Last Top Stories: Cairns happy with port dredging compromise

Cairns happy with port dredging compromise

The Queensland government will change legislation to allow the expansion of a far north Queensland port. State Development Minister Anthony Lynham will next week amend the Sustainable Ports Development Bill 2015 to allow capital dredging at Cairns ... >> view original

Chris Cairns repeatedly denies any involvement in match-fixing to court

The former Australian skipper previously gave evidence that he was with Brendon McCullum when the New Zealander received a phone call from Cairns about a “business proposition”. The Black Caps captain has told the court the phone call turned out to be ... >> view original

No 'priority port' status for Cairns, but State allows some development

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who will be in Cairns today with several Cabinet ministers for the North Queensland Economic Summit, said her government stood by its commitment under the Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan to declare only the ... >> view original

Cairns in tears at London trial

CHRIS Cairns was in tears in the witness box as he spoke about his family while giving evidence at his perjury trial in London. THE former New Zealand cricketer wiped away tears as he spoke about his daughter being born with profound hearing loss, and ... >> view original

Cairns economic summit to consider ways to boost Asian investment in north ...

Hundreds of delegates will start arriving in Cairns today for a three-day economic summit aimed at attracting Asian investment to north Queensland. Several Cabinet ministers will meet delegations from Australia and abroad to discuss projects in areas ... >> view original

Second Cairns and Great Barrier Reef travel shop opens in Beijing

A joint initiative between the Cairns-based China Sales Group, Tourism Australia and the Beijing Caissa International Travel Service, the retail travel shop is the 15th to be opened in China over the past decade. Michael Healy of Quicksilver Group, a ... >> view original

Cairns trial: South African fast bowler Andrew Hall last prosecution witness

South African bowler Andrew Hall will appear in Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday night (NZ time) as the prosecution winds up its evidence against former great Black Caps all-rounder Chris Cairns. Cairns, 45, is charged with perjury. Both he and his ... >> view original

Man to front court next month after Cairns Esplanade mudflats swim

Two officers were then forced to wade to him and bring him back to shore. Fire crews who attended the scene hosed him down. He has been charged with one count of public nuisance and will appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on November 2. >> view original

22yo woman raped in Cairns as police plead for clues

Far north Queensland police are appealing for public help after a 22-year-old woman was raped in Cairns. Senior Constable Russell Parker said the incident happened about 4:00am (AEST) on Sunday at Mulgrave Road in Earlville. He said the woman was ... >> view original

Three generations of St Monica's girls prepare to mark Cairns school's 125 ...

THEY attended St Monica's College decades apart but three generations of students agree the friendships forged at Cairns' oldest school are timeless. Maxine Lazell will be reunited with her classmates and teachers when she joins her twin daughters ... >> view original