A political outsider is quietly confident that he’ll play a key role in determining the fate of a Far North seat in what is poised to be one of the most intriguing races of the Queensland election.
A Far North indigenous leader has called on the LNP to reconsider plans to scrap a truth-telling and healing inquiry in Queensland after the process was initially backed by both major parties.
A gang of colourful Yorkeys Knob election volunteers are casting politics aside and cracking open “knock-off beers” at night and taking each others’ coffee orders by day as the Queensland election comes to a close.
A survey of voters leaving polling booths in the Far North Queensland seat of Mulgrave has revealed an early indication of whether Labor will retain the seat the party has held since 1998.
Hundreds of people have signed a petition demanding the Barron River Bridge be urgently repaired while also calling for a new inland highway from the Tablelands to Cairns.
Cairns must find more cleaners, truck drivers and carers as older workers age out and retire, with migration the most likely solution, a leading demographer says.
An iconic Kuranda business after six months is at last back in the water but dangerously low river levels have meant tours are still on hiatus as CleanCo works on a $25m rebuild of the decimated Kuranda Weir.
A failed trip around Australia led to lifelong friendships and a bush footy resume any sportsman would be proud of for former Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs player-coach Kel Luscombe.
An Instagram famous bodybuilder has been sentenced for trafficking steroids after fleeing the country when he was charged, a Cairns court has heard.
From weddings and funerals to floral bicycles and teddy bears, there’s not much Cairns Florist Tracy Halliday hasn’t been asked to do.
Around 250 people attended The Cairns Post’s Future Cairns event, with various leaders from a range of Far North industries in attendance to talk about the region’s future.
Traffic has reopened on a major Far North highway however motorists have been warned to expect delays.
New owners of an Atherton historic site have been slapped with an immediate stop work order after bulldozers mowed down a number of protected trees at former Tropical Research Centre.
A dollar figure for Cairns’ contentious youth detention centre has been left out of this week’s state budget with community leaders calling for more consultation as the project advances behind closed doors.
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