Victim’s Commissioner’s bold call to address youth crime
The Queensland Victims’ Commissioner says if Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) was taken seriously, it could play a critical role in addressing youth crime.
Cairns
‘Not now, not ever’: Voters outraged by lack of democracy sausages
Queensland residents were dismayed by the lack of sausage sizzles at polling booths on election day, with multiple travelling across the cities just to secure their ‘democracy sausage’. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Former Cape York Land Council CEO on fraud charges
The former chief executive officer of Cape York Land Council, Dion Reece Creek, 39, was arrested and charged this week on 38 fraud-related charges.
Exposed: How Trump smear campaign impacted the LNP
Retiring Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has blasted the ALP’s efforts to liken a Far North political hopeful to Donald Trump during the federal election campaign.
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Murder accused’s sister speaks about moment brother allegedly killed her boyfriend
The young woman whose brother is accused of murdering her boyfriend in Far North Queensland has told a court she struggles to think about the night when “chaos” and “hell broke out”.
GALLERY: Central Queensland University’s biggest-ever Cairns graduation event
Central Queensland University celebrated its biggest-ever graduation event in Cairns.
‘People need this’: Stakeholders plea for cancer centre funding
Stakeholders have issued an urgent plea to Leichhardt candidates to commit to funding a Cairns cancer centre ahead of the federal election on Saturday.
‘Get stuffed’: Kennedy candidates call for radical change on climate policy
Farmers in the Far North’s food bowl have posed heated questions on climate change and net zero emissions targets to candidates for Kennedy as contenders make their final stump speeches to undecided voters.
Serial crim sentenced for Kuranda Range road rage attack
A Cairns court has heard how, in an extreme act of Kuranda Range road rage, a man exited his vehicle while it was in reverse causing it to total another car while he punched its driver in the face.
‘Will never forget you’: Swimmer who died at Tinaroo identified
A Yungaburra man who swam out to rescue two children at Lake Tinaroo before slipping beneath the surface has been identified as a tree changer who recently moved to the Atherton Tablelands.
Federal election 2025: Leichhardt live updates, results and latest news
Residents across the Far North will cast their votes to decide who will represent the seats of Leichhardt and Kennedy in the 2025 Federal election. LIVE RESULTS
Live results from Kennedy federal election
Residents across the Far North will cast their votes to decide who will represent the seats of Kennedy in the 2025 Federal election. Follow live results, here.
Baby among large group rescued from tiny Torres Strait islet
A group of 16 people including a young baby have been saved by a ship crew after being stranded without food or water on a remote Torres Strait islet. Here’s how the rescue unfolded.
‘Put aside the politics’: Councillor’s calls after major parties refuse cancer centre funding
Major party candidates for Leichhardt have refused to commit to funding a vital Cairns cancer centre as a councillor urges them to “put aside the politics” and consider the health of residents.
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