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Inaugural Sail Cairns Festival Cup Regatta launches in Trinity Inlet

The Cairns Yacht Club and the Cairns Cruising Yacht Squadron have combined their resources for the festival, which aims to show off the sport and attract more participants. Up to 30 crews will compete in categories that make up the Mayor's Cup ... >> view original

Cairns Chamber floats idea of 24-hour trading in the city's CBD

SUPPORTIVE: Alive Discount Pharmacy owner Nick Loukas thinks 24-hour trading in Cairns CBD is a good idea. PICTURE: STEWART McLEAN. BARGAIN hunters would have the chance to shop around the clock under a bold new plan to introduce 24-hour ... >> view original

Anti-domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty uses Father's Day to encourage ...

Fathers Day has been used by anti-domestic violence campaigner and Australian of the year Rosie Batty to ask men to reflect on their role in discouraging family violence. Through her Never Alone campaign, Ms Batty, who's son Luke was murdered by his ... >> view original

Tony Abbott says Australia will 'step up to the plate' on refugees

Prime Minster Tony Abbott announced at a press conference that Immigration Minister Peter Dutton will head to Geneva to discuss Australia accepting refugee families from Syria. Andrew Meares. by Joanna Mather and AAP. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ... >> view original

Two men charged after Sydney brawl

Two men have been charged following a brawl in Sydney's inner west that left another man in hospital with stab wounds. The injured man, aged 33, was treated for non-life threatening cuts to his hand and forehead at the scene at a unit block in ... >> view original

Crims may get less jail time over riots

PRISONERS could get big reductions in their jail time as a lockdown remains in place two months after Victoria's worst prison riots. PRISONERS at the Metropolitan Remand Centre remain in lockdown after the June 30 riots that caused more than $10 ... >> view original

Pilot escapes injury after plane flips

A pilot has escaped injury after his plane flipped over while landing at Tyabb Airport on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. An Ambulance Victoria spokesman says paramedics treated the man aged in his 50s after they were called to the crash just before ... >> view original

Anti same-sex marriage group uses Father's Day to warn of 'Dad-less' kids risk

A scene from Australian documentary Gayby Baby, about children growing up with same sex parents. Photo: Supplied. An Australian anti same-sex marriage group has marked Father's Day by releasing a video warning of the dangers of children growing up ... >> view original

Four charged for violent SA home invasion

FOUR men have been charged in connection with a violent home invasion in Adelaide. POLICE will allege five men forced their way into a Marden apartment just after 1am on Friday in a targeted attack. Two of the suspects were armed with machetes and ... >> view original

NSW beach reopened after shark attack

THE NSW mid north coast beach where a 2.5 metre great white shark attacked a man last week has reopened. BLACK Head Beach was closed on Friday afternoon and remained off-limits on Saturday but was on Sunday given the all clear, a Surf Life Saving ... >> view original