Friday, November 20, 2015

Last Top Stories: Cairns racing identities voice concerns over new whip rules | Cairns Post

  • Cairns racing identities voice concerns over new whip rules | Cairns Post

    Cairns racing identities voice concerns over new whip rules | Cairns Post
    WILD RIDE: Racing in the Far North and across Australia could be set for a huge change under proposed new whip rules. Picture: MIKE MILLSSource:SuppliedCAIRNS trainer Scott Cooper says some of racing’s greatest moments would be rewritten if proposed new whip rules had previously been in affect.Darren Beadman’s saintly image off the track has always opposed the devilish competitor on it, whipping notorious laggers like Octagonal and Kingston Rule in to a frenzy – and then the history books.With p..
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  • Developers keen to build first six star hotel in Cairns | Cairns Post

    Developers keen to build first six star hotel in Cairns | Cairns Post
    IMPRESSIVE: An artist's impression of a rooftop bar and balcony on one of the C3 three 23-storey towers planned for Sheridan St, Cairns opposite the Cairns Convention Centre. IMAGE: SUPPLIEDSource:SuppliedC3 Development - Cairns, AustraliaTHE first six-star hotel in Cairns is earmarked for the city’s Central Business District.Developer and CBD property investor Frank Gasparin toldThe Weekend Posthe was in negotiations with a Singaporean hotel operator to build the hotel.“We are looking at a six-..
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  • Day set for family to mourn for crewmen lost off Cairns | Cairns Post

    Day set for family to mourn for crewmen lost off Cairns | Cairns Post
    Day set for family to mourn for crewmen lost off Cairnsby:Dominic GeigerFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 21, 20156:30AMRESTING PLACE: An engine mount from the Catalina plane whose discovery in waters off Cairns was confirmed this year. PICTURE: KEVIN COOMBSSource:SuppliedCatalina A24-25, Cairns North QueenslandRELATIVES of servicemen lost in the World War II Catalina crash off Cairns have been given a date to pay their final respects.After confirming the wreck wasthat of the RAAF Number 11 Squadron ..
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  • Cairns jury warned about Vincent evidence - 9news

    Cairns jury warned about Vincent evidence - 9news
    The jury deciding Chris Cairns's fate has received a stern warning about the dangers of trusting former teammate Lou Vincent's evidence.Vincent, a former Black Cap and confessed match fixer, was the first witness to give evidence at Cairns's perjury trial at Southwark Crown Court in London.He told the court he became involved in match fixing in the 2008, and cheated on direct orders from Cairns in a number of cricket games. The Crown says Vincent came to the trial a "broken man"."He was..
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  • Cairns southern suburbs expected to welcome 40,000 people in next 20 years | Cairns Post

    Cairns southern suburbs expected to welcome 40,000 people in next 20 years | Cairns Post
    Cairns southern suburbs expected to welcome 40,000 people in next 20 yearsby:JIM CAMPBELLFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 21, 20156:30AMLOTS OF INTEREST : Project manager for Kenfrost homes Adam Gowlett at the new Kenfrost Homes housing development at Mt Peter. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedTHE lure of life in Far North Queensland is becoming irresistible but the region’s population is fast outgrowing the city limits.And with limited capacity for expansion to the city’s north and west, ..
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  • FNQ high schools farewell 2500 graduating students

    FNQ high schools farewell 2500 graduating students
    WE’VE DONE IT: St Augustine’s College Year 12 students (from left) Sam Treston, Andrew O’Sullivan, Lyle Bray, Oscar Perry, Angus Lawson and Tristian Nelder cheer their school days goodbye. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedABOUT 2500 students across Far North Queensland are preparing to start the next chapter of their lives after graduating from high school yesterday.There was plenty of fanfare, high fives and tears at St Augustine’s in Cairns, as 125 Year 12 students filed through a gua..
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  • Hiromi Tango’s community tree sculpture at Cairns Regional Gallery | Cairns Post

    Hiromi Tango’s community tree sculpture at Cairns Regional Gallery | Cairns Post
    Hiromi Tango’s community tree sculpture at Cairns Regional Galleryby:Denise CarterFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 21, 20156:00AMBRIGHT IDEA: Artist Hiromi Tango was in town to install The Climbing Tree at Cairns Regional Gallery. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News Corp AustraliaA VAST tree sculpture created by Japanese Australian artist Hiromi Tango has a distinct community flavour after being opened to the public at Cairns Regional Gallery yesterday.NamedArt Magic: The Climbing Tree, the install..
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  • Kuranda's quirks all part of the experience

    Kuranda's quirks all part of the experience
    FLOWER POWER: Kuranda residents want Mareeba Shire Council to allow them to beautify a traffic island at the entrance to their town, claiming the pedestrian refuge is too ugly for the community. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDSource:SuppliedIT’S about 2pm on a weekday and I’m walking through Kuranda trying to find some lunch.Much to my surprise, much of the normally bustling rainforest village is starting to shut down for the day.Cafes are dragging their menu boards back in, curtains are being drawn and rolle..
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  • Focus on jihad attacks at ASEAN

    Focus on jihad attacks at ASEAN
    Focus on jihad attacks at ASEANby:By Cat BartonFrom:AAPNovember 21, 20153:51PMBarack Obama believes Malaysia can be "extraordinarily helpful" in combating Islamic State.Source:AAPASIA-PACIFIC leaders meeting in Malaysia have condemned the string of Islamic extremist attacks from Paris to Mali, urging an international effort to fight the scourge.PRIME Minister Najib Razak of Muslim-majority Malaysia opened a fresh round of summitry in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday by railing against the ideological ma..
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  • NZ helicopter crash kills seven

    WORSENING weather and treacherous terrain are hampering New Zealand police attempting to reach the bodies of seven people killed in a helicopter crash in the Fox Glacier.ALL aboard, including a pilot, are believed to have died in a crash at the popular South Island tourist spot on Saturday morning, police said.But investigators have still been unable to reach the site of the wreckage, some 700 metres up the glacier. The names and nationalities of those killed have yet to be released, while the n..
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