UMI Arts will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a commemorative exhibition celebrating the culture and vast diversity of First Nations communities across Far North Queensland. GET A PREVIEW:
The Cairns Taipans will take a leaf out of an NRL rival’s playbook with the club planning to take home games to Townsville within the next two years as part of a plan almost a decade in the making.
From performing at the first Cairns Eisteddfod to watching her daughters and granddaughter follow in her footsteps, former dancer Linda Frisch has reflected on how far the competition has evolved in 70 years.
A dramatic raid over illicit tobacco during which authorities were locked inside has netted a haul of alleged illegal cigarettes, vapes, bongs valued at almost a quarter of a million dollars.
The Great Barrier Reef Masters Games are back and there’s still time to register in any of 22 sports – and you don’t have to be as old as you think.
Australia’s closest neighbour is scrambling to control a polio outbreak, with Queensland’s declining vaccination rates leaving the region vulnerable to the once “eradicated” disease.
A veteran nurse at Cairns Hospital says staff are navigating violent and abusive patients, with some security doors only locking if there is a fire.
A Queensland MP has faced criticism for a text message sent defending the LNP’s failure to include serious offences, including attempted murder, in its first wave of Adult Crime, Adult Time reforms earlier this year.
Vulnerable migrants have been found residing in workplaces and accepting illegal wages from employers following a three-day sweep of the region, including the Cairns CBD, authorities say.
After 35 years of managing the historic Cominos House a Cairns not-for-profit is being evicted at the end of the current lease and the live-in caretaker turfed out.
A husband used a hunting knife and hammer to try to kill his wife because she asked him to, a court has heard. Warning: Distressing content.
A class action has been launched against Queensland Health by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders over claims of racial discrimination stretching back to 1996.
At least three people, including a young boy and a teenager have been injured following a series of separate car crashes on Far North roads.
A revealing documentary will highlight the Cairns Hospital in a powerful examination of the strained Australian healthcare system.
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