From co-ordinating crews for fires and floods to car crashes and rescues, the Queensland Fire Department has put the call out for a fresh batch of fire communications officers. How you can join.
A violent outburst in a Far North car park over unauthorised camping has raised debate about options for homeless people forced into van life by the housing crisis.
Police have concluded a search for a missing Cairns teen.
Northern Australia is at the centre of a power struggle between China and the US, meaning some things are “off the table” when trading with the Asian powerhouse. Our do’s and don’ts.
Northern Australian universities have been identified as central to meeting the country’s productivity demands, but they’ve been urged to stop churning out graduates.
Meet the man entrusted with building on the LNP’s big wins in the Far North at last year’s state election.
A weekly Dungeons and Dragon game has become an unlikely beacon for Cairns young people in search of community.
Immediate investment in trunk infrastructure in Cairns’ southern growth corridor could fast track 5000 homes and address the city’s housing shortage, industry leaders say. Cairns Regional Council disagrees.
A persistent thief targeted doctors’ offices in the Cairns Hospital intensive care unit and esplanade hotels when he started using meth again, a court has been told.
Traffic was brought to a halt on a busy Cairns road during peak-hour following a multi-vehicle car crash.
Six million in taxpayer cash will fund the hauling of Mossman cane to Gordonvale, potentially for the next five years under a long-term plan to save the embattled Far North sugar town following the collapse of a historic mill in 2023.
Chilling details can be revealed about the moment a woman doused her partner’s yacht in fuel and set it on fire before water police begged her to jump in the water.
Leichhardt MP Matt Smith will start his journey as a federal Labor parliamentarian, but only after a post-election orientation delivered to him by the other side – a likely Australian first.
A significant parcel of land attached to the old Mercy Place aged care facility has now changed hands and a rough plan for the site has been revealed.
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