Students return to class after bomb threats force evacuation of two ...
Cairns parent speaks on bomb threats0:45A Cairns parent speaks about the experience of having her child evacuated after a bomb threat. Video: Marc McCormack UPDATE: POLICE advise that both schools have now been cleared and all students have returned to normal curricular activities. Police investigations are continuing in relation to the source of the threats.Students, teachers and parents outside Caravonica State School after being evacuated because of a bomb threat. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS-------..>> view originalCouncil hopefuls outline plan to make Cairns 'plastic bag-free'
GREEN DREAM: Could Cairns eventually become plastic bag-free? PICTURE: NORA DEVAITHE environment is emerging as a key battleground in next month’s local government elections, with council hopefuls Connect Cairns unveiling a suite of green policies.The team’s mayoral candidate Jim Brooks revealed he would push for Cairns to become “plastic bag free” if elected, while also ramping up the council’s recycling program.The announcements were in response to Cairns Regional Council’s latest State of the..>> view originalMan charged following random coward punch attack on woman in ...
Footage of a sickening attack in Queensland has been made public.A SICKENING coward punch to the back of a woman’s head in broad daylight has been captured on camera. Footage has emerged of the scary moment a man punched his female victim from behind, knocking her unconscious as her head hit the concrete ground.The attack occurred in Cairns on February 1, but vision of the incident has since been made public.The unprovoked attack was captured by security cameras at a nearby takeaway store and sh..>> view originalEarly lockout laws: Labor seeks support in Cairns, Townsville for ...
Early lockout laws: Labor seeks support in Cairns, Townsville for alcohol-fuelled violence crackdown By David Chen Posted February 11, 2016 12:05:01 Queensland's Attorney-General says she will not budge on the State Government's plans to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence.Yvette D'Ath was in Cairns and Townsville yesterday to spruik the Government's proposed lockout laws, pushing to call last drinks across Queensland at 2:00am.Safe Night Precincts, including high-t..>> view originalCairns keen to crunch Crocs
Townsville Crocodiles' Mitch Young and Cairns Taipans' Cameron Gliddon at Billabong Sanctuary will go head to head this Thursday at the Swamp in Townsville.PLAYOFF basketball isn’t an option for either team but there will be plenty of city pride on the line in tonight’s final Reptile Rumble of the 2015/16 NBL season.Neither the Townsville Crocodiles nor the Cairns Taipans will be in the hunt for the NBL championship when the post-season kicks off next week but the Queensland rivals still intend ..>> view originalDaryl Braithwaite to return to Cairns with two shows
Daryl Braithwaite will perform in Cairns on February 26 and 27. PICTURE: DANIEL WILKINSAUSTRALIAN music legend Daryl Braithwaite is set to delight Far Northern fans with two shows at the Reef Hotel Casino’s Vertigo Bar on February 26 and 27.The 67-year-old, who formerly fronted legendary Australian rock band Sherbet, said Cairns was among his favourite touring destinations.“One of the fantastic things about Cairns is that you can stay where you play, before getting out of bed to go for a swim an..>> view originalCairns man found guilty of stealing money from tyre business
Bob Jane T-Mart co-owners Mike and Julie Abrahams and daughter Krista Oosen are relieved after their former manager Mark Volpe was found guilty of fraud. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSTHREE years of heartache, doubt and hardship is finally over for Cairns tyre company owners Mike and Julie Abrahams.Yesterday, after multiple legal twists and turns, they finally got a reprieve when the former manager of their Bob Jane T-Mart store, Mark Volpe, was found guilty of stealing more than $260,000.“We knew we were..>> view originalCairns electrician loses licence over crash that left ex-cop in ...
Jeffrey Wright was hit by a car driven by David Mills at Clifton Beach last August. Mills has had his licence disqualified because of the crash. PICTURE: FIONA HARDINGA CAIRNS electrician has lost his licence for three months and been fined $1500 after a crash which left a former police officer as a paraplegic.David John Mills, 41, turned into the path of oncoming traffic on the Captain Cook Highway at Clifton Beach in August last year.Coming from the opposite direction was Jeffrey Wright who wa..>> view originalWhat people learn from going bankrupt
Julie Rainbow says she went bankrupt because of her former husband's debts. Photo: Supplied Brisbane 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. How I feel about money is how I feel about my life: I feel quite fearless about it. Julie Rainbow "We had a really nice, lovely, big house;..>> view originalTerminally ill Cairns woman welcomes bid to legalise medicinal ...
Terminally ill grandmother Debbi Cliff, who suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hopes to be involved in trials of medicinal cannabis, as the Federal Parliament considers legalising its use. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKA TRINITY Beach grandmother hopes to become the first palliative care patient to legally trial medicinal cannabis as she battles an “excruciatingly painful” terminal illness. Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch yesterday introduced a Bill to Parliament to legalise the cultivati..>> view original
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