Motorbike rider dies after crashing into car he was following
The Far North’s roads have claimed another life, with the death toll climbing after a fatal motorbike and vehicle crash north of Cairns.
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Luxury sports cars seized as Qlders pay off eye-watering SPER debt
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Boats and islands become Qld’s home to cocaine smuggling
Regional boat ramps and islands are being used by serious organised crime groups to traffic illicit drugs.
‘Well-involved’ vehicle fire blocks highway traffic
Emergency services were called to a number of incidents north of Cairns including a vehicle fire which blocked a major highway.
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Helicopter Crash on the Cairns Esplanade
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‘You lose him’: Man threatened to kill woman’s child
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Cairns to host permanent multi-million dollar ancient Egypt exhibition
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Hotel guest thought chopper was going to crash into her room
A guest at the Hilton hotel spoke of the moment she saw a chopper with no lights heading towards her room window, while a couple whose room caught on fire after a blade crashed through have described their terror.
Chopper crash on Cairns Esplanade
A helicopter on an “unauthorised” night time flight has crash landed onto the Double Tree Hilton on the Cairns Esplanade, killing the pilot….
‘Rally cry’: Cairns youth trainee program hits hard times
A Far North training group that works with at-risk youths has entered “survival mode” with the program’s founder desperately seeking to raise $80,000 in order to keep its doors open.
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Person hospitalised following single-vehicle crash south of Cairns
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