ALP: 'The air needs to be cleared' and other top stories.

• ALP: 'The air needs to be cleared'

  

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• Wild storm brings more rain to Cairns this week

  

  Angela Williamson submitted this photograph of lightning over Palm Cove. PICTURE: ANGELA WILLEMSENUMBRELLAS  will be needed this week but the long-awaited monsoonal downpour could still be two weeks away. Thunderstorms are forecast for the region over the next three days, which follows Cairns residents being woken by fierce storms early yesterday morning.Bureau of Meteorology Cairns duty forecaster Bill O’Connor said the storms brought much-needed rain to the Atherton Tablelands.“There were two ..

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• New chapter starts for 130 new Aussie citizens in Cairns

  

  Debbie Gilsenan from Papua New Guinea was one of 130 new Australians sworn in at the Australia Day citizenship ceremony in Cairns yesterday. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANONE hundred and thirty new Aussies have turned over a new leaf after they were ­officially welcomed to the ­nation in Cairns yesterday.More than 30 countries were represented at the city’s Australia Day citizenship ceremony, which began with a lesson about Aboriginal history and culture.Seith Fourmile – traditionally known as Gudju Gu..

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• Man sets flag on fire outside Cairns RSL

  

  Man sets flag on fire outside Cairns RSL A man was charged after allegedly setting a flag on fire in Cairns. A man will face court after an Australian flag was set on fire outside a far north Queensland RSL.Police say the 43-year-old set the flag alight in front of people celebrating Australia Day near the cenotaph on the busy Cairns Esplanade.He's been charged with public nuisance and will face the Cairns Magistrates Court on February 10.AAP Advertisement ..

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• Cairns Regional Council likely to approve 14 new local laws today

  

  Cairns Regional Council Mayor Bob Manning and councillors will vote today on a suite of new local laws. PICTURE: MARC McCORMACKNEW local laws that would force people to register their cats and compel supermarkets to reign in rogue shopping trolleys are likely to be approved by Cairns Regional Council today.The 14 laws – which have been the subject of public consultation and State Government interest checks – also include a ban on off-site advertising, such as that on roadside seats.Council start..

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• Free app invented in Cairns translates 90 languages instantly

  

  Kristi Langtree and Kavrine Mo check out dotalk, a new app developed by local businessman Reno Nicastro. It can translate 90 languages instantly and will soon launch globally. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKA FREE app invented in Cairns that instantly translates conversations between people chatting in different languages on their mobile phones, is destined to be a global hit.DoTalk rapidly translates chats in words and voice between two parties regardless of the language. It covers 90 languages and is ..

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• Man arrested after Australian flag allegedly set on fire outside Cairns ...

  

  Man arrested at the lagoon after an Australian flag was allegedly lit on fire. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANA MANOORA man is in police custody after allegedly setting an Australian flag on fire. The 43-year-old shocked Australia Day revellers on the bustling Cairns Esplanade when he allegedly produced an Australian flag from his bag and lit it outside the Cairns RSL.The incident occurred during the busy lunchtime service.A police spokesman said the man had fled the scene on a bicycle.“He has gone down..

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• Hunter brags about eating rare albino dugong in Torres Strait

  

  SAD END: The dugong was believed to have been taken via harpooning about four years ago, but images of the pale creature only surfaced on social media late last week. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDA TORRES Strait Islander who killed an albino dugong has apologised for killing the rare animal but bragged on social media about how “nice” the meat tasted.Conservationists branded the man’s behaviour as “highly inappropriate” after he responded to criticism about the killing of the all-white sea mammal, which has..

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• Katter camp reveals talks with Qld MP

  Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is confident disgruntled MP Rob Pyne will stay in the Labor party. Ms Palaszczuk said she would call Mr Pyne on Wednesday afternoon to discuss any grievances he had, amid suggestions he is considering forming an alliance with the crossbench Katter's Australian Party. When asked whether she was concerned Mr Pyne might abandon Labor, the premier replied: "No, not at all."

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• Crossing supervisors to start at White Rock today after long wait

  

  School crossing supervisors Liz Dyson and William Buchanan are ready to help White Rock State School students cross the busy intersection safely. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKETWO  new crossing supervisors will start work at White Rock today, ending a long-running fight to have adults supervise primary school children at a busy Bruce Hwy pedestrian crossing.About 500 people signed the school’s petition for a crossing supervisor at the ­Foster Rd intersection after The Cairns Post reported on the issue o..

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