Saturday, May 21, 2016

Cairns man jailed for six years over violent kidnapping and assault and other top stories.

  • Cairns man jailed for six years over violent kidnapping and assault

    A Cairns man has been jailed for six years over a violent home invasion, kidnapping and attack with a baseball bat.BEATING a man with a baseball bat during a violent home invasion and kidnapping have resulted in Cairns man Kadir Aganovic being jailed for six years.The victim had been visiting a friend’s home in Manunda on November 13, 2014, when about 5pm Aganovic rocked up armed with the bat.The Cairns District Court was told he struck the man once with the bat to the legs before forcing him to..
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  • FNQ Rural Ambassador Ekka-bound as 2016 Cairns Show ...

    FNQ Rural Ambassador Ekka-bound as 2016 Cairns Show ...
    Search Use keywords to search content on this website http://a.tcog.news.com.au/spp-api/v1/template/?path=components.header.header&exclude-css=false&exclude-js=false&t_product=CairnsPost&t_domain=www.cairnspost.com.au&device-channel=desktop&is_front_page=0&show_idaas_login_placeholder=1&is_local_news_section=0 TablelandFNQ Rural Ambassador Ekka-bound as 2016 Cairns Show approachesMay 21, 2016 5:00amHayden SmithThe Cairns Post TablelandFNQ Rural Ambassador Ekka-bound as 20..
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  • Lagardčre Travel Retail opens MAC Cosmetics in Cairns

    Lagardčre Travel Retail opens MAC Cosmetics in Cairns
    Lagardère Travel Retail has unveiled a new Mac Cosmetics shop at Cairns airport, their third in the Pacific region along with its other airport flagships at Auckland and the Gold Coast. Capturing both the international and domestic passengers in Cairns airport, the new 25sq m store at the airport’s terminal two boasts a contemporary and stylish design and layout. Committed to the art of makeup, the location will offer a range of makeup and skincare products, fragrances, and application tools, a..
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  • Cairns Airport receives a MAC make-over from Lagardčre Travel ...

    Cairns Airport receives a MAC make-over from Lagardčre Travel Retail Published: 20/05/16 Source: ŠThe Moodie Davitt Report By The Moodie Davitt Report News Room AUSTRALIA. Lagardčre Travel Retail has introduced MAC Cosmetics at Cairns Airport in Queensland, the retailer’s third MAC expression in the Pacific region. The 25sq m store caters to international and domestic passengers, boasting what Lagardčre described as a “contemporary and stylish” design and layout. The offer includes a ra..
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  • Extra bill pushes Tobruk pool redevelopment to $24.2 million

    Extra bill pushes Tobruk pool redevelopment to $24.2 million
    Cairns Regional Council has been slapped with an extra $500,000 bill for work at its major redevelopment of ­Tobruk Memorial Pool. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYCAIRNS Regional Council has been slapped with an extra $500,000 bill for work at its major redevelopment of ­Tobruk Memorial Pool.The pool opened to much fanfare last weekend and more than 5000 people have streamed through the gates this week – 4000 on the opening weekend alone.Mayor Bob Manning had proudly declared prior to the pool’s opening ..
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  • Rio Olympics: Crunch time for Mariafe Artacho Del Solar and Nikki ...

    Rio Olympics: Crunch time for Mariafe Artacho Del Solar and Nikki ...
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  • Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull circumnavigates the country in ...

    Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull circumnavigates the country in ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Ipsos poll: expectations versus intentions A huge majority of voters expect the coalition to win the election, even as support for the two sides remains neck and neck. Mark Kenny explains the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll. PT1M36S 620 349 From coast to coast, the Top End and across the Apple Isle, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has set a cracking pace in the second week of the election campaign.The PM has travelled almost 12,000 kilometres since he..
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  • Queensland weather: Far north of state on flood alert with heavy ...

    Queensland weather: Far north of state on flood alert with heavy ...
    FAR north Queensland is on flood watch as a “significant front” threatens to bring heavy rainfall to the Cairns region.The Bureau of Meteorology said heavy rainfall was also expected for Cape York Peninsula into Gulf of Carpentaria from this evening into Sunday, before weakening on Monday.Twenty-four-hour rainfall totals of 100-15mm were likely in these areas, with over 250mm possible in some areas.Catchments at risk within the flood watch area included:- Gulf of Carpentaria Rivers: catchments n..
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  • Campaigning around the states

    NSWAcutely aware of the importance of western Sydney seats, both major parties this week committed $50 million to fix the notorious Appin Road blackspot in the seat of Macarthur, held by the Liberals' Russell Matheson. But it was another road blackspot that stopped the campaign in its tracks. As Bill Shorten's convoy pulled over on the side of a narrow road in the NSW Hunter Valley, moments before a woman swerved and collided head-on with another car, injuring the driver. Both sides also turned..
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  • Great Barrier Reef death in five years is “laughable”

    Great Barrier Reef death in five years is “laughable”
    JCU marine geophysicist Professor Peter Ridd.CLAIMS by a James Cook University professor that the Great Barrier Reef will be ­“terminal” in five years have been rubbished by one of his own colleagues.In a scientific paper released this week, JCU’s Dr Jon Brodie and Professor Richard Pearson warned the natural wonder would be in a terminal condition within five years without a $10 billion commitment during the federal election campaign to improve water quality.They said many parts of the Reef wer..
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