Named: The Qlders busted for street-level drug dealing
Street level drug dealers continue to be a burden on communities, as these cases prove. SEE THE LIST
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Where are they now? Qld’s game-changing pioneers
They’re our shopping centre owners, development titans and business entrepreneurs – and they all have one thing in common. SEE THE LIST
Half a million dollars of meth peddled through Qld, court hears
A drug dealer who moved his meth business after police raided his Cairns unit had peddled half a million dollars of meth through Far North Queensland before he was busted a second time.
Explained: Council’s wishlist to address housing crisis
Cairns Regional Council is requesting the first stage of funding to address the city’s housing crisis in next week’s state budget, but it’s not expecting to receive the full sum – this is why.
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Federal MP’s no.1 priority revealed
Newly elected Leichhardt MP Matt Smith has spoken about his first order of business while surrounded by unionists at the Queensland Unions’ Labour Day Parade.
380 per cent increase in armed robbery: Shocking data revealed
Skyrocketing rates of armed robbery, weapon crime and car theft will be front of mind for victims attending an upcoming crime forum in Cairns hosted by a former Queensland prison boss.
Peak season Cape York lockout slammed as ‘failure of leadership’
The reputation of Queensland tourism has taken a hit, according to Cape York tour operators, following the shut down of access to the Tip that’s been slammed as a failure of state government leadership.
PHOTOS: Labour Day march in Cairns
Union members were in full voice as they marched along the Esplanade for worker’s rights at the annual Labour Day march. SEE WHO WAS THERE
When ‘ScoMo’ will discuss major spaceport
Former prime minister Scott Morrison is set to play a starring role for a company aiming to build a spaceport in Far North Queensland at a symposium discussing the future space potential of the Western Cape.
Cancer survivor and nurse facing retirement because of side effects
A Thursday Island nurse may be forced to retire for medical reasons after a lifesaving treatment that helped cure her breast cancer left her with devastating side effects.
Victim’s Commissioner’s bold call to address youth crime
The Queensland Victims’ Commissioner says if Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) was taken seriously, it could play a critical role in addressing youth crime.
‘Not now, not ever’: Voters outraged by lack of democracy sausages
Queensland residents were dismayed by the lack of sausage sizzles at polling booths on election day, with multiple travelling across the cities just to secure their ‘democracy sausage’. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Former Cape York Land Council CEO on fraud charges
The former chief executive officer of Cape York Land Council, Dion Reece Creek, 39, was arrested and charged this week on 38 fraud-related charges.
Exposed: How Trump smear campaign impacted the LNP
Retiring Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has blasted the ALP’s efforts to liken a Far North political hopeful to Donald Trump during the federal election campaign.
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