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Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has reprimanded a Far North LNP candidate who posted a defaced image of herself featuring a distinctive Hitler-esque moustache alongside a “joke” about her German heritage on social media this weekend.
Queensland’s Truth-telling and Healing inquiry visited the Far North in preparation of official hearings, seeking input from local communities.
Candidates running for the seat of Mulgrave are being asked to consider the “liveability” of Cairns’ south as one party commits funds towards the upgrade of an “underused” park.
What should have been a happy outing to Kuranda has ended in heartache after a five-year-old boy was seriously injured when a rock came flying through the window of a train on Saturday.
Efforts to save the endangered golden-shouldered parrot have been boosted through a share in new commonwealth funding worth $215m.
A man jailed for assaulting his partner after rampaging through Edmonton with an axe has been dragged back into court after he left his cellmate sucking “blended slop” after breaking the man’s jaw.
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Vulgar language has been used to punctuate Cairns Regional Council’s petitioning for a further $31m in disaster recovery to rebuild public assets following the Far North’s record December flood.
It’s been a tough year marred by natural disaster for many Cairns businesses, but despite adversity the cream of the Far North crop was crowned at the annual BEX awards on Friday.
A Cairns MP has welcomed the council’s spending of millions on inner-CBD safety measures, saying the council was finally “stepping up to their responsibility in relation to inner-city security”.
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