Rajwinder Singh’s defence team has called him a “coward, not a killer”, urging the jury to acquit and accept that there are too many “other reasonable possibilities” that someone else killed Toyah Cordingley.
The state government believes “the timing is right” for privately-held land in Cairns to be converted for industrial use, but fell short of acknowledging compulsory acquisition.
Rajwinder Singh is either Toyah Cordingley’s murderer, or the most “misfortunate man in Cairns and Innisfail”, a court has been told.
A massive tree has fallen across the Kennedy Highway, causing major disruptions for morning commuters. See the photos.
The CFMEU has warned of an industrial relations “disaster” at council’s largest-ever construction project over claims of jobs going south, but lead contractor John Holland has stated the firm had a longstanding commitment Cairns suppliers.
The Australian cattle dog missing since last week after being thrown from the cab of a truck when it crashed on the Kennedy Hwy.
A mother-of-nine has highlighted a major crisis across Queensland, revealing she has had to move house about 10 times in a year.
It’s feared an endangered bird slowing traffic, oblivious to the danger of passing cars, is at serious risk of being run over if motorists do not stop feeding the rainforest icon.
Firefighters were called to a suburban house blaze late last night in the Cairns northern beaches.
Health professionals from Cairns are collectively calling for greater community consultation on water fluoridisation, stating council surveying of 6 per cent of residents “doesn’t cut it.”
One year after the Voice to parliament was rejected, Indigenous leaders in the Far North want little to do with government departments, as issues spanning decades remain unsolved.
A mother screamed at the teen’s family accused but acquitted of stabbing her son, Jayden Dau, to death as he tried to break up a fight at a New Year’s Eve party in Far North Queensland.
Queensland’s legal watchdog has filed a complaint against a self-proclaimed “legal advocate” over allegations she’s been offering lawyer-like services and acting for a mother charged with her daughter’s murder.
A Far North cyclist is recovering in hospital with “significant injuries” after crashing into a stationary vehicle.
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