A man who broke his leg after crashing into a car while on the run from police with a backpack full of cash and a gun then attempted to steal the damaged vehicle before being arrested, police allege.
Despite emergency freight deliveries by sea barges and air, major supermarkets are without essential stock with one MP saying it’s the worst shortage she has seen in decades.
A Cairns councillor says Mayor Amy Eden has had “a couple of bad weeks” as a result of her leaked email scandal, causing community leaders to question her leadership at a critical time for the city’s future.
A man accused of murdering his five-year-old son in August 2022 has told a Cairns court he is ‘not guilty’ of murder.
A study has revealed some startling facts about Queensland crocodiles and why they aren’t mating as much as they did in the past.
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Port Douglas Carnivale is set to return with a new offering to bring some of Japan’s “crazy, cool, fun” to the tropical tourism hotspot.
A Cairns businessman that battled for 11 months with national telcos to get an NBN service is celebrating the eventual hooking up of a wi-fi connection after going public with his struggle.
A street-level meth supplier and qualified hairdresser has been given a final chance to turn her life around and stay out of prison by a Cairns judge.
Two people were rescued from a burning house on Wednesday morning, as flames gutted a two storey Queenslander in Cairns.
A key vote is likely to shape Cairns’ future advocacy ambitions with councillors set to nominate a new board member to an influential lobby group this week.
Emboldened Cairns councillors have shown their might, executing the latest stage of their plan to restore stability to the city following Mayor Amy Eden’s latest scandal.
Mareeba Shire Council will seek to hold a by-election via postal vote to fill a vacant councillor position this, overlooking the nearest runner-up in the process.
Following the latest death in custody at a Queensland jail, we look back at others who have died there in just a few years and the 20-year history of the grey cellblocks known for housing some of the state’s most high-profile prisoners.
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