Cyclone Nathan to intensify to category 3 for Cairns coastal crossing and other top stories

Cyclone Nathan to intensify to category 3 for Cairns coastal crossing

The Bureau of Meteorology's latest modelling warns communities from Coen, on Cape York's eastern coast, to Cardwell, halfway between Cairns and Townsville, of the incoming tempest. Nathan is currently a Category 1 and is located 445km northeast of ... >> view original

Vodafone and Cairns: same yet different

The words “retrospective tax” — dreaded by foreign investors and hated by Indian companies seeking foreign investment — are once again making headlines, this time due to the income tax department slapping a huge tax demand on Cairn India and its ... >> view original

Cairns comedian takes on Melbourne International Comedy Festival

A Cairns performing arts student hopes a string of shows at Australia's largest comedy festival will help her break out as a fully fledged stand-up comedian. Pauline Sherlock said it had been her lifelong ambition to be a singer but she had never been ... >> view original

Cairns goes green during St Patrick's Day celebrations

Locals and tourists alike turned out in force to celebrate St Patrick's Day in Cairns. While some went to extreme lengths to celebrate, others turned their thoughts back home. Regardless of who they were or where they came from everyone was sure to ... >> view original

Cairns drug dealer jailed for five years for trafficking cocaine, MDMA ...

The Supreme Court in Cairns heard Blenkinsop worked under a wholesale cocaine dealer who was recently sentenced to eight-and-a-half years' jail. He sold street level quantities to about 20 regular customers in Innisfail, the Atherton Tablelands, Port ... >> view original

Ex-NRL star Carl Webb charged in Cairns after late-night rampage

Former rugby league player Carl Webb has been charged with four offences after allegedly trying to force his way into houses in a Cairns street. Former Queensland State of Origin star Carl Webb has been arrested in the state's far north after an ... >> view original

War hero's lost medals thrown Lifeline by op shop in Cairns

But uncovering at least part of the mystery was due to the efforts of the op shop manager and the local newspaper, the Cairns Post. The medals were awarded to New Zealand-born Sydney Olver, who enlisted in the Australian Army on August 28, 1914, and ... >> view original

Tuberculosis scare at Cairns school

Students and teachers at a Cairns school have been in close contact with a person suffering from Tuberculosis. Students and teachers at a Cairns school will be tested for tuberculosis after close contact with someone diagnosed with the disease. Cairns ... >> view original

AFP investigates IS graffiti in Cairns

Federal police are investigating a death threat, which references the Islamic State group, scrawled on a Cairns billboard. Australian Federal Police confirmed they had been notified about the graffiti on a sign in the Boardwalk area near Cairns Airport. >> view original

Man's body found on Cairns footpath; police treating death as suspicious

Queensland police are trying to piece together the final movements of a man in Cairns in the state's far north who has died in suspicious circumstances. The 27-year-old New Zealand national was last seen near a CBD hotel just after 2:00am (AEST). His ... >> view original