Cairns Taipans fans attending this week’s town hall meeting should pose serious questions about the prospect of private ownership with rumours swirling that an announcement is imminent, an NBL legend says.
The Tropical Innovation Festival will bring some of Australia and the world’s best minds to Cairns for the next ten days, celebrating innovation and entrepreneurship and spotlighting our unique region. Check out who’s here and what’s on:
A community bus service from Yarrabah to Cairns is being trialled for six months to connect residents to work opportunities and further public transport.
Three people have been charged following the alleged kidnapping of a 19-year-old woman who “suffered significant trauma” including having her head shaved after she was abducted from Cairns North last week. WATCH THE VIDEO.
Australian pop star Conrad Sewell will take the stage in Cairns later this year as part of his Firestone 10th Anniversary: Acoustic Sessions regional tour.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton defended his migration cuts and their impacts on the Far North’s farm labourer workforce while making education and training announcements in Cairns.
An elected LNP government will channel exclusive housing funds into Cairns, Opposition leader Peter Dutton pledged during a visit to the north, but his local candidate missed the announcement.
In a bold new plan to grow Queensland’s visitor economy, the Crisafulli government has launched a new tourism brand, That Holiday Feeling.
The sad circumstances that led a Cairns mum to lose her home, custody of her children, then her freedom have been revealed in Court, where she was sentenced for meeting with her own kids.
The widow of murdered gold prospector Bruce Schuler says she has never given up on “bringing home” her husband, and has slammed a petition for a new inquest launched by the family of his convicted killers.
Security concerns have been raised about the practice of medical evacuees being housed in Cairns hotel rooms following the recent escape of a PNG national from ABF custody.
A vicious blaze which “took some time” to bring down has destroyed an older model vehicle on the Kuranda Range Rd.
A $20m housing proposal to increase and diversify the types of dwellings available in remote communities has been endorsed by a Far North MP ahead of the federal election.
A Cairns family have been left devastated after a group of youths allegedly broke into their car dealership business, stole five cars and caused up to $100,000 in damages.
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