Last Top Stories: Tree felling causes anger in Cairns CBD

Tree felling causes anger in Cairns CBD

Some of the trees are thought to have been planted by students of the Cairns Central State School which was formerly located on the site, possibly in the late 19th century. In a written statement provided to the ABC, a spokesperson for Accor Hotels ... >> view original

Currie's Ben Cairns ready to learn in New Zealand

When Cairns arrives in Christchurch, he and Hodge will have around a week together before the latter comes home. Cairns will then have a further fortnight there on his own and he is looking forward to catching up with old faces such as Crusaders head ... >> view original

MagicCairns Leprechaunseye netball titlehat-trick

“That will again happen tomorrow because (goal defence) Chloe Foster is unavailable because of work commitments.” In other matches, Cairns Saints will look for back-to-back wins when they battle newly merged Indamu while Sharks face the competition's ... >> view original

Cairns student makes first Australian Junior Roller Derby team and will head ...

ROLLING SUCCESS: Cairns girl Saachi Besley Whitworth, 14, has been selected to represent Australia's junior roller derby team which will travel to Seattle this July for the world championships. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACK Source: News Limited ... >> view original

Pullman Cairns sold by Robert Magid

Robert Magid's TMG Developments and its partner, the Singapore-based Ascendas Hospitality Trust, sold the hotel to the Melbourne-based Shakespeare Property Group, which is headed by private investor Yong Quek. The landmark Accor-managed 321 ... >> view original

Bright lights ... NASA has captured the mysterious “alien lights” on dwarf planet ...

NASA's Dawn mission has captured a sequence of images of dwarf planet Ceres which showcases a group of bright spots which continue to mystify scientists. The images, taken on May 16 from a distance of 7,200 kilometres, show two rough circle-shaped ... >> view original

Woman punched and robbed while trying to sell iPhone 6 in St Kilda

A WOMAN who was selling her iPhone online has been punched in the stomach by a prospective buyer. The 23-year-old arranged to meet a man, who called himself Jeffery, outside a cafe on Brighton Rd in St Kilda about 7.50am on May 5. He contacted her ... >> view original

Here's why Apple would be wise to stay out of the TV business

Whereas savvy smartphone shoppers look at software, memory, processing power, and other tech specs when deciding on a phone or computer, people tend to choose TVs based on picture and price. Photo: Bloomberg. Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn ... >> view original

OPPO announces two new Australia-bound midrange smartphones

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO last night announced two new midrange handsets, the OPPO R7 (pictured above) and OPPO R7 Plus. The OPPO R7 is the smaller of the two devices, boasting a 5-inch screen a 6.3mm thick body. The new phone ... >> view original

It's raining spiders in Australia

Last week, people in the city of Albury in New South Wales, Australia, encountered an eerie sight — silky webs coated the land, teeming with millions of small baby spiders. The spiders parachuted down from the sky, a process known as “ballooning,” reports ... >> view original