Cairns
No access to fresh air: Children held in ‘inadequate’ adult watch houses for weeks
Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.
- by Keira Jenkins
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Air accident
Aviation company staff member crashed helicopter after farewell drinks
Nautilus Aviation has released a statement to “address rumours” about the fatal crash of one of its helicopters into a Cairns hotel.
- by Sean Parnell
Deadly helicopter crash ‘could have been far worse’
The rotor blades of the helicopter smacked into the hotel rooms, one of which had an elderly couple asleep inside.
- by Savannah Meacham
‘A colossal ear-deafening bang’: Pilot killed after stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel
A helicopter that crashed into a waterfront hotel in Cairns, killing the pilot, was on an ‘unauthorised’ flight and may have been stolen, authorities say.
- by William Davis
Waterfall victims identified as Indian students
Tributes have begun to pour in for Chaitanya Mupparaju and Surya Teja Bobba after their bodies were recovered at Millaa Millaa Falls near Cairns.
- by Laine Clark
Record $1m reward paid out after Cordingley murder charge
A record $1 million reward has been paid out “in full” after an international search led to the arrest of a man accused of murdering Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.
- by Laine Clark and Keira Jenkins
Battling region hit again by heavy rain, cyclone threat
All roads are closed north of the Daintree River near Cairns because of landslips and rockfalls after again being hit hard by heavy rain.
- by Fraser Barton, Keira Jenkins and Laine Clark
Cyclone threat may loom for flooded region, as PM and premier fly in
More heavy downpours are set to hit the far north, with a monsoon trough expected to develop in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
- by Laine Clark and Keira Jenkins
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Extreme weather
‘It will be a tough ask’: Stricken town’s plea for help as flood rescue drags on
A community escaping floodwaters in far north Queensland is set to be evacuated to a town that is low on water and has only three days of food left.
- by Laine Clark
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Cyclones
Widespread flooding, airport closed as Jasper batters Queensland’s far north
Cyclone Jasper has left a trail of destruction across Far North Queensland, with Cairns Airport closed and houses inundated.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Cyclones
Jasper weakens to tropical low after crossing Qld coast
Heavy rains and damaging winds have hit Queensland’s tropical north coast as Tropical Cyclone Jasper weakened to a tropical low, but life-threatening flash flooding was still expected.
- by Duncan Murray
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