Friday, July 31, 2015

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Cairns marks next step after child deaths

Cairns marks next step after child deaths
A community devastated by the deaths of eight children in Cairns will mark another step in their recovery process on Friday. Queensland's housing department will hand over the site of the Manoora massacre to the Cairns Regional Council with a ceremony ...
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Meet the artists of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

Meet the artists of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
Now in its sixth year, the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) continues to grow in size as well as national and international recognition. The three day event begins on July 31 and attracts visitors and exhibitors from around Australia and the world ...
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Cairns seeks exemption from Sustainable Ports Development Bill in bid to allow ...

Cairns seeks exemption from Sustainable Ports Development Bill in bid to allow ...
"Make Cairns and Mourilyan strategic ports, be officially designated as strategic ports so that we can have capital dredging and also ensure that we'll have ongoing maintenance dredging occurring and also to instigate a trigger mechanism in the ...
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Former Black Cap Chris Cairns a no-show for London perjury hearing

Former Black Cap Chris Cairns a no-show for London perjury hearing
A British judge has declared himself "not impressed" after former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns failed to show up for a London court hearing in his perjury trial. Cairns has pleaded not guilty to a perjury charge stemming from a 2012 libel trial ...
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Attenborough DVD all about monkey business in tomorrow's The Cairns Post

Attenborough DVD all about monkey business in tomorrow's The Cairns Post
“Australia has the highest extinction rate in the world, so we have a lot to learn from animals like these,'' she said. Today's The Best of BBC Earth collector DVD, titled Primates, is available for just $2.50 with a token from tomorrow's The Cairns Post.
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World's largest luxury sailing catamaran set for charters from Cairns

World's largest luxury sailing catamaran set for charters from Cairns
The four-year-old vessel is currently at BSE Cairns Slipways, where three generator sets are being installed during a month-long job worth about $150,000. Captain Gavin Bladen is hoping that in a few weeks he will be able to start $425,000-a-week ...
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350 jobs at new zinc mine southwest of Cairns

350 jobs at new zinc mine southwest of Cairns
THREE hundred and fifty jobs will be up for grabs at a $1.9 billion zinc mine 1130km southwest of Cairns. It is expected some of the Far Northern staff at MMG's Century Zinc mine in the Gulf of Carpentaria will transfer to the site, while other mine ...
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Tropical Urbanism to Create More High Rises in Cairns

Tropical Urbanism to Create More High Rises in Cairns
The Queensland tourism hub of Cairns has unveiled proposed amendments planning regulations that could dramatically raise building heights throughout the region, as part of efforts to foster more higher-density living throughout the region. The Cairns ...
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Alleged teen flasher caught in Cairns police trap

Alleged teen flasher caught in Cairns police trap
ALL OUT: A teenage boy has been charged with repeat flashing offences in Edmonton. Source: News Corp Australia. AN undercover cop who posed as a runner has caught an alleged teenage serial flasher with his pants down in an elaborate police sting.
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Sugar cane burn-offs should be no worry to Cairns residents

Sugar cane burn-offs should be no worry to Cairns residents
Mr Savina said there were generally no more than 10 permitted burns in the Cairns area each year and most had now been completed. But he said some fires were not burn-offs and were deliberately lit, and advised residents to call authorities if they saw ...
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