More cash to kill yellow crazy ants in the Far North is locked in from the state government with pressure now on the Commonwealth to commit to mass eradication of the harmful invasive species long-term.
Repatriated artefacts could be displayed in a First Nations cultural centre in Cairns, creating a new tourism attraction for the region, Yidinji elder Henrietta Marrie says.
Police have charged a Holloways Beach man after allegedly uncovering a huge cache of weapons and cannabis during a routine traffic stop just outside the Cairns CBD.
Two people have been treated by paramedics following two separate crashes that happened minutes apart in the Far North.
A former manager of the Coen Exchange Hotel has described to a court how bar regular and the man now charged with the murder of 23-year-old Kowanyama mum Allison Bernard, threatened to kill him after a night of drinking.
Airconditioners across the region will get a reprieve as consistent trade winds from the southeast bring cooler temperatures to the coast and beyond. Here’s what is ahead for the weekend.
A woman who police allege dragged an officer down the road while attempting to flee a roadside drug test in a stolen car has at last been apprehended 600km away in Mackay.
Thousands of athletes will descend on Cairns this month to run, swim and ride at masters sporting events in the Far North.
The Far North’s budding film industry is at risk with US President Donald Trump’s 100 per cent tariff on foreign-made movies set to wreak havoc, according to a Cairns MP.
Cairns’ first small bar is on the move, but will continue its mission to elevate the city’s cocktail scene now from a new venue with a bar nearly two and a half times the original size.
A Cairns court has heard how a young girl fled her cape campground shower cubicle after she heard “heavy male breathing” before a 33-year-old man was later caught naked on the floor of the same bathroom masturbating.
A Qld mum whose son was brutally murdered in a bottle shop stabbing says a fear of losing her son all over again has driven her to sleep with a crowbar and wasp spray.
A jury will consider whether the stabbing death of Rodney Frampton, 34, in Caravonica was a deliberate act or the sudden actions of a young man wanting to ‘immobilise’ someone he was “scared” of in a “chaotic and crazy house”.
A new approach to crime, developed by a former prison boss, has been tabled at a crime forum in Cairns, with the model receiving overwhelming support from attendees.
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