Tuesday, May 31, 2016

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  • LiveBlogLast Updated 6:40PM AEDTFederal Election 2016 ...

    LiveBlogLast Updated 6:40PM AEDTFederal Election 2016 ...
    Welcome to The Australian’s rolling coverage of the 24th day of the campaign. There are 32 days remaining.Malcolm Turnbull has been in Sydney pledging $20 million to help establish the Zero Childhood Cancer Initiative. Bill Shorten started the day in Cairns, announcing a $1 billion fund for tourism operators in far North Queensland, before heading to Brisbane.Today’s biggest talking point has been Julie Bishop’s failure to explain part of the government’s changes to superannuation on Melbourne r..
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  • Crocodile traps to be used in search for woman taken from north ...

    Crocodile traps to be used in search for woman taken from north ...
    Authorities searching for a NSW woman believed to be have been taken by a crocodile at Thornton Beach, north of Cairns, will tonight place traps in a nearby creek.Lithgow woman Cindy Waldron, 46, was swimming with Leeann Mitchell, 47, off the north Queensland beach when she was dragged away about 10.30pm Sunday. Witnesses reported hearing Ms Waldron yell "a croc's got me, a croc's got me". Ms Mitchell was treated for minor injuries she sustained while trying to help. "The report that we have..
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  • Cairns program inspires leaders of emerging migrant communities

    Cairns program inspires leaders of emerging migrant communities
    Cairns community leadership program graduates Khradija Bakurally, Khaing Soe Liyan and Ata Womsiwor. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSPASSIONATE migrants and former refugees will use new-found skills to help their communities prosper in the Far North.Thirteen people on Saturday graduated from a 10-week leadership program, which covered all aspects of Australian life, from politics to event planning.The federally-funded initiative was held in Cairns for the first time by Centacare Migrant Services and the Eth..
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  • Cairns community kitchen could rule after election funding promise

    Cairns community kitchen could rule after election funding promise
    Leichhardt MP Warren Enstch, second from left, with The Junction Clubhouse member David Giordano, Director Dorothy Dunne and member Esther Richie in the kitchen that the funding will be used to upgrade. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANFUNDING for a top-shelf new kitchen has been pledged to a Cairns community centre that helps people recover from mental illness.Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch yesterday made a $60,000 election commitment to the Junction Clubhouse, Parramatta Park.The Junction Clubhouse, which ..
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  • Fatal truck crash on Bruce Highway at Moreton Bay0:28

    Fatal truck crash on Bruce Highway at Moreton Bay0:28
    Fatal truck crash on Bruce Highway at Moreton Bay0:28A fatal truck crash has occured on the Bruce Highway at Moreton Bay, with a 31-year-old driver passing away. Courtesy: Channel Nine/The TODAY Show THREE cars have crashed on the Logan Motorway causing significant delays this afternoon.There are partial lane closures westbound at Wemberley Rd, Berrinba.A pedestrian and three drivers are believed to have been involved but there were no major injuries.Meanwhile , motorists should avoid the Anzac..
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  • Zika Australia: Gordonvale woman spreads fear of Zika infection ...

    Zika Australia: Gordonvale woman spreads fear of Zika infection ...
    A Gordonvale resident near Cairns has tested positive for the Zika virus. Queensland health workers have been sent to south of Cairns in far north Queensland to check the spread of the virus. Reports claim that the woman recently returned from Bali and Thailand. The Dengue Action Response Team (DART) has urged residents of Cairns to take appropriate precautions. They have been working and spraying for mosquitoes over the weekend. “It's not people they come in contact with, it's the fact that th..
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  • Wetherill Park fatal: Teen killed after car slams into wall

    Wetherill Park fatal: Teen killed after car slams into wall
    Teen driver killed at Wetherill Park0:25Police are investigating the death of a teenage driver killed in a car crash at Wetherill Park. WEEPING schoolchildren have laid flowers and prayed at the scene of a fatal Sydney crash that killed a 17-year-old girl. Rhonda Audisho, a P-plater, was driving a maroon Toyota Corolla with two passengers, a 14-year-old boy and another 17-year-old girl, when the fatal crash took place at the intersection of Belloc Close and Vidal Street at Wetherill Park last ..
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  • Beenleigh principal to oversee troubled Aurukun school

    Beenleigh principal to oversee troubled Aurukun school
    Beenleigh State High School principal Matt O’Hanlon will deliver a combination of education programs at Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in Aurukun. PICTURE: BRIAN CASSEYA PRINCIPAL with 16 years’ experience at Queensland schools, many with large indigenous student populations, has taken the helm at the embattled Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in Aurukun. Beenleigh State High School principal Matt O’Hanlon and two teachers yesterday flew to the Western Cape community, where they ..
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  • Business owners are 'slaves'

    Business owners are 'slaves'
    Tina Hall describes herself as a "virtual slave".The Brisbane woman owns a newsagent in the south eastern suburb of Carina but admits she's struggling to stay afloat."Most small businesses are virtually slaves," she told AAP on Tuesday. "There is slavery in Australia."She's fed up with politicians and their high salaries and on Tuesday she let Opposition Leader Bill Shorten know exactly that as he walked through her local shopping centre in Carindale.Ms Hall pleaded with Mr Shorten to clamp dow..
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  • War of words erupts between Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Turnbull

    War of words erupts between Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Turnbull
    Turnbull wrap up: Day 231:35Take a look at the highlights from day 23 of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's election campaign where he visits the Lowy Cancer Research Centre in Sydney. Courtesy: AAP PAULINE Hanson has vowed to be a thorn in the side of Malcolm Turnbull after the Prime Minister said the controversial politician was not welcome in Australian politics.Even as his own party insiders fear the resurrection of Ms Hanson’s political career, Mr Turnbull launched a scathing attack on her ..
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Gordonvale resident near Cairns tests positive to Zika virus .They call her 'Prison Bae' .
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