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  • Pacific class boat program will create 600 jobs in Cairns | Business News | Business and Finance News | | Cairns Post

    Pacific class boat program will create 600 jobs in Cairns | Business News | Business and Finance News | | Cairns Post
    Pacific class boat program will create 600 jobs in Cairnsby:NICK DALTONFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 29, 20156:30AMSharon Dawson of Dawsons Group of Companies believes a $2 billion patrol boat building and servicing contract “will transform our community and economy”. She’s pictured with Jeremy Blockey.Source:News LimitedSIX hundred jobs will be created if Cairns wins a $2 billion patrol boat building and servicing contract.City economist Bill Cummings said 600 direct and indirect jobs, mainly in..
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  • Lawyers negotiate amount owed by Gilligan's to former catering...

    Lawyers negotiate amount owed by Gilligan's to former catering...
    Lawyers negotiate amount owed by Gilligan’s to former catering companyby:Harry ClarkeFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 29, 20156:00AMThe amount owed by Gilligan’s to former caterer Mad Dogs is being finalised in a Cairns Supreme Court civil dispute. PICTURE: BRIAN CASSEYSource:News LimitedLAWYERS for the son of a gambling tycoon and former owner of Cairns venue Gilligan’s have accused a catering company of pursuing legal ­action against him partly ­because of his high profile.A bitter legal stoush be..
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  • Cairns’ Special Emergency Response Team show off skills in training exercise | Cairns Post

    Cairns’ Special Emergency Response Team show off skills in training exercise | Cairns Post
    Cairns’ Special Emergency Response Team show off skills in training exerciseby:Grace UhrFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 29, 20156:00AMMembers of the Cairns' Special Emergency Response Team conduct a training exercise at the Redlynch Northern Outlook Centre. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News LimitedTHE scenario was simple and realistic with overtones of recent events – two gunmen and five hostages in an adult education facility.But this is exactly what Cairns’ Special Emergency Response Team need t..
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  • Five cruise liners to call at Cairns for the first time | Cairns Post

    Five cruise liners to call at Cairns for the first time | Cairns Post
    Cruise ship Azamara Quest will call into Cairns for the first time on January 4. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDSource:SuppliedCAIRNS will host five cruise ships on their maiden visits over the next three months, ranging from a super luxury boutique liner to the flagship of an Asian-based operator.Next week the new P & O cruise shipPacific Ariaarrives on Thursday for two days, followed byPacific Eden,which will be based in Cairns next year as its Australian home port.Ports North chairman Russell Beer said..
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  • Cairns men slip on high heels for second annual In Her Shoes relay race | Cairns Post

    Cairns men slip on high heels for second annual In Her Shoes relay race | Cairns Post
    Cairns men slip on high heels for second annual In Her Shoes relay raceby:Kimberley VlasicFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 29, 20156:30AMMen and boys don women's shoes and dress up for the In Her Shoes relay race raising funds and awareness for domestic violence. Pictured are Michael Giordano, Wayne Dullaway, Chris Bradbury and Andrew Lynam of team Correctional Crusaders. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedHOPES are high that more Cairns men will take a stand against domestic and family viole..
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  • Battle with leukaemia gives Cairns man a whole new lease on life | Cairns Post

    Battle with leukaemia gives Cairns man a whole new lease on life | Cairns Post
    Monty Summer from Cairns Sporting Wheelies talks about his work and personal struggles. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedMONTY Summers became hellbent on returning to the running track from the moment he was told his life hanged in the balance.It was August 2006, and surrounded by his family, the then-teenager and champion athlete learned from a Brisbane doctor he had contracted acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).“All I could conjure up at the time was ‘bugger’,” Mr Summers recalled.“T..
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  • Cairns sociology conference hears tattoos are still popular | Cairns Post

    Cairns sociology conference hears tattoos are still popular | Cairns Post
    Monash University researcher Carley Fraser, who is presenting research on tattoos at the Australian Sociological Association’s 2015 Conference this week in Cairns. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News LimitedWOMEN appear far more likely to have tattoos and piercings than men, with inked skin still a hot fashion item.Monash University researcher Carley Fraser has carried out research on how body modification fits into young people’s life circumstances.The research, which was presented at the Austra..
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  • Let's apply some common sense to school rules

    Let's apply some common sense to school rules
    FACING CONTROVERSY: A Cairns school is under investigation into how it dealt with students wearing make-up. PICTURE: THINKSTOCKSource:ThinkStockBACK in primary school, a friend who was a little more reckless and edgy than me had a berry lip gloss she took great pleasure in smearing all over her lips.One day, just before class had finished, we hid under the desk together where she applied it to my lips.It wasn’t the right thing to do and I knew it.When I sat back up, my lips now a juicy pink, I c..
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  • Two charged after Smithfield police find two loaded guns in house

    Two charged after Smithfield police find two loaded guns in house
    Two charged after Smithfield police find two loaded guns in houseby:Grace UhrFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 29, 20156:20AMSmithfield police found two loaded guns, plus drugs and other weapons in a Chandon Brace house in Smithfield on Thursday. Const. Anders Akerlund holds a .22 calibre pistol. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News LimitedTWO loaded guns and a cocktail of drugs have been seized from a Smithfield house by police targeting illicit substances in the northern beaches.A 29-year-old man and..
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  • Cairns trial: What's going on? Your questions answered | Stuff

    Cairns trial: What's going on? Your questions answered | Stuff
    Cairns trial: What's going on? Your questions answeredKEVIN NORQUAY IN LONDONLast updated 15:34, November 29 2015BEN PRUCHNIE/GETTY IMAGESChris Cairns arrives at Southwark Crown Court.Stuff.co.nz's Kevin Norquay has been in London covering the Chris Cairns perjury trial, he answers some of the key questions surrounding the trial.What! Is it still going, how long has it been?It started on October 5. On Monday night (NZ time), it will hit nine weeks. The jury went out last Tuesday afternoon (Wedne..
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