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Warning signs have been placed around Peterson Creek in Yungaburra, Atherton Tablelands. Picture: Supplied.

‘Serious health risks’: Platypus creek’s poo problem

Faecal bacteria levels 80 times the safe limit in a popular platypus-watching creek threaten both wildlife populations and a $3 million tourism industry.

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Cairns Special School graduate Katua Davis and Latonya Binjari arrive at the school's Year 12 formal evening and graduation ceremony, held at the school's Woree campus. Picture: Brendan Radke

Cairns Special School formal photos

It was a very special evening at the Cairns Special School on Thursday night, when the senior students of 2025 graduated with a glamorous ceremony. SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE

The cancellation queue at Cairns Airport after Jetstar grounded some of its fleet on November 29, 2025 due to a software issue affecting the Airbus A320 and A321.

Cairns passengers stranded as aircraft grounded over software bug

A worldwide software glitch has stranded hundreds of Cairns travellers this weekend, with disruptions expected to continue into Sunday and families facing a later-than-expected start to their school holiday trips.

Member for Cook David Kempton and Torres and Cape Hospital and Health service chief executive Rex OâRourke. Picture: Arun Singh Mann

‘Matters for Mr Kempton’: Cook MP silent following controversial social media post

The LNP is distancing themselves from a paid social media post by a Far North backbencher defending a party powerbroker who punched a woman in the head during a street fight last year.

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Professionalâs youngest female principal Emma Craig has taken the reins of well-established Far North Queensland real estate agency Professional Edge Hill in a recent acquisition. Picture: Supplied

28-year-old takes top job at Cairns real estate agency

A Far North woman who started her real estate career at 16 has become the youngest female leader in her company Australia wide.

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Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls has announced $7.19 million in additional funding for peri natal mental health services across Queensland. Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls speaks with Karlee Selwood, mother of 22 month old twins Charlie and Ned, at Peach Tree Wellness centre, one of the perinatal mental health services in Cairns that will benefit from the additional funding. Picture: Brendan Radke

New support for Far North mums

A new Cairns centre tackles perinatal mental health after research reveals one in five mothers face psychological challenges during pregnancy and early parenthood.

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How new phone laws will help remote Aussies

New laws will force major telcos to provide mobile coverage across 5 million square kilometres of Australia, ensuring emergency help reaches remote areas by 2027.

Stills from CCTV footage of the Walker Road Sports Precinct break-in on 30 April 2025. Source: Supplied by Keiren OâBrien

Cairns leaders tally vandalism costs, council applies for $1.5m security grant

Petty criminals have copped a stern rebuke from a Cairns councillor who’s lamented that a seven-figure grant will likely go to security upgrades, rather than improving the lives of residents in his division.

Queensland Police officers Matt Mattock, Graham Camp and Brad McLeish leave the Cairns Supreme Court after giving evidence in the trial of Rajwinder Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 24 year old Toyah Cordingley on Wangetti Beach, on October 21, 2018. Picture: Brendan Radke

Forensics detail blood tests in Cordingley murder trial

Forensic scientists have detailed their searches for blood and DNA evidence on cars, dog leads and crime scene items in the Toyah Cordingley murder trial.

Adventure cruise company Coral Expeditions ship the Coral Adventurer has returned to Cairns, following the death of 80 year old passenger Suzanne Rees. The Coral Adventurer is anchored 4.5 kilometres offshore from the Half Moon Bay Marina at Yorkeys Knob, Cairns. Picture: Brendan Radke

Cruise ship in limbo after death of passenger at Lizard Island

A luxury cruise vessel faces an uncertain future as maritime authorities maintain their silence over the death of a passenger left behind on a remote island.

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Police officers arrest a man out the front of a Grafton Street tobacconist and vaping store, linked to the sale of illegal tobacco, also known as chop chop, and vaping products.

‘Not a prank’: Manager fined for trapping cops in tobacco outlet

The manager of a Cairns tobacco outlet has been given a hefty fine for trapping seven health and police officers inside a shop by cutting power to the electric door during an illicit tobacco raid.

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‘Drinking themselves to death’: Cairns itinerant issue linked to healthcare travel boom

A $35m spend on a FIFO health initiative intended to improve outcomes for remote patients is delivering unintended harm as Cairns Hospital clients slip into homelessness and alcohol misuse.

25/11/25. Adele Foster and her baby Aurelia - 11 mths can be in a story about baby apps on-selling baby data. Picture: Keryn Stevens

Harvesting data from babies: Privacy warning on parenting apps

Popular fertility, pregnancy and baby apps are able to access alarming amounts of personal data from parents and their kids, researchers have discovered.

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Bobs bulk booze. Photography: Nuno Avendano

‘Ghetto of the north’: Alarm raised on impact of new booze outlets

A proposal from a Queensland hotel giant to set up a bulk liquor outlet within an area of Cairns plagued by alcohol abuse problems has been met with a stern warning about the impact of the store.

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