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Police investigate Cairns hit-and-run after 37yo man injured in Parramatta ...

Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident in Cairns, in far north Queensland, overnight. Officers said a 37-year-old man was walking along Severin Street in Parramatta Park about 11:00pm (AEST) when he was hit by a car from behind. Police said ... >> view original

South American market growing as opportunity ripe for picking in Cairns

'ENCOURAGING': Tourism Tropical North Queensland CEO Alex de Waal said seven South American travel agents recently visited Cairns on pre and post Australian Tourism Exchange trips to experience natural wonders, wildlife and tropical cuisine. >> view original

Cairns Innovation Centre to 'turbo-charge' jobs, economy | Cairns Post

With more than 70 per cent of Northern Australia's population residing in Queensland's north, Professor Harding (left) said Cairns had the business, industry and world-class scientific and education assets to drive the major development. “The region ... >> view original

Hockey's junkets to Cairns

Details of Mr Hockey's taxpayer-funded entitlements show he travelled to Cairns as shadow treasurer 13 times and on another two occasions while in government — for a bill of more than $20,000. Both of Mr Hockey's trips to the tropical north when in ... >> view original

Manunda boutique studio fitness fanatics step up to the barre | Cairns Post

THE arrival of a world-renowned “boutique” fitness studio in Cairns will have ladies of all ages dancing their way to better health. Xtend Barre, a workout routine that combines pilates, ballet and dance for a full-body exercise, has been a hit with ... >> view original

Queensland Sausage King crown could land in Cairns hands after heat wins

TASTE TESTERS: David Ashton, Leisa Sheffield and Heath Kendall tasted more than 110 sausages and 17 burgers to find North Queensland's best independent butcher at the final North Queensland heat of the Queensland Best Butchers Burger and ... >> view original

Authorities give all clear in Cairns suburb of Mooroobool after chemical ...

HAZARD: Dozens of homes were evacuated in Mooroobool as authorities worked to contain a chemical leak this afternoon. It has now been resolved. PIC: ISAAC EGAN, THE CAIRNS POST Source: Supplied. AUTHORITIES have left the scene at Lois St in ... >> view original

Stephen Struber and Dianne Wilson Struber found guilty by Cairns court of ...

The murder trial lasted two weeks in the Cairns Supreme Court. Key witnesses in the Crown's case were the three gold prospectors who were with Bruce Schuler when he vanished from Palmerville on the morning of July 9, 2012. There trio testified they ... >> view original

James Cook University Professor Steve Turton says Cairns campus could become ...

HISTORY: The official opening of the JCU Cairns Campus. December 1995. Standing in front of building A1 (left to right): Rector of the JCU Cairns campus, Professor Philip Courtenay; Peter Dodd, member for Leichhardt; Vice-Chancellor Professor Ray ... >> view original

Ankara faces enemy within as Kurds vow to renew war

Kurdish insurgents are poised to restart their civil war with the Turkish government in which tens of thousands were killed over three decades, after Ankara caused fury by bombing their base in Iraq. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said that it was ... >> view original