Mareeba father, Christopher Jamie Lee Teece, 33, has been sentenced to jail after admitting to an armed robbery at a Mareeba bottle shop with a carving fork and kitchen knife in a crime the court heard was “doomed to fail” and “planned, but not very well”.
The man charged with murdering Toyah Cordingley on a Far North Queensland beach will face the prospect of a retrial after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict and discharged.
Flooding has cut parts of the Bruce Highway to traffic between Cardwell and Ingham, leaving small businesses to bare the brunt.
New federal government subsidies for care towards women’s health will be rolled from July 1, but not all services in the Far North suffering financially are guaranteed a boost.
A mother took a knife she was sharpening and stabbed her two young daughters, who fled for safety, before turning the blade on herself, a Cairns court has heard.
Many Queenslanders have resoundingly rejected Premier Steven Miles’ no frills option for an Olympic Games stadium, instead backing the more ambitious proposals which could also lure major artists like Taylor Swift to Queensland. SPECIAL REPORT
The LNP’s candidate for Barron River Bree James has admitted that it was a “silly mistake” to post a joke about Hitler-inspired graffiti on one of her campaign posters, asking voters to forgive her before they cast their ballots later this week.
A healthy margin won’t be enough to save a battling Labor minister from losing his seat this Saturday if a forecast swing to the LNP is in full effect across the Far North, a political analyst says.
Two separate cane train crashes in the space of a week have prompted calls for people to be more aware of their surroundings during the crushing season.
A Far North LNP candidate says she supports Labor’s plans to build critical infrastructure at the Cairns airport and fund one of the region’s peak tourism bodies – even if her party won’t back them.
James Cook University vice chancellor Professor Simon Biggs has unveiled a plan to slash more positions at an all-staff meeting held this morning at the Smithfield campus.
There will be no shortage of choice for Far North voters with 36 candidates campaigning across six seats in a bid to win a seat at parliament. See the full list of names and vote in the poll.
An advocate has revealed her shock at the conditions in which children as young as 10 are being held in a Queensland adult watchhouse.
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has reprimanded a Far North LNP candidate who posted a defaced image of herself featuring a distinctive Hitler-esque moustache alongside a “joke” about her German heritage on social media this weekend.
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