Cairns
‘Doesn’t belong in the NBL’: Cotton does it again as Perth mauls Cairns
Bryce Cotton has produced his fourth consecutive 40-point game in the Wildcats’ demolition of the Taipans.
- by Jasper Bruce
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Crisafulli deflects nuclear questions, blames Labor ‘scare campaigns’
The opposition leader was asked if he would match premier Steven Miles’ promise of a High Court fight against any federal attempt to build reactors in Queensland.
- by William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
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Queensland votes
‘Stakes are really high’: Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up
As Labor leader Steven Miles kept busy, his LNP challenger, David Crisafulli, warned of “aggression in politics” and announced another crime policy.
- by Cameron Atfield
Final flight: Pilot turned off lights to hide take-off, flew over his own unit
An air safety report reveals a helicopter that crashed into a Cairns hotel, killing the drunk pilot, hit the building blades-first with its rotors on full power.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
‘A different leader’: Miles wants his own mandate, Crisafulli wants change
Queensland’s 26-day formal election fight will begin on Tuesday, after the state’s major party leaders spent campaign-eve setting the scene for voters.
- by Matt Dennien and Cameron Atfield
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
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