Photos: How CQU marked 10 years in Cairns
CQUniversity might be gearing up to build a new campus in Cairns, but staff, leaders and supporters took a night to celebrate education provider’s 10 years in the Far North.
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‘Don’t come to Qld’: Childcare warning to predators as reforms loom
Queensland’s early childhood leaders have sent a message to predators — do not come here if you want to harm children — as the state’s Education Minister works towards a national registry.
State of Origin brawl involving 300 people in the Cairns CBD
About 300 State of Origin fans erupted into a massive blue in Cairns CBD after Queensland celebrated a stunning victory against NSW.
Protests and power struggles: Inside the rise of the CFMEU
Love it or hate it, the CFMEU wields power right across Queensland. This is the story of its rise. SPECIAL REPORT
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Live and local: Stratford Sounds music festival in pictures
A killer line-up of local musicians and bands have brought the vibes to the streets and favourite local hangouts of Stratford for the free and inaugural Stratford Sounds music festival on Saturday. Did our photographer snap you?
Health warning issued for popular creek following sewage leak
Residents have been urged not to swim or take their pets to a popular water hole in Brinsmead due safety concerns over a sewage leak.
Five attacks in three days send victims to hospital
Five incidents of crime in Cairns in just three days have left multiple victims hospitalised.
Cairns mum sentenced for trafficking meth on her 38th birthday
A meth-trafficking Cairns mum used her 72-year-old mother as her lookout, a Cairns court has heard as she was sentenced on her 38th birthday.
Two cows killed, two people hospitalised in crash
Five people — including three children — have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into livestock on a rural road in the Atherton Tablelands, killing one cow and leaving another to be euthanized.
Who can get free lung cancer screenings in new program
Free lung cancer screening is now available in Cairns for the first time. Check whether you qualify for the new national program designed to catch Australia’s deadliest cancer early.
PHOTOS: NAIDOC Week march and celebrations
Chants of “strong in spirit, bold in fight” echoed through Cairns streets on Friday as Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders marched through the city as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations. SEE WHO ATTENDED
‘Keeps kids on track’: Beloved community program at risk
A community program that gets dozens of kids off the streets playing sport and providing after school meals is in doubt after funding for the successful project ran out.
Timeline: Teen’s final moments before fatal stolen car crash
The final moments before a stolen car crashed and killed 14-year-old Bradley Smith and left a 12-year-old girl a quadriplegic have been detailed during an inquest into the teen’s death.
‘They’ve disrupted our knowledge’: Why we need Indigenous skills
Australians are relying on the advice of Indigenous elders more than ever, Cairns NAIDOC Week organisers say, urging the governments to follow suit.
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