Thursday, September 24, 2015

Last Top Stories: Cairns Regional Council to remove Behana Gorge as a Key Resource Area from ...

Cairns Regional Council to remove Behana Gorge as a Key Resource Area from ...

Cairns Regional Council to remove Behana Gorge as a Key Resource Area from ...
Following a record-breaking 6639 submissions to its latest Draft Planning Scheme, the Cairns Regional Council confirmed yesterday it voted to remove the Behana Gorge Rd Key Resource Area (KRA) from the planning scheme. The inclusion of the KRA was ...
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Attacks on Cairns Hospital staff paints grim picture

Attacks on Cairns Hospital staff paints grim picture
New data, obtained exclusively by The Cairns Post, has revealed 318 cases of staff being abused by aggressive and out-of-control patients in the past financial year. Almost 230 cases were physical attacks which were reported to hospital management and ...
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Moor the merrier as superyachts drop by

Moor the merrier as superyachts drop by
Local company BSE Cairns Slipways last week finished a four-week maintenance job on the world's largest catamaran, Hemisphere, which had arrived from Fiji. A Cairns business will also start a job worth about $150,000 on another superyacht next month.
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Spike in syphilis cases in Cairns

Spike in syphilis cases in Cairns
The number of people with syphilis in the Cairns area has almost doubled in the last year, health authorities warn. The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service has recorded 59 notifications of infectious syphilis and one case of congenital ...
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Cairns to host 1000 of world's best tropical researchers

Cairns to host 1000 of world's best tropical researchers
“Sharing knowledge with and between eminent scientists and building capacity with emerging researchers in tropical and temperate horticulture makes Cairns the perfect destination for these exciting international symposiums. Cairns' proximity to South ...
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Speculation mounts over Justin Bieber visiting Cairns and Far North Queensland

Speculation mounts over Justin Bieber visiting Cairns and Far North Queensland
It is believed the pop star's camp has booked accommodation in Cairns but it is news to tourism heavyweights and even the Cairns mayor. “We'll happily roll out the welcome mat, as would his many young fans,'' Mayor Bob Manning said. “Of course he would ...
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Cairns Taipans, New Zealand Breakers claim wins to start NBL Blitz

Cairns Taipans, New Zealand Breakers claim wins to start NBL Blitz
Last season's NBL grand finalists Cairns Taipans and New Zealand Breakers opened the NBL Blitz with wins in Townsville on Wednesday night. The Taipans beat Perth Wildcats 68-61 behind the play of Markel Starks and Mark Worthington before star import ...
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Tragardh backing Bullets but not heading anywhere

Tragardh backing Bullets but not heading anywhere
The Cairns favourite, who capped a transformation of sorts when named the NBL's best sixth man last season, says he is happy in the Far North and not contemplating a career-closing contract with the returning franchise. Soon 32, Tragardh will again ...
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Toshiba announces updated Chromebook 2

Toshiba announces updated Chromebook 2
Chromebooks are more popular than Chromebase units, simply because they're extremely portable and in general really affordable. Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the ...
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Stakeholders form opposite readings of illegal fishing statistics on Great ...

Stakeholders form opposite readings of illegal fishing statistics on Great ...
Stakeholders on opposite sides of the fence have taken different readings of new data on illegal fishing on the Great Barrier Reef. In the last financial year, 694 offences were reported on the Reef; 538 involving recreational fishers and 96 involving ...
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