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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.
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.
Plans for a $300m resort at Port Douglas are on the rocks after receivers were appointed to the failed company whose director is now the subject of an investigation by the corporate watchdog.
Cairns will play a critical role in the growth of women’s rugby league with a top administrator confident a new elite training facility can take the game to another level on-and-off the field.
Cape York tourism businesses are bracing for a “financial disaster” at yet another closure of the beleaguered Jardine River Ferry that may not open as planned due to extreme river levels.
A re-elected Labor Government will match the LNP’s commitment to build a $15m high performance centre, paving the way for the city’s first national women’s sports team to take the field in 2027.
The family of a little boy “beautiful in every way” has donated his heart after he tragically died following a medical incident at a Cairns childcare.
Cairns Regional Council leveraging support of the Coalition has now leaned on Labor to support construction of critically needed trunk infrastructure within the south Cairns growth corridor.
Tempers have flared at a pre-polling booth in Cairns with a Far North LNP powerbroker walking through a TV interview with senator Larissa Waters — then attempting to do so again a second time.
Accusations that Labor supporters defaced campaign signs for a rival candidate around Cairns have been strongly denied by the ALP’s candidate for Leichhardt, Matt Smith.
A 21-year-old’s family home was “wracked wtih serious family violence” when he allegedly stabbed his sister’s boyfriend five times with a steak knife after playing Call of Duty, a court has been told.
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.
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