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Cairns house where eight children were found dead to be razed by end of day

The Cairns house where eight children were found dead in December will be razed by the end of the day. Work began at the start of this week to tear down the house on Murray Street, Manoora, with workers cleaning and removing asbestos from the ... >> view original

Top-secret US spy ship in Oz

The maintenance work was undertaken at the Tropical Reef Shipyard in Cairns Harbour where she has been for the past 10 weeks. The USAV Worthy is known as a “missile range surveillance ship”, and is based at the top-secret US missile and space facility ... >> view original

Cairns Energy backs out of Ibiza oil search

They also signed a a petition submitted to Spain's government urging it to rethink its decision to give Cairn Energy the green light to look for oil through a Spanish subsidiary. Vicent Serra, outgoing president of Ibiza's local government the Consell ... >> view original

Preston baby death: Liam Cairns charged with murder

A man has been charged with the murder of a 13-month-old baby. Liam Cairns, 26, is accused of killing the child, who died in hospital shortly after he was discovered at an address on Church Street, Preston, on 22 March. A post-mortem examination has ... >> view original

Irish homebuilder Cairns to float on London Stock Exchange

Irish housebuilder Cairn Homes has confirmed plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. The company said it is seeking to raise between €350 million to €400 million, at €1 per share. Separately, there will be a subscription for ordinary shares by ... >> view original

Cairns double murder: Brandon Peter MacGowan appeals against conviction for ...

The Court of Appeal is considering a challenge to the conviction of a man from Cairns, in far north Queensland, jailed for murdering a couple in a row over a panel van. A Supreme Court jury in Cairns last year convicted Brandon Peter MacGowan of ... >> view original

Sky is limit for Gosfield School pupil Connall Cairns who passed MIT aerospace ...

A SCHOOLBOY who has wanted to be a nuclear physicist since he was just seven has passed a prestigious American university's aerospace course with flying colours – at the tender age of 13. Connall Cairns, a Year 8 student at Gosfield School, near ... >> view original

Cairns Airport Ironman Father and Daughter Time

At the Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns on June 14, Eltham's Peter Inge will be in the unique position of not only watching his daughter Pip finish her first IRONMAN event, he will be finishing it with her. A few years ago Pip watched her Dad morph from a ... >> view original

Islamic State recruiting 'highly trained professionals' to manufacture chemical ...

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group is recruiting "highly trained professionals" to make chemical weapons and has already used chlorine in an attack. Addressing the Australia Group in Perth overnight, Ms Bishop ... >> view original

Keep out US pastor Mark Driscoll, Hillsong warned

He is already being put in the same category as world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather and self-proclaimed pick-up artist Julien Blanc – barred and kicked out respectively. US pastor Mark Driscoll, invited by Hillsong Church to its Australian conference, ... >> view original