A woman who attacked her female drinking companion with a metal walking crutch that she took from an amputee has been jailed for the “extremely dangerous” daylight attack in a Cairns park.
Deputy PM Richard Marles has announced that one of the country’s busiest urgent care clinics will receive a boost in the form of funding for new staff as well as funding for cancer screening in The Cape.
Experts are warning of major impacts for transgender children, including decreased school attendance and increased suicide attempts, if a clinical review into Queensland youth gender healthcare is extended.
A plan to “rescue” the Cairns Hospital Expansion Project is due next week as the state government claims the build was on track for a $378m blowout, and 32 less beds than initially promised.
A man being sentenced for accessing, possessing and distributing child abuse material engaged in “depraved” incestual role play on chat services with other creeps and possibly a number of children, a court has heard.
The body of a 62-year-old man who failed to resurface after he went missing in a Far North Qld dam has been found, authorities have confirmed.
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The Minister for Emergency Management has called on Peter Dutton to stop planned cuts to the National Emergency Management Agency, while visiting the Far North this week.
An LNP candidate who hinted Far North Queensland could be considered to store nuclear waste has further added it’s Labor’s responsibility to identify sites for the Coalition energy plan.
Visitors to Savannah Sounds Port Douglas can travel to the popular music event in style, thanks to a new partnership with a Cairns-based tourism operator.
More rain is on the way for Far North Queensland, with a break in the weather unlikely until the middle of the week, sparking concerns for a Cape York township.
Police have urged motorists to take care on Far North roads after emergency services responded to multiple road accidents, leaving at least four people hospitalised on the weekend.
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Traffic has been reduced on a northbound highway and two patients have been assessed by emergency services following two separate motorcycle crashes in the Far North on Saturday night.
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