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Cairns archery thief nabbed after manager traps him inside store

“I've already hit (the owner) up for a payrise,” he joked. A Parramatta Park man, 43, has been charged with one count of enter premises and will appear in Cairns Magistrates Court on September 15. Originally published as Sharp store owner snares thief. >> view original

ANDY Gamblin proposed to Maureen Carr in the Cairns Post

I DO: Andy Gamblin found a novel way to propose to his partner, Marueen Carr. He put an engagement notice in the paper announcing that "Dad is turning 81 today so why don't we give him a new daughter-in-law? Please will you marry me?" Picture: Marc ... >> view original

Cairns woman charged after allegedly furious reaction to speeding fine

The single mother and singer said she was not “anti-police” and understood their need to protect people on the road as her father was killed in a crash. After spending several hours in a cold Cairns watch house on Monday morning she said she had no ... >> view original

Hamish 'Hammer' Murray sentenced to life in prison for murder in Cairns of ...

Murray, to whom lawyers and witnesses referred by his nickname, has been found guilty of killing Nicholas Collins on a morning of ice-fuelled madness at Portsmith nearly three years ago. The Cairns Supreme Court found the 39-year-old used a ball-pein ... >> view original

Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns vows retail repair

Cairns' appointment is the latest in a string of senior personnel changes at Woolworths, including the resignation of chief executive Grant O'Brien​ after a second profit downgrade this year in June as well as Big W boss Alistair McGeorge's shock ... >> view original

Gordon Cairns told how to fix Woolies

New Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns has no preconceived ideas about how to fix a company that serves 28 million customers every week and is owned by more than 430,000 retail investors. But the fact that he has an open mind about dealing with its ... >> view original

Cairns man on sexual assault charges allegedly filmed women through windows

The 40-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was denied bail by a Cairns magistrate a fortnight ago for an alleged incident on June 20 where he spotted a young 25-year-old woman in a taxi on her way home from a night out, later broke ... >> view original

South Sudan ceasefire takes effect

A ceasefire aimed at ending a brutal civil war in South Sudan came into effect in the Saturday evening hours after fresh clashes between government forces and rebels, which sparked concern for a hard-won peace deal. The truce brokered by the regional ... >> view original

38 maidens dead in reed dance crash

Mbabane, Swaziland – The deaths of up to 38 Swazi maidens in a road accident while traveling in unsafe vehicles to the annual reed dance prompted calls for a cancellation of Monday's event in which tens of thousands of topless teenage virgins dance for ... >> view original

Migrant crisis: Children found in van in Austria 'recovering'

Three children are recovering in hospital in Austria after being rescued from a minivan containing 26 migrants. Police said the severely dehydrated children would not have lasted much longer in the cramped vehicle. Separately, four men appeared in ... >> view original