The federal government has agreed to meet with the private sector and the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association to tackle the long wait times for diagnostic mammograms in Far North Queensland.
The Cairns mayor wants council to consider a “blue sky” approach in buying a minor share of North Queensland Airport Groups — believed to be worth $3bn.
For five years her life has been a running battle, a demoralising and often traumatic saga punctuated by apparent endless court hearings, the loss of the family home, a mental health breakdown and a vexing belief the situation could have been avoided.
A transgender Cairns teen blasted the state’s pause on new prescriptions for gender therapy meds, saying the gender-affirming care he had received had “changed his life”.
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A Hope Vale father has been denied bail on charges of acts intended to maim, disfigure or disable over a petrol bomb thrown during a ‘riot’ in the community.
A teenager who sexually assaulted a woman as she slept on a couch, later setting her car on fire because people would “look at him funny”, has been spared detention.
A Cairns ratepayer is calling for the return of water infrastructure and delivery back to the state government – calling it a “constitutional right” beyond local council capability. Who owns Qld’s dams – interactive map.
A Queensland woman accused of making more than 1000 phone calls to the father of her four children after the breakdown of their 19-year relationship has been refused bail.
Police have urged tourists and residents to consider their safety while swimming at Far North Queensland waterholes, following the death of an international tourist on Monday.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested at a retirement village after he allegedly fled a stolen car when police managed to spike the vehicle’s tyres.
A freak storm has left one of the Far North’s largest sporting clubs tallying a major damage bill yet again, with the side’s skipper lucky to be alive after dodging a falling tree and light pole as he scurried to safety.
Eight teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of alleged car thefts spanning eight months across Far North Queensland.
A man who crashed and rolled a stolen car just south of Cairns on Monday night is now the subject of a police appeal for information.
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