Cairns North man flees Gold Coast police after crash
A MAN has been charged after he crashed an allegedly stolen car and was later found with drugs and a firearm on the Gold Coast last night.The 30-year-old Cairns North man was allegedly driving a stolen car when it collided with another car at the intersection of Olsen Avenue and Parklands Drive, Parkwood, at about 8:50pm.Police allege the man then fled the scene but was located a short time later and arrested, before being taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital for treatment.The three peopl..>> view originalAquis virtually absent from Queensland tourism investment guide
QUEENSLAND’S Tourism Minister Kate Jones has reaffirmed her government’s support of Aquis, despite the mega-resort being virtually absent from a major tourism investment publication.The Queensland Tourism Investment Guide has not included the multibillion-dollar development at Yorkeys Knob in a list of investment projects in the Cairns region, which includes the Cairns Airport redevelopment, the Cairns Shipping Development Project, Ella Bay Resort, Cairns Aquarium, and Mission Beach safe b..>> view originalCairns overnight media wrap, Wednesday July 27
Sexual assault charge, Cairns: A 40-year-old Cairns man was charged yesterday following investigations into an assault involving a woman at a McLeod Street residence on June 7. It will be alleged that he was socialising with a group of people at a Cairns North Park when he invited the woman and one of her friends back to his residence for drinks. The group attended the residence and some hours later the victim was resting when she was allegedly physically assaulted by the man before being sexua..>> view originalHigh profile Cairns doctor backs decision to block female sterilisation
A HIGH-profile Cairns doctor has backed a controversial decision to deny a local woman a tubal ligation due to her age, revealing she underwent the sterilisation procedure herself then later regretted it.Caroline de Costa is professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at James Cook University’s College of Medicine in Cairns, and an advocate for abortion law reform.media_cameraHolly Maitland with her children, Bethany 2 and Tyler 1. She has been refused a tubal ligation due to her age. PICTURE: ANN..>> view originalCairns living to be asked to claim their graves
CAIRNS council officers will begin contacting people who have reserved a plot at one of the city’s five cemeteries, but not paid for the full reservation, as part of a buy back scheme.Councillors today voted unanimously to approve the buy back to help plan for the region’s future cemetery needs.People who reserved a grave site more than ten years ago, but are yet to claim the plot will also be contacted, and asked whether they still need it.The reservations review was completed so the council co..>> view originalUse keywords to search content on this website
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has used his first visit to Cairns since the federal election to mark two years since an asylum-seeker boat arrived in Australia.Mr Turnbull was joined by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch for a tour of the Cape St George border force moored at Trinity Inlet this morning.He described the two-year milestone as “demonstrating that the rule of law has been restored at the border.”“The Australian people — through their government — toda..>> view originalCairns man to appear in court over large-scale drug bust
A CAIRNS man accused of being a major player in a northern Queensland drug syndicate is also facing charges in another state.Lee Freestone, 37, faced Cairns Magistrates Court this morning facing four charges including drug trafficking.It is alleged he was a kingpin in the syndicate which was involved in trafficking illicit substances including methylamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy in Mt Isa.He was arrested at a Greenvale Cl residence in Smithfield on Monday night by detectives as part of a majo..>> view originalCairns Regional Council unanimously vote to support Cannon Park ...
A MASTER plan for the future use of Cannon Park Racecourse will be prepared after Cairns Regional Council unanimously voted to support the project at today’s ordinary meeting.In the 2016-17 Budget, the council allocated $150,000 toward the development of a master plan, on the basis that the venue was under-utilised.An initial constraints and opportunities analysis found the venue has potential to be a major multi-use facility.The site is approximately 40ha and has utilities and services able to ..>> view originalHearing key to reducing incarceration of Cape York youth
ADDRESSING horrendous rates of ear infection in Cape York children has been identified as key to reducing an over-representation of indigenous people in Queensland prisons.The national spotlight has once again been shone on disproportionate rates of indigenous prisoner numbers, following an ABC Four Corners episode this week showing abuse of children in a Northern Territory juvenile detention centre.Queensland’s indigenous prison population is often reported at about 30 per cent of inmates bu..>> view originalFFA Cup glory on the line for eager Heat
The FNQ Heat will use a home-ground edge to rewrite their forlorn FFA Cup Round of 32 history over Northern NSW NPL side Edgeworth Eagles tonight at Barlow Park.Players have been visiting local schools in a bid to build up the clash and Heat coach Tim Campbell said his side had focused on the opportunity to prove the strength of the often forgotten Far North.“Everyone that we seem to be talking to seems to be as excited as us,” he said.“It’s an enormous opportunity for us. The first time we’ve h..>> view original
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
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