot.

Wildlife photographer Scott Ritchie captured images of a small crocodile at Centenary Lakes on Thursday, April 2. Picture Scott Ritchie

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‘Kids lets go’: Crocodile spotted near children’s playground

Stunning pictures have revealed the presence of a saltwater crocodile at a Cairns North lake while concerns about its proximity to a children’s playground have been raised.

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Two charged after group bashing of children at remote town

Two children are nursing injuries after becoming accosted in the street, surrounded and bashed at a remote indigenous community north of Cairns.

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Farm labourer’s ‘despicable’ stalking and kill threats to ex-partner

A Mareeba farm labourer who threatened to kill his former partner after their break-up, prompting her to flee, has been sentenced to jail, and will likely soon be deported home to Vanuatu.

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Far North revealed as state’s youth crime capital

The Far North is officially the state’s youth crime capital, according to newly-released Queensland Police Service data.

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Emergency services personnel stage a complex rescue operation at the Babinda Boulders swimming hole at Babinda Creek, about two hours downstream from where a man fell into Babinda Falls and didn't resurface. Picture: Brendan Radke

Tragic find in search for hiker missing at Babinda Falls

Emergency services have made a tragic discovery, bringing an end to an extensive search and rescue operation after a hiker fell into water at Babinda Falls and failed to resurface.

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After having their Holloways Beach house badly damaged in last year's flood, Chris Tress and his wife have made the decision to demolish the existing structure and build a new, smaller kit home on the existing slab. The couple hope to have their new home completed by June. Chris Tress stands on the site of his old home with his dog Peg. Picture: Brendan Radke

‘We were cruising into retirement’: Couple forced to build entire new home after flood

A year on from the devastation of Cyclone Jasper, a Holloways Beach couple’s home has been reduced to a concrete slab and a well-maintained pool.

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Artist's impression of completed reconstruction. Source: TMR

Reconstruction works begin on damaged Palmerston Highway

Preliminary reconstruction works requiring 1200 cubic metres of concrete and 7km of soil nails have started on two sites on the Palmerston Hwy following the devastating damage sustained during Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

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‘Hanging by a thread’: Priest reveals Bali Nine families’ struggle

A Qld bishop who has supported two of the Bali Nine since their imprisonment says the ordeal has taken a toll on the men and their families, and hopes they can find peace.

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