Cairns fashion designer makes historic international fashion debut
A Cairns fashion designer, who has previously collaborated with French fashion icon Jean-Paul Gaultier, will make a historic debut at Paris Couture Fashion Week.
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How hi-tech trials will reel in Great Barrier Reef fish poachers
Hi-tech drones equipped with night vision and AI tracking are some of the new technologies being trialled to stop poachers flouting marine park conservation rules.
Why cane leaders call for govt action to safeguard industry
Government intervention to provide certainty into the future was just one of the many topics covered at a historic international sugar cane growers summit held in Cairns last week.
PHOTOS: Charity in Bloom long lunch
Diners dressed in white were treated to alfresco dining and live jazz at Charity in Bloom: A Botanical Long Lunch, fundraising for the Mayor’s Christmas Charity, at the Cairns Botanic Gardens. SEE WHO WAS THERE
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Cairns couple at centre of murder-suicide tragedy identified
Neighbours have described the tragic moment a nine-year-old girl knocked on their door, telling them her dad had shot her mum, in a suspected murder-suicide that has sent shockwaves across Far North Queensland.
Sister speaks out over retirement village rate hike
A pastoral leader in Cairns has urged councillors to show compassion towards elderly pensioners facing the prospect of homelessness should a major rate rise be approved.
Aurukun veteran honoured in Canberra
An Indigenous Aurukun veteran was honoured at the Australian War Memorial on Tuesday, for his dedicated service in the Far North during World War II.
How much did ratepayers fork out for mayor’s training course?
Documents exclusively obtained by the Cairns Post can reveal the amount ratepayers paid for Cairns mayor Amy Eden to attend a training course in Brisbane earlier this year.
Inside Tea Lily’s new and improved boutique
After 22 years, womenswear store Tea Lily has moved across the street to a new, bigger space on Grafton Street. CHECK IT OUT
How NQ could drought-proof the nation
The Far North could become a major force in the nation’s next generation of agriculture and population growth but standing in the way is a lack of planning of its most available resource.
Named: ‘Digital creator’ among group charged with tax scam
Authorities have charged 18 people with more than 200 counts of fraud offences worth more than $2m on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. What happened in court.
‘Make you pay attention’: Hip hop group to launch new single at fair
A rising hip hop group will release a new single in conjunction with the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair later this year.
‘You wanted to punish him’: Police officer jailed for assaulting Indigenous man during arrest
A Tablelands police officer has been jailed over three “hammer blows” delivered during an arrest of an Indigenous man in bushland at Mount Garnet in 2022.
Man charged after alleged CBD assault
A 19-year-old man has been charged with one count of grievous bodily harm following an alleged altercation with a 24-year-old man in Cairns.
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