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Hockey's junkets to Cairns

Details of Mr Hockey's taxpayer-funded entitlements show he travelled to Cairns as shadow treasurer 13 times and on another two occasions while in government — for a bill of more than $20,000. Both of Mr Hockey's trips to the tropical north when in ... >> view original

Authorities give all clear in Cairns suburb of Mooroobool after chemical ...

HAZARD: Dozens of homes were evacuated in Mooroobool as authorities worked to contain a chemical leak this afternoon. It has now been resolved. PIC: ISAAC EGAN, THE CAIRNS POST Source: Supplied. AUTHORITIES have left the scene at Lois St in ... >> view original

Stephen Struber and Dianne Wilson Struber found guilty by Cairns court of ...

The murder trial lasted two weeks in the Cairns Supreme Court. Key witnesses in the Crown's case were the three gold prospectors who were with Bruce Schuler when he vanished from Palmerville on the morning of July 9, 2012. There trio testified they ... >> view original

James Cook University Professor Steve Turton says Cairns campus could become ...

HISTORY: The official opening of the JCU Cairns Campus. December 1995. Standing in front of building A1 (left to right): Rector of the JCU Cairns campus, Professor Philip Courtenay; Peter Dodd, member for Leichhardt; Vice-Chancellor Professor Ray ... >> view original

Cairns counts down to North Queensland Games

START THE COUNDOWN: Councillor Jessie Richardson ,competitors Theo Watson and Mikaela Bretz and Major sponsor RACQ Branch manager Darren McTaggart promote the North Queensland Games which will be held in Cairns in one year's time . >> view original

Stacking cairns to commune with nature

While hiking down the shoreline of Gunsight Canyon on my family's last trip to Lake Powell back in June, I stumbled upon a collection of sandstone rocks, obviously stacked by human hands, balanced precariously atop one another. As I wandered among the ... >> view original

Cairns inquest to investigate coral trout fisherman's death at Bowden Reef ...

A coroner will examine the death of a coral trout fisherman on a north Queensland reef at in inquest in Cairns, in far north Queensland, today. Glenn Anthony Wilson, 39, was employed as a commercial fisherman at Reef Pacific when he died at work in ... >> view original

United cancels Cairns, Korea flights - Pacific Daily News

Guam's only direct air link to Cairns, Australia, will cease to exist in September. United Airlines confirmed Thursday its twice weekly Guam-Cairns service would end Sept. 26. United also plans to stop its daily flights between Guam and Seoul, South ... >> view original

Carlton United relaunches Pure Blonde as 'healthier', lower-carbohydrate, low ...

THE original low-carb brew has undergone a beer belly-busting makeover aimed at calorie-conscious women and man-spread-aware blokes. Pure Blonde's carb content has been slashed by 30 per cent and now holds 80 per cent fewer carbohydrates than ... >> view original

Column: Healthy ways to get a sugar fix

FOR the past three and half years I've been teaching Raw and Healthy Chocolate and Desserts Workshops. They evolved out of my own desire to eat without guilt, upsetting my digestive process or overdosing my hormones on sugar. They've been ... >> view original