Monday, November 23, 2015

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  • Cairns Regional Council expected to approve more bus services for NYE | Cairns Post

    Cairns Regional Council expected to approve more bus services for NYE | Cairns Post
    Cairns Regional Council is expected to approve funding for extended bus services on New Year’s Eve. Commuters wait at the Lake St bus terminal. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSSource:News LimitedCAIRNS New Year’s Eve revellers will have further cause for celebration with council expected to approve funding for post-midnight bus services.At Wednesday’s general meeting the council will vote on a recommendation to spend more than $15,000 on extending the cut-off for a number of Sunbus services from 11.30pm to ..
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  • Cairns’ $10 million mental health facility welcomes first residents | Cairns Post

    Cairns’ $10 million mental health facility welcomes first residents | Cairns Post
    Cairns’ $10 million mental health facility welcomes first residentsby:Kimberley VlasicFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 24, 20156:00AMThe Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Board Acting Chair Carolyn Eagle, Member for Cairns Rob Pyne and Neami National CEO Arthur Papakotsias at the official opening of the $10 million Cairns Community Care Unit on Monday. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSSource:News LimitedRECOVERING mental health patients have started moving into a new $10 ­million facility in Cairns that ..
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  • Man denied bail for alleged torture of teen girl in Cairns house | Cairns Post

    Man denied bail for alleged torture of teen girl in Cairns house | Cairns Post
    Man denied bail for alleged torture of teen girl in Cairns houseby:Grace UhrFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 24, 20156:30AMA man has been charged with allegedly torturing a 14-year-old girl for almost two weeks.Source:News LimitedA TEENAGE Cairns girl told police she thought she would die when she was allegedly tortured for almost two weeks with scissors, knives and a glass by a man she met online.During the brutal alleged series of events inside a Brinsmead house, the 30-year-old man, who cannot be..
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  • Cairns volunteer organisation gears up for big festive season | Cairns Post

    Cairns volunteer organisation gears up for big festive season | Cairns Post
    Cairns volunteer organisation gears up for big festive seasonby:Hayden SmithFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 24, 20155:30AMStreet Level Youth care co-ordinators Roy and Suzanne Edwards are gearing up for the organisation’s biggest ever Christmas drive. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSSource:News LimitedCAIRNS man Roy Edwards will once again go quietly about his business this Christmas Day.But for 24 years, Street Level Youth Care has been sharing the festive spirit with countless disadvantaged young people in t..
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  • Roger Corbett storms Gordon Cairns' Woolies before he's even hired | afr

    Roger Corbett storms Gordon Cairns' Woolies before he's even hired | afr
    Here's Roger! It's like that scene fromThe ShiningwhenJack Nicholsondecides that a locked door is no barrier to entry if you've got yourself a very sharp axe. Equally, there was never any question that former Woolworths bossRoger Corbettwould end up back in the bosom of his former HQ in Sydney's idyllic Bella Vista. Thankfully, the company's new chairman, gallopingGordon Cairns, ensured violent means were never required,inviting him back in as an adviser to the Board as of December 1(the same da..
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  • Scrub python leaves Cairns snake catcher’s car with new odour | Cairns Post

    Scrub python leaves Cairns snake catcher’s car with new odour | Cairns Post
    Scrub python leaves Cairns snake catcher’s car with new odourby:Dominic GeigerFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 24, 20156:25AMA Whitfield family was upset after they discovered this 3.5 metre scrub python had eaten one of their chickens. The snake later regurgitated its meal in a Cairns snake catcher's car. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDSource:SuppliedChicken-loving python released0:14Snake catcher releases chicken-loving scrub python after it regurgitated it's last meal in his car. Video: Matthew HaganA CAIRNS s..
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  • Cairns jury set for deliberations | NT News

    Cairns jury set for deliberations | NT News
    Cairns jury set for deliberationsby:By Amelia RomanosFrom:AAPNovember 24, 20152:15PMAFTER sitting through more than seven weeks of Chris Cairns's perjury trial in London, the jury is preparing to decide the former cricketing star's fate.CAIRNS faces a charge of perjury in relation to a 2012 libel case in which he stated that he had never, ever cheated at cricket.He and co-defendant barrister Andrew Fitch-Holland also face a charge of perverting the course of justice by trying to get former Black..
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  • Cairns primary school principal pleads guilty to credit card fraud | Cairns Post

    Cairns primary school principal pleads guilty to credit card fraud | Cairns Post
    Cairns primary school principal pleads guilty to credit card fraudby:Harry ClarkeFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 24, 20155:10AMFormer Parramatta Park State School principal Wayne Garry Kirk to plead guilty to fraud using a Department of Education credit card. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News LimitedA CAIRNS primary school principal will likely lose his job and face an early end to his career after being found liable by a court of fraudulent spending with a taxpayer-funded credit card.Wayne Garry ..
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  • Rainforestation koala joey “Bon Bon” finds international fame

    Rainforestation koala joey “Bon Bon” finds international fame
    Rainforestation koala joey “Bon Bon” finds international fameby:Kimberley VlasicFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 24, 20156:30AMBon Bon the baby koala at Rainforestation, Kuranda, is about to turn one year old on Christmas Day and is gaining world-wide popularity. Wildlife keeper Mandji Browning takes care of the inquisitive Bon Bon. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedBaby koalas play at the Cairns 'Rainforestation' sanctuary1:16Baby koalas play at the Cairns tourism attraction Rainforestation..
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  • Kuranda Pet Resort to go under the hammer

    Kuranda Pet Resort to go under the hammer
    Kuranda Pet Resort to go under the hammerby:NICK ANSELLFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 24, 20156:00AMKuranda's iconic pet resort is up for auction with significant interest from potential buyers. Staff member Mel Appleby dries off Scruff after a bath at the resort. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedWHEN Graham and Diane Wright opened the Kuranda Pet Resort in 2005, they knew that caring for customers’ pets was a job of full time responsibility.But 10 years on, the iconic kennel is set to go..
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