Brisbane group buys $40m Cairns DFO shopping centre and other top stories.

• Brisbane group buys $40m Cairns DFO shopping centre

  THE Sentinel Property Group has bought the DFO Cairns shopping centre at Westcourt for nearly $40 million.THE new owner of the DFO shopping centre at Westcourt will tap into the rebounding tourism sector to capitalise on their new $39.7 million ­investment.The Brisbane-based Sentinel Property Group says the property is their biggest retail acquisition and represents “a major boost to Sentinel’s ­national retail portfolio and its growing presence in the North Queensland property market”.Sentinel ..

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• Growth in Cairns slow but expected to rise

  

  Paula Goodman moved to Trinity Beach from Sydney in November with her dogs Mimi and Darcy. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSALMOST 160,000 people are expected to call Cairns home by mid-2016 as an improving economy lures people in.New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show population growth outside southeast Queensland was sluggish from 2014-15, with Cairns recording an increase of 1 per cent to 156,840 people.That’s the same rate as Townsville and slightly behind the 1.2 per cent state averag..

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• Measles alert issued in Cairns after traveller contracts case

  

  HealthMeasles alert issued in Cairns after traveller contracts caseApril 1, 2016 6:15pmNick AnsellThe Cairns Post

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• $13m Cairns Convention Centre upgrade starts with 150 workers

  

  Business$13m Cairns Convention Centre upgrade starts with 150 workersApril 1, 2016 3:00pmNick DaltonThe Cairns Post

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• Bus tour charity needs your help

  

  THE annual Happy Wanderers bus tour has hit a road block and has put the call out for assistance.Organiser Bob Green has had eight cancellations weeks before the trip is to set off and needs to sell the remaining tickets fast.It’s all for a good cause. Proceeds from the annual bus trips go to the Ipswich Hospital’s Children’s Sunshine Ward.Mr Green said Happy Wanderers raised $150,000 for the ward over their 16 years of tours.This year’s tour - Queensland Coast Outback Coach Camping Safari - is..

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Lung specialists call for better national approach to Black Lung Disease .	Brambles aims to cut CO2 by 20 per cent .
Nurse Adopts Newborn With Rare Condition After 18 Months Of Caring For Her In The Pediatric ICU .	First confirmed Zika case in Cairns .