‘Nuclear or coal are our only options’: Qld town’s plea
A Queensland country mayor says only atomic energy or coal can provide baseload power and has issued a dire warning.
Cairns
Protests and power struggles: Inside the rise of the CFMEU
Love it or hate it, the CFMEU wields power right across Queensland. This is the story of its rise. SPECIAL REPORT
Cairns police offering behind the scenes look of murder investigation
A Biloela man was found violently murdered on a Far North property, with his killer voluntarily revealing himself to police in a bid to sway the facts, before becoming entangled in his own web of lies. How do get behind the scenes of this investigation.
Use of ratepayer funds to bust infrastructure bottleneck debated
A former councillor says the region’s growth is being held back by poor trunk infrastructure planning, while Cairns Regional Council has countered to state there’s no urgent need for new Mount Peter subdivisions.
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School groundskeeper on trial for child sex offences
A school groundskeeper accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a young girl allegedly bought her a necklace before he assaulted her, a court has heard.
‘Brain fart’: Man’s bizarre drive turns heads
Tourists and fishermen have been left stunned after a man in a white Toyota sedan drove down a popular Aussie spot.
House Fire on Murray Street
Scene of a house fire at Murray Street, Manoora, where one side of a duplex was fully engulfed in flames in the early hours of Monday morning….
‘I gotta get out’: Resident speaks out after blaze rips through home
An elderly homeowner and her 13-year-old dog have narrowly escaped a blaze that ripped through their Cairns property in the early hours of Monday morning.
House Fire at Murray Street
Scene of a house fire at Murray Street, Manoora, where one side of a duplex was fully engulfed in flames in the early hours of Monday morning….
Duplex catches fire in Manoora, Cairns
Emergency crews have rushed to a duplex house fire in Manoora, Cairns in the early hours of Monday morning.
Qld’s strange rules, loopholes you don’t know about
Queensland has some truly bizarre rules – and even more bizarre battles have been fought over them.
Regional Qld’s multibillion-dollar infrastructure blackhole
Project delays and red tape are significantly burdening regional and rural areas, local councils say, as neglected infrastructure projects continue to pile up. SEE THE LIST
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