Private providers and specialists are calling on urgent government intervention as they struggle to stay afloat with Medicare rebates falling short for breast cancer diagnostics.
A historic Cairns pub has reopened under new management with punters enjoying live music, food trucks and the largest range of Coopers beer in Queensland.
A man described as a “mentor” and champion of on-country programs in Yarrabah has been sentenced to five and a half years jail after a series of violent assaults on his partner.
Reporters were locked out of the Innisfail Court House this morning as three teens appeared charged with rape following a sickening home invasion at Manunda.
A 39-year-old Mareeba man has been sentenced after he and an accomplice lured two men to a Tablelands property under the premise of a drug deal, which became a terrifying ambush where they were held hostage, threatened, robbed, beaten with a rifle, and shot at.
A 15-year-old boy who went on a months-long crime spree causing “up to $100,000” damage has been released on probation after leaving a trail of destruction which included a ram raid, a stolen dirt bike, stolen cars and the ransacking of homes.
Up to 250 mourners have said their final bedside goodbyes to a young Queensland woman whose life support was turned off this week.
Fed up with a lack of support for crime victims, a Far North former social worker, has organised a community forum to connect with other victims this weekend. How to get involved.
Windows have been destroyed and the inside of a landmark Cairns city cafe trashed, with break and enter offences escalating in recent weeks amid claims of a “broken” youth justice system.
A car has rolled in a two-vehicle crash at busy intersection in Bungalow. Find out more here.
Tears streaked footy-mad nine-year-old James Hanlon’s face as he watched his hero and brother-in-law Callum Ah Chee’s Brisbane Lions go down in last year’s epic grand final to Collingwood.
From stein lifting and schnitzels to lederhosen and tropical beers, Hemingway’s Brewery is set to host its sixth annual Oktoberfest this weekend. How you can get involved.
Stage one of the $47m Wangetti Trail, located on Cairns’ northern beaches, will officially open to the public today with hikers, mountain bike riders and outdoor adventurers eager to experience it for the first time.
Dappled beams of bright morning light burst through the shade of an old jackfruit tree as dignitaries gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the formal opening of the first stage of the Wangetti Trail in Palm Cove on Monday morning.
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