For most Australian councils, the construction of a sewage treatment plant would be no big deal, but in the Far North this case holds hopes for the resurrection of a once-luxury resort and residential estate.
A rare tropical hailstorm that has amazed long-time Cairns residents has coincided with a Bureau warning for damaging winds, large hailstones, heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
A man has been hospitalised following a near-drowning incident in the city centre, as temperatures soared into the high 30s.
Australia’s national transport safety investigator has made a call about a potential investigation into the hard landing of a crop dusting helicopter on the Cassowary Coast last week.
From throwing a phone across the room to an anxious drive home, Trinity Anglican School’s top ATAR scorers have revealed their reactions to finding out their results.
Jade Atkinson remembers her childhood friend who was killed by Raina Thaiday at Murray Street 10 years ago, and how the horrific massacre of…
Far North Queensland communities hit hard by ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper will receive long-term disaster funding from the state and federal government to rebuild infrastructure and fast-track recovery.
A Far North Queensland community has broken its own tragic record for the most preventable deaths in any given year.
A Cairns advocacy group has condemned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for “snubbing” the Australian Jewish community following an alleged terror attack, in favour of playing tennis in Perth.
Indie rock band Custard frontman Dave McCormack opens up about his love for FNQ ahead of the band’s performance at Edge Hill Tavern this weekend.
Housing solutions are being led by First Nations elders in southern Cape York as part of a return to country program launched prior to Tropical Cyclone Jasper crossing the coast.
A flood-hit Far North township’s quest for higher ground has exposed ongoing issues of overcrowding and a lack of housing, the council’s boss says.
A Cairns man lured a 15-year-old into the back room of a pool store he worked at with the promise of cigarettes before indecently assaulting her, a court has heard.
It has been a decade since Jade Atkinson and Faith McGreen lost their friend in an unimaginable tragedy. Today they met to remember her, the oldest child killed at 14, and to honour all eight “angels” who lost their lives in one of the most horrific cases in Australian history.
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