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    Port Douglas finally broke away from South Cairns in the final term to claim the 2016 AFL Cairns premiership at Cazalys Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Crocs, who were the minor premiers only lost two games in 2016, both to South Cairns, but beat them when it mattered to lift the premiership cup.In a constant arm-wrestle, the Crocs took a seven-point advantage into the opening break, led by four-points at halftime and it was just three-points as they turned for home.The Crocs kicked five of t..
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  • Australian Transport Safety Bureau to investigate Jetstar incident

    Australian Transport Safety Bureau to investigate Jetstar incident
    THE national transport safety investigator will examine what caused a Jetstar aircraft’s engine to fail and the Cairns-bound flight to be diverted to Brisbane.Passengers told the Cairns Post the cabin started to fill with smoke and a strange grating noise could be heard in the undercarriage about 40 minutes after takeoff from Sydney about 4pm on Thursday.Flight JQ956, an Airbus A320 with 173 passengers on-board, landed safely in Brisbane about 5.25pm.An Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesm..
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  • Airline celebrates milestone after 70 years in the sky

    Airline celebrates milestone after 70 years in the sky
    A STALWART of the Far North skies has landed another milestone.Cathay Pacific Airways, one of the region’s longest-serving international airlines, yesterday celebrated its 70th anniversary.It comes 23 years after Cathay Pacific began twice-weekly flights between Hong Kong and Cairns.Since then the airline has doubled its Tropical Queensland services to four rotations per week.“We are proud to work in collaboration with Cathay ­Pacific and, hopefully, there are many more years to come,” said Cair..
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  • Traffic review ordered for Mother of Good Counsel School zone

    Traffic review ordered for Mother of Good Counsel School zone
    THOUSANDS of commuters from the Northern Beaches have welcomed a peak-hour traffic reprieve with up to 40 minutes being shaved off the drive into Cairns during school holidays.The shorter travel times have been linked to the suspension of the 40km/h zone on Sheridan St at Mother of Good Counsel School, which critics have long argued is a major factor in the daily traffic woes between Cairns and the Northern Beaches.Mayor Bob Manning told a Cairns Regional Council meeting this week peak-hour traf..
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  • Cairns Dinner Theatre's Little Restaurant of Horrors arrives in time ...

    Cairns Dinner Theatre's Little Restaurant of Horrors arrives in time ...
    PREPARE to have your spine tingled and your toes curled. The Little Restaurant of Horrors has arrived in Cairns. The interactive show was devised by Cairns Dinner Theatre co-owners Wes Evans and Brooke Archer-Evans, and has arrived just in time to spook audiences ahead of Halloween.Mr Evans said he had long wanted to do a haunted house. The Little Restaurant of Horrors is the dinner theatre version of that dream.“It is a different experience from what we’re normally known for doing,” he said.Din..
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  • Cairns lawyer gears up for fitness competition

    Cairns lawyer gears up for fitness competition
    HARD work, dedication and unwavering mental strength.That’s what Cairns solicitor Fabia Parker says it takes to have a competition-ready ­bikini body.The 27-year-old from Babinda is gearing up to compete in fitness and bikini, which are divisions within bodybuilding competitions, next year.No stranger to the scene, Ms Parker has previously won the bikini section in season A and the fitness section in season B in 2013 in the North Pacific Body Building comp-etition. She also placed second in the ..
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  • Gunman kills five people at US mall

    Gunman kills five people at US mall
    A gunman is on the loose in the US state of Washington after an attack on a shopping mall that left five people dead.Four women were shot dead and one man died of his wounds after being airlifted to hospital following the attack at the busy Cascade Mall in the city of Burlington.The man, who was in critical condition, "did not make it through the night," police spokeswoman Heather Axtman said.Sergeant Mark Francis of the Washington State Patrol tweeted a picture of the alleged shooter, who was s..
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Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service executives ... .Greyhound racing ban taskforce interim report suggests 19000 dogs may need rehoming .
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