Poor results in a national poll have been shrugged off by a Coalition heavyweight, who says the party’s Far North candidates are cutting through with regional voters ahead of next month’s federal election.
Federal Labor will commit $77.4m to boost climate resilience and upgrade essential services in remote communities across the Torres Strait, if elected next month, with a Queensland senator calling on the state government to jointly invest in the works.
Prisoners launched into a wild hour long riot, throwing faeces and urine at corrections staff, lighting fires, and destroying a kitchen after an inmate learnt his brother wouldn’t be transferred into his unit, a court has heard.
Funding to help complete part of a Cairns tourism asset has been pledged by the LNP, with both sides falling short of investing into TTNQ’s bid to market the region for international visitors.
A Far North MP claims the state transport minister fumbled his facts while attempting to answer a “Dorothy Dixer” question about the future of the Barron River Bridge. WATCH HERE.
A Queensland grocer has captured the moment a cassowary chased away her flock of chickens trying to eat their breakfast. WATCH THE VIDEO.
A man has died following a crash near Cairns on Sunday, while the driver and other passengers escaped with minor injuries.
Federal MP Bob Katter shouted “yeehaw” as he proudly showed off his latest project, Patriot beer. So, what’s all the fuss about?
A 21-year-old who assaulted three women while she was drunk, knocking one woman unconscious and using a bottle as a weapon, has pleaded guilty in Cairns Magistrates Court to six charges.
As autumn sets in what can locals expect today? We have the latest word from the Weather Bureau.
The deaths of Johanna Hendrika Korver, Kevin Cochrane and Sandra Lee Perrott have been announced in the The Cairns Post’s My Tributes. Read the latest death notices here.
Funerals for Peter John Smith, Christopher Charles Bounghi and Margaret “Joan” Ernst will be held in in Cairns this week. Read the latest funeral notices here.
Here is a list of District Court sittings at Cairns on April 7
FASD experts are calling for more affordable and accessible diagnostic services to stop children with severe brain injuries being put in detention.
Cairns Regional Council has made its $450m pitch to unlock the city’s stagnant southern growth corridor, addressing the city’s soaring housing prices and an almost non-existent rental market in the process.
When a retired Cairns lawyer with more than 4,000 books decided to clear out his collection, it sparked the birth of a ‘new’ second hand bookstore.
The cure for a gastrointestinal parasite which affects one quarter of the world’s population, could be found in one of Australia’s most venomous fish, according James Cook University scientists.
A woman has been assessed by paramedics after a car ploughed into a Domino’s store in Smithfield on Friday morning.
The mayors of four Queensland councils are urging the state government to introduce a bed tax to help them pay for surging infrastructure costs. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Labor will invest more than $4m to upgrade Endeavour Park if re-elected, which will include improved lighting and a new excellence facility.
Cairns police are continuing their manhunt for a knife-wielding suspect, having previously urged residents to stay indoors during the search.
A man was seen walking the streets, allegedly intoxicated and holding an object believed to be a knife, in the Cairns CBD.
Cairns leaders have welcomed the state government’s commitment to expanding the list of offences included in its ‘Adult Crime, Adult Time’ policy to tackle youth crime.
An NRL great has visited Cairns to celebrate kids’ completion of an early intervention program focused on building their confidence and resilience.
Land valuations across Far North Queensland have skyrocketed with more than 50,000 properties in Cairns potentially facing a $422 rise, on average, boosting council revenue by $22m. Search the new valuation of your suburb.
A father found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting his daughter’s 16-year-old friend while ‘wrestling’ at a sleepover in Far North Queensland has had his conviction overturned with the Queensland Court of Appeal finding the trial judged in Cairns made a mistake of law.
Occupants of a Manoora home have had a lucky escape after a vehicle ploughed through a fence into the front yard after speeding away from a police traffic stop. See the photos.
A defence lawyer said a prison sentence for fraud would be “more onerous than usual” after his client was assaulted in prison for giving evidence against the drug dealers who kidnapped and tortured him.
The internet has gotten behind an Far North couple’s determined bid to reunite a lost pup and her owner with viral social media posts yielding no luck, after two weeks.
A teenage boy was assaulted, had his bag stolen, and suffered a broken tooth while waiting at a bus stop in an outer suburb of Cairns.
Three prisoners who set fires and smashed windows at Lotus Glen Correctional Facility have each had 12 to 14 months added to their jail time after pleading guilty to the riot.
Spruiked as one of the largest injections of capital into Cairns since the 1980s, a “monster” $40m development in Smithfield will include a tavern, hotel, large commercial lots and medium density residential.
A state MP forced to intervene on a local government construction project impacting the ability for businesses to operate says he’s “over” the growing number of council issues he’s dealing with.
A Palm Cove business owner has walked away from a protracted fight to fix up flood his damaged Far North premises to start fresh with a new seafood restaurant called Tiger Prawn Tony’s.
CCTV captures twin brothers Ethan Jason Tararo and Phoenix Tararo assaulting their Uber driver
Two children are nursing injuries after becoming accosted in the street, surrounded and bashed at a remote indigenous community north of Cairns.
A Mareeba farm labourer who threatened to kill his former partner after their break-up, prompting her to flee, has been sentenced to jail, and will likely soon be deported home to Vanuatu.
Stunning pictures have revealed the presence of a saltwater crocodile at a Cairns North lake while concerns about its proximity to a children’s playground have been raised.