It's no lion, Chinese New Year has come to Cairns and other top stories.

• It's no lion, Chinese New Year has come to Cairns

  

  Siobhan Kehoe leads a lion dance performance on Abbot St. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSCHINESE  New Year has hit Cairns, with lion dances in the streets, celebrations, and plenty of visitors spending big on the Reef, rainforest, and fresh local produce.Tourism operators and industry leaders have reported massive increases in Chinese tourists for the holiday period, with special charter flights to Cairns at capacity.Johnny Lay, who is the director manager of Cairns ­Chinese tourism agency D. Sea Tours, sa..

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• LNP Opposition focuses on Cairns in fight against state government ...

  

  Shadow Police and Emergency Services Minister Jarrod Bleijie speaks at a press conference at the Cairns Lagoon with local industry representatives about the government’s lockout laws. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYCAIRNS is shaping as the battleground for the fight over the State Government’s proposed pub lockout laws.In the city yesterday, Shadow Police and Emergency Services Minister Jarrod Bleijie called for the Government to abandon its plan and to reconsider the LNP’s now abandoned Safe Night Out ..

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• At least ten crashes across Cairns – police warn to be careful in wet

  

  Emergency services at the scene of a collision between a truck and a car on Ray Jones Drive in Portsmith. PICTURE: NICK ANSELLEMERGENCY   service crews were left to pick up the pieces after at least 10 crashes were  reported around Cairns ­yesterday.Among the worst was a collision involving two trucks and a car that blocked a busy intersection on Ray Jones Drive, Portsmith, about 10.30am.One truck rolled and was rem­oved from the scene only at 3.40pm.Car driver Carol Ross said she feared for her..

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• Queensland woman victim of vicious coward punch

  

  Video Queensland woman victim of vicious coward punch Security cameras have captured the moment a woman was violently punched unconscious from behind in the broad Cairns daylight.The unsuspecting 29-year-old was walking along the footpath in front of a Mulgrave Road takeaway store during the lunchtime rush on February 1 in the moments before the brutal and unprovoked attack occurred.Security cameras at a nearby takeaway food store captured the sickening moment the woman was violently punched ..

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• Cairns CCTV video shows a woman being punched from behind

  

  Shocking CCTV footage has captured the moment a woman was punched to the ground from behind by a stranger who sprinted off down the street and then returned naked.The 29-year-old woman was walking along a footpath outside a takeaway in Cairns when she was allegedly violently struck by a shirtless man who had run up behind her during the lunchtime rush.She was knocked unconscious when her head hit the concrete and then started bleeding heavily, according to witnesses who saw the 'horrendous atta..

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• What people learn from going bankrupt

  

  Julie Ann Cairns went to the brink of bankruptcy. Photo: Supplied By Christine LongBrisbane woman Julie Rainbow is one of the thousands of Australians who go bankrupt every year.More than a decade ago she and her then husband and their two children had what she describes as a "comfortable" financial situation. Julie Rainbow says she went bankrupt because of her former husband's debts. Photo: Julie Rainbow "We had a really ni..

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• FNQ MP Warren Entsch's campaign for medicinal cannabis moves ...

  

  HOPE: Amendments to the Narcotics Drugs Act 1967 would allow the controlled cultivation of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes through one single national licensing scheme – an Australian first. PICTURE: GETTYFAR North Queensland cancer patients could have access to medicinal marijuana within the year if legislation to be introduced to Federal Parliament today is successful. Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch has been working closely with Health Minister Sussan Ley on a Bill that would legali..

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• Palm Cove, Clifton Beach and Kanimbla at the top

  

  22 Litara Court in Palm Cove is for sale for $1,150,000. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDPALM Cove has emerged as the most expensive suburb to buy in Cairns, followed by Clifton Beach and Kanimbla. According to the latest CoreLogic RP Data figures, Palm Cove has reached a median sale price of $645,000 for houses, which compares to the city’s overall median price of $406,100.The popular beachside suburb – known for its trendy cafes and restaurants – is shadowed by Clifton Beach with a median sale price of $545,..

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• Hey Mr PM, a little help up here?

  

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• Gordonvale man jailed for eight years over vicious stabbing

  

  Stabbing victim Walter Thompson points out the scars from the injuries he sustained. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE“WALTER can never make a full recovery and that is your fault.“Even with medical intervention he will never be what he once was and that is your fault.”These were the stinging words of Cairns’ top judge to Gordonvale man Andrew Junior Korinihona who pulled a knife from his pocket during a fight and stabbed former junior boxing champion Walter Thompson 18 times.The incident was declared a se..

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