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• Cairns remembers fallen soldiers at Remembrance Day services | Cairns Post

  

  Cairns remembers fallen soldiers at Remembrance Day servicesby:Dominic GeigerFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 11, 20152:19PMAustralian Army slouch hat with remembrance poppy for Remembrance Day. PICTURE: MILLEFLORE IMAGESSource:Getty ImagesTHE rain did little to stop more than 200 service and community members from paying their respects to the fallen in Cairns this morning.AB Benyam Gormiesa from ADV Cape Byron during the Cairns Remembrance Day ceremony. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedThe..

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• Soggy weather a winner for Cairns athlete | Cairns Post

  

  Soggy weather a winner for Cairns athleteby:Bianca KeeganFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 11, 20156:30AMCairns triathlete Michael Nemecek of Woree enjoying a cool training run at Cairns Esplanade in the first real rain of the wet season. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News Corp AustraliaWHEN the heavens open in Cairns, Michael Nemecek laces up his joggers and hits the pavement.The Woree athlete is training for this weekend’s Yungaburra Triathlon and a half-ironman event in Sydney at the end of the m..

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• Private emergency department “on the radar” for Cairns | Cairns Post

  

  Ramsay Health Care chief executive Chris Rex has flown into Cairns to open the Cairns Private Hospital redevelopment and discuss plans for an Emergency Department. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News LimitedA GLOBAL health director has confirmed a private emergency department for Cairns is “definitely on the radar” but stopped short of promising the urgent ward would be built within the next two years.The Cairns Postcan reveal a business case has been prepared and a plan has been floated to move..

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• Melbourne United not expected to risk NBA import Hakim Warrick in...

  

  Melbourne United not expected to risk NBA import Hakim Warrick in Cairns Taipan gameHakim WarrickPhoto: Eddie JimMelbourne United NBA import Hakim Warrick is not expected to fly to Cairns for his club's clash with the Taipans on Friday night.Melbourne will be out for a 10th straight win to start the NBL season and, more importantly, a second regular-season win over the Taipans, last season's runners-up.Warrick has missed the last four games with a groin strain so Melbourne is unlikely to risk hi..

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• Chris Cairns perjury trial on hold for legal arguments

  

  Accused former cricketer Chris Cairns.Photo: Getty ImagesLondonJust when it seemed the day of reckoning was near at hand in the Chris Cairns perjury trial, the courtroom equivalent of a cricket stoppage for rain sends proceedings into a legal detour.Five weeks to the day after the trial started, final witness Andrew Fitch-Holland was giving testimony when a legal issue arose 10 minutes before lunch, that could not be promptly sorted.Mr Justice Sweeney sent the Southwark Crown Court jury home two..

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• Baby formula shortage could be dairy good for Far North

  

  Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse stock controller Paris Bout stacking the store’s remaining tins of baby formula during a national shortage of the product. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News LimitedTHE Far North’s dairy industry could be “perfectly placed” to take advantage of a nationwide shortage of baby formula.Chinese demand for “safe” baby formula is fuelling a formula drought, with fearful Asian parents turning to Australian-made products after a number of deadly formula scares in their own ..

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• FNQ tourism boss reveals renewable energy vision for region

  

  FNQ tourism boss reveals renewable energy vision for regionby:Hayden SmithFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 11, 20155:20AMTTNQ executive Alex de Waal has thrown his support behind renewable energy.Source:SuppliedSUPPORT is growing for a broader community effort to help realise a bold new vision for Far North Queensland to become a renewable energy leader.Tourism Tropical North Queensland boss Alex de Waal (below) has called for the region to set itself the goal of becoming exclusively powered by ren..

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• Far North midwifery service celebrates first birthday

  

  Far North midwifery service celebrates first birthdayby:Bianca KeeganFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 11, 20155:30AMThe first babies born through a new midwifery model in Far North Queensland have celebrated their first birthdays as the service continues to grow. Lawson Brown, 5 months, Tepian Ingkris, 7 months, Amity Produit, 12, months, and Isabella Briggs, 10 months at the Edmonton Early Years Centre. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedTHE first babies born through a new midwifery model in..

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• Lizards and turtle killed at north Qld zoo

  

  ZOO keepers in north Queensland have been left shaken after intruders killed two lizards and a freshwater turtle with rocks before throwing their bodies into a crocodile enclosure.STAFF at Kuranda Koala Gardens near Cairns made the gruesome discovery of three dead animals when they arrived at work on Monday morning."We think they killed them first and then threw them in the croc pen," Wildlife Manager Peita Harrison told AAP. "Whether they tried to feed them to the crocs or just get rid of them ..

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• Rare sharks captured off Cape York

  

  Rare sharks captured off Cape Yorkby:DANIEL BATEMANFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 11, 20159:13AMThe lower teeth of the Speartooth Shark, which are long, narrow and erect with spear-like tips. The upper teeth are broadly triangular, erect and serrated.Source:SuppliedSCIENTISTS have captured in Cape York waters, two adult specimens of one of the rarest shark species in Australia.The elusive speartooth shark, which is listed as critically endangered, was discovered in the Bizant River, near Lakefield..

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