Inner city suburbs outperformed expectations in 2024 as Cairns property prices continued to climb, but there are still bargains up for grab in 2025 if you know where to look.
Tablelands Regional Council will have a new CEO in the new year and Mayor Rod Marti believes her arrival is an important moment for the Tablelands Region.
More than 500 people from all walks of life gathered on to share a meal and a chat at the annual Cairns Community Christmas Lunch.
Residents have raised the alarm after children have been seen fishing in croc waters.
Orphaned cassowary Bunji, who was nursed back to health south of Tully, has moved to the Gold Coast where he will take up residence as a threatened species ambassador.
Fishers and campers in Far North Queensland are being encouraged to “get behind a croc-blocker” to reduce the risk of a crocodile attack.
A man has died and three others are injured after a car they were travelling in crashed into a pole in the state’s north. Find out more here.
Small businesses in Far North Queensland impacted by the flooding that followed Cyclone Jasper have been thrown a lifeline.
A promising young weightlifter once selected to represent Australia has been handed a harsh reality check as he was sentenced for “bottom of the food chain” drug dealing.
For a Cairns grandfather and granddaughter duo, spreading Christmas cheer is a family affair.
Queensland’s new government is being urged to put politics aside as pressure mounts to release the state’s severe weather report after multiple ministers visiting the Far North expressed different accounts of the document’s whereabouts.
A Cairns Magistrate has jailed a man on 26 counts of breaching a domestic violence order and three of wilful damage, saying the courts need to send a “clear message” that domestic violence is “absolutely unacceptable”.
A Cairns woman has been jailed after she used the guise of a drug counselling business to attempt to defraud the ATO to the tune of more than $150,000 to fuel her meth addiction.
In what Far North retailers say is shaping up to be the strongest sales year since before Covid, Cairns shoppers have been spending up a storm in shopping centres and at small businesses.
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