Sunday, January 17, 2016

Mud fight over Jack Barnes' memorial mangrove boardwalk near ... and other top stories.

  • Mud fight over Jack Barnes' memorial mangrove boardwalk near ...

    Mud fight over Jack Barnes' memorial mangrove boardwalk near ...
    Environmentalist David Suzuki pictured at the Cairns Mangrove boardwalk before his lecture at James Cook University. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDAUTHORITIES could be facing a mud fight over plans to demolish a popular mangrove boardwalk near Cairns Airport.The airport and Cairns Regional Council are considering removing the Jack Barnes Bicentennial Boardwalk to make way for a new helipad, as part of the airport’s $1 billion redevelopment.The boardwalk, opened in 1988, is a memorial to the medical researche..
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  • Police issue another security warning after spike in Cairns car theft ...

    Police issue another security warning after spike in Cairns car theft ...
    Car theft charges have jumped by 45 per cent in Cairns over the last 12 months.A “CULTURE” of car thefts has emerged in Cairns as police issue yet another warning to lock up.More than 150 more charges were laid in relation to stolen cars around Cairns in 2015 compared with the previous year, a jump of about 45 per cent.The problem spiralled particularly in the latter half of the year, with 50 or more vehicles taken in both November and December.Cairns property crime squad Acting Senior Sergeant ..
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  • Pest controllers flat out as bed bugs run rampant in Cairns

    Pest controllers flat out as bed bugs run rampant in Cairns
    Owner/manager of Customised Pest Control Cairns, Jason Roe, demonstrates the debugging of a bed. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYWARM weather and a busy tourist season have given rise to record numbers of bed bugs in Cairns – and it’s not just backpacker hostels counting the cost. High-end resorts have also been forced to call in pest control companies to carry out expensive treatments as clueless travellers transfer the bloodsucking parasite from their clothes and luggage into hotel rooms.Amalgamated Pe..
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  • Kids get creative at APT8 Kids on Tour event in Cairns

    Kids get creative at APT8 Kids on Tour event in Cairns
    KickArts Family Fun Day as part of GOMA APT8 Kids on Tour activities. Maya Parish, 4, of Whitfield getting creative. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANCAIRNS kids’ creativity has flowed at an event that may inspire the next generation of professional artists. About 55 children and adults attended KickArts Contemporary Arts Cairns on Saturday where they took part in activities devised by exhibiting artists from the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.APT8 is the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art’s..
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  • Woolworths pulls the pin on hardware two years too late

    Woolworths pulls the pin on hardware two years too late
    Gordon Cairns has been forced to act more like a chief executive than chairman by taking decisive action to remove the biggest noose around the beleaguered Woolworths supermarket group's neck.With Woolworths in a management vacuum as it waits for Grant O'Brien to step down, Cairns has spearheaded the decision to finally call it quits on the company's failed Masters home improvement joint venture. Some 7000 people work for Masters nationwide.The immediate response from shareholders is relief and..
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  • Why Lalit Modi dropped his case against Chris Cairns

    Why Lalit Modi dropped his case against Chris Cairns
    Chris Cairns and Lalit Modi. Photos / Getty Images A lack of fresh evidence prevented Lalit Modi's multimillion-dollar civil claim against former cricketer Chris Cairns from proceeding, the Indian billionaire's lawyer says. The Herald understands none of the three direct prosecution witnesses - New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, former Black Cap Lou Vincent and Vincent's ex-wife Elly Riley - would have been willing to come forward again after last year's perjury trial, in which Cairns w..
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  • Rachel Smalley: Can Cairns return to commentary?

    Rachel Smalley: Can Cairns return to commentary?
    Chris Cairns is, by all accounts now, a free man. He was acquitted of perjury and now Lalit Modi, the former head of the Indian Premier League, has dropped his multi-million dollar civil claim at the weekend and says he will no longer be looking to recover costs from the defamation trial in 2012. The Herald is reporting that three key prosecution witnesses -- Blackcaps captain Brendon McCullum, and former Blackcap Lou Vincent and his ex-wife Elly Riley were prepared to come forward again. So, ..
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  • Lack of new evidence behind Lalit Modi's decision to drop civil case ...

    Lack of new evidence behind Lalit Modi's decision to drop civil case ...
    Lack of new evidence behind Lalit Modi's decision to drop civil case against Chris Cairns Last updated 23:35, January 17 2016 NEIL HALL Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns leaves Southwark crown court. The lawyer for Lalit Modi says a lack of new evidence was behind the Indian billionaire's decision to drop his civil action against former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.The ..
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  • Push to get Chinese staying longer in Far North Queensland

    Push to get Chinese staying longer in Far North Queensland
    Cairns Airport chief executive Kevin Brown said the two-year campaign to bring Hong Kong Airlines to Cairns was part of a plan to draw travellers from China’s secondary cities and to get them to stay longer. Picture: Brendan Radke.A NEW campaign is aiming to get Chinese tourists to stay longer in the tropical North.Tourism Tropical North Queensland leisure sales and marketing director Jane Wilson said the marketing group was working with three agents selling packages for the China Eastern charte..
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  • Police investigating after another horror weekend on Far North ...

    Police investigating after another horror weekend on Far North ...
    An 18-year-old man is in a critical but stable condition after a crash north of Port Douglas on Saturday morning.TWO families have been shattered by another horror weekend on Far North roads that left one man dead and another with serious injuries. Cooktown man Kristian Parkes was returning home from a Lakeland residence when he hit a cow on the Mulligan Highway late Saturday night, about 160km northwest of Cairns.A passing motorist made the discovery about 6.30am yesterday and notified emergenc..
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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in Cairns with members of the ... .Memorial walk to celebrate life of Cairns mum and increase safety .
Jellyfish doctor's memorial boardwalk threatened by Cairns Airport ... .Brisbane motorbike rider in hospital after evading police in Cairns .

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