Kids heart specialist win for FNQ
Recruitment for a second paediatric cardiologist for Cairns will begin immediately after the state government announced a $1.35m expansion to the region’s critical health service.
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Dundee’s announces last splash at Cairns Aquarium venue
The end of an era has come for one of the city’s premier CBD dining venues as the Cairns Aquarium reveals a new player and the Far North’s first “steak specialist” outlet as a replacement.
EDITORIAL: A second cardiologist is more than a win – it’s a lifeline
EDITORIAL: A second cardiologist is more than a win – it’s a lifeline By Emma Cam.
Boat thief targeted luxury yachts
A crayfish diver whose crimes sound like a criminal variation of a popular nursery rhyme – stole a boat, to break into luxury yachts, to steal some keys, to take a car, to tow a stolen caravan – has been jailed.
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12-hour days, tailored learning: The school for kids on court orders
As Premier David Crisafulli admits to an exodus of teachers, he has unveiled a special school for youths with criminal records.
‘National treasure’: Tributes for castaway David Glasheen
The man who became a global icon after retreating to a remote Far North Queensland island after losing his fortune has died peacefully in Brisbane.
Why is it so cold in Cairns?
Far North has recorded lower than average temperatures across the past week, as tourists flock to the region for school holidays.
Live and local: Stratford Sounds music festival in pictures
A killer line-up of local musicians and bands have brought the vibes to the streets and favourite local hangouts of Stratford for the free and inaugural Stratford Sounds music festival on Saturday. Did our photographer snap you?
Health warning issued for popular creek following sewage leak
Residents have been urged not to swim or take their pets to a popular water hole in Brinsmead due safety concerns over a sewage leak.
Five attacks in three days send victims to hospital
Five incidents of crime in Cairns in just three days have left multiple victims hospitalised.
Cairns mum sentenced for trafficking meth on her 38th birthday
A meth-trafficking Cairns mum used her 72-year-old mother as her lookout, a Cairns court has heard as she was sentenced on her 38th birthday.
Two cows killed, two people hospitalised in crash
Five people — including three children — have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into livestock on a rural road in the Atherton Tablelands, killing one cow and leaving another to be euthanized.
Who can get free lung cancer screenings in new program
Free lung cancer screening is now available in Cairns for the first time. Check whether you qualify for the new national program designed to catch Australia’s deadliest cancer early.
PHOTOS: NAIDOC Week march and celebrations
Chants of “strong in spirit, bold in fight” echoed through Cairns streets on Friday as Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders marched through the city as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations. SEE WHO ATTENDED
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