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A concept image rendering of the proposed whitewater facility in Redland City, earmarked for the Olympic canoe slalom events, from March 2021.

‘Ugly stepsister’: SEQ community backs Sydney whitewater venue over local Games build

A Redlands community alliance has opposed the venue’s sustainability and financial viability, echoing Senate findings that Australia cannot support two whitewater rafting facilities.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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LNP leader David Crisafulli in Townsville on Monday.

Crisafulli deflects nuclear questions, blames Labor ‘scare campaigns’

The opposition leader was asked if he would match premier Steven Miles’ promise of a High Court fight against any federal attempt to build reactors in Queensland.

  • William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland Premier Steven Miles drinks a beer at the Barrier Reef Hotel in Cairns, as part of a Politics In The Pub campaign event.

‘Stakes are really high’: Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up

As Labor leader Steven Miles kept busy, his LNP challenger, David Crisafulli, warned of “aggression in politics” and announced another crime policy.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has finalised its investigation into a fatal Cairns helicopter crash.

Final flight: Pilot turned off lights to hide take-off, flew over his own unit

An air safety report reveals a helicopter that crashed into a Cairns hotel, killing the drunk pilot, hit the building blades-first with its rotors on full power.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Premier Steven Miles and fellow Labor cabinet members spent the day in Brisbane on Monday, and will head to Government House on Tuesday to kick-start the formal 26-day campaign.

‘A different leader’: Miles wants his own mandate, Crisafulli wants change

Queensland’s 26-day formal election fight will begin on Tuesday, after the state’s major party leaders spent campaign-eve setting the scene for voters.

  • Matt Dennien and Cameron Atfield
Queensland’s youth detention centres are often full, so children are being held in adult watch houses.

No access to fresh air: Children held in ‘inadequate’ adult watch houses for weeks

Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.

  • Keira Jenkins
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Blake Wilson, who worked as part of Nautilus Aviation’s ground crew, died in the helicopter crash on Monday morning.

Aviation company staff member crashed helicopter after farewell drinks

Nautilus Aviation has released a statement to “address rumours” about the fatal crash of one of its helicopters into a Cairns hotel.

  • Sean Parnell
The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a waterfront hotel in Cairns was killed and two people were injured.

Deadly helicopter crash ‘could have been far worse’

The rotor blades of the helicopter smacked into the hotel rooms, one of which had an elderly couple asleep inside.

  • Savannah Meacham
Debris from the helicopter crash on the Cairns Esplanade.

‘A colossal ear-deafening bang’: Pilot killed after stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel

A helicopter that crashed into a waterfront hotel in Cairns, killing the pilot, was on an ‘unauthorised’ flight and may have been stolen, authorities say.

  • William Davis
Students Chaitanya Mupparaju and Surya Teja Bobba who died in Cairns at Millaa Millaa falls on July 16, 2024.

Waterfall victims identified as Indian students

Tributes have begun to pour in for Chaitanya Mupparaju and Surya Teja Bobba after their bodies were recovered at Millaa Millaa Falls near Cairns.

  • Laine Clark

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