Gordonvale resident near Cairns tests positive to Zika virus and other top stories.

• Gordonvale resident near Cairns tests positive to Zika virus

  

  Gordonvale resident near Cairns tests positive to Zika virus By Kristy Sexton McGrath Updated May 30, 2016 13:59:28 Queensland Health workers have been deployed to Gordonvale, south of Cairns in far north Queensland, after a resident tested positive to the mosquito-borne Zika virus.The department said the resident recently returned from Thailand and Bali.The Dengue Action Response Team has been working in the area over the weekend, spraying for mosquitoes and urgi..

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• Iranian tourist drowns at Behana Gorge near Cairns

  

  Iranian tourist drowns at Behana Gorge near Cairns By Francis Tapim Posted May 30, 2016 10:58:17 Police say an Iranian tourist who drowned south of Cairns, in far north Queensland, may have suffered a heart attack.The man had been swimming at Behana Gorge and was seen floating face down about lunchtime yesterday.Senior Sergeant Greg Miles said local rangers and ambulance officers performed CPR but failed to revive him."Yes we believe he was swimming with friends..

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• Lake Street, Cairns North

  

  Police believe the person pictured in this image may be able to assist officers with the investigation into a recent Fare evasion which occurred on Tuesday May 10 2016 at approximately 10:10PM ..

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