Thursday, November 12, 2015

Last Top Stories: Cairns woman appears in court over rape of young boy two years ago | Cairns Post

  • Cairns woman appears in court over rape of young boy two years ago | Cairns Post

    Cairns woman appears in court over rape of young boy two years ago | Cairns Post
    Cairns woman appears in court over rape of young boy two years agoby:Grace UhrFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 12, 20156:30AMSHOCKING: A Cairns woman has appeared in Cairns Magistrates Court charged with allegeldy raping a young boy two years ago.Source:News LimitedA YOUNG boy allegedly raped by a woman almost three times his age maintains he did not initially tell anyone about it because he didn’t understand what rape was.A 35-year-old Westcourt woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeare..
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  • Chris Cairns' perjury trial delayed by juror sickness

    Chris Cairns' perjury trial delayed by juror sickness
    Chris Cairns denies charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice.Photo: Getty ImagesLondonA sick juror has delayed the Chris Cairns perjury trial for yet another day, when the final evidence was expected to have been given overnight (Australian time).And so the trial, now in its sixth week, rumbles onward, with Wednesday (Thursday Australian time) occupied by legal argument.The trial began early last month with tales of cheating, half-naked women, drunken conversations, bundles of cas..
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  • Cairns dad’s shock at cancer diagnosis | Cairns Post

    Cairns dad’s shock at cancer diagnosis | Cairns Post
    Cairns dad’s shock at cancer diagnosisby:Bianca KeeganFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 12, 20156:00AMHEALTH WARNING: John Dillon with partner Jess Moore with son Cody, 6 weeks, and Imogen, 2. PICTURE: AMANDA PARKERSource:SuppliedJOHN Dillon had just become a dad for the second time, so going to the doctor to check a suspicious lump in his neck wasn’t high on his priority list.The 26-year-old fly-in-fly-out worker was last month diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymphoma and now faces six months of ch..
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  • Property offender arrested on Cairns school roof | Cairns Post

    Property offender arrested on Cairns school roof | Cairns Post
    Property offender arrested on Cairns school roofby:Grace UhrFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 12, 20156:10AMSnr Const. Dan Fysh with his police dog Hahm who helped track an offender to a school roof. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News Corp AustraliaFIREFIGHTERS had to be called in to help with the arrest of a notorious property offender after he allegedly tried hiding from police on the roof of a Westcourt school.Jahlil Pryce, 18, was allegedly one of three people who fled from a stolen car found du..
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  • Chris Cairns trial: a chronology of the trial | Stuff

    Chris Cairns trial: a chronology of the trial | Stuff
    Chris Cairns trial: a chronology of the trialKEVIN NORQUAY IN LONDONLast updated 05:00, November 12 2015CARL COURT/GETTY IMAGESFormer New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns leaves Southwark Crown Court during the trial.Week OneOctober 5: Jury appointed, witness list released.October 7: Sasha Wass, QC, outlines the prosecution case against Cairns.Week TwoOctober 12: Disgraced cricketer Lou Vincent gives evidence, telling the court Chris Cairns gave him "direct orders" to under-perform with the Chandi..
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  • Fear for Remembrance Day future as hundreds brave rain in Cairns | Cairns Post

    Fear for Remembrance Day future as hundreds brave rain in Cairns | Cairns Post
    Fear for Remembrance Day future as hundreds brave rain in Cairnsby:Dominic GeigerFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 12, 20155:30AMVietnam veteran Fred Van Luyk is worried Remembrance Day will lose its significance in the future. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedCHANGING social attitudes have some war veterans worried Remembrance Day is losing its significance and turning the event into a mere footnote on people’s calendars.Cairns Vietnam veteran Fred Van Luyk remembers a time when traffic wou..
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  • Petition Launched To Stop Proposed 1am Lockouts In Cairns - Music Feeds

    Petition Launched To Stop Proposed 1am Lockouts In Cairns - Music Feeds
    NewsWritten by Tom Williams on November 12, 2015Since the Queensland government announced itsplan to introduce Australia’s toughest liquor lockout lawsearlier this week, a petition has been launched to stop any 1am lockouts from being implemented in Cairns.Created by Cairns local Jeffrey Rufino, the petition hosted onChange.orgis calling on the state member for Cairns, Rob Pyne, to vote against the government’s controversial proposed laws, which include a 2am last drinks policy and 3am last drin..
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  • Cairns a hop-stop for hordes of soggy toads | Cairns Post

    Cairns a hop-stop for hordes of soggy toads | Cairns Post
    Cairns a hop-stop for hordes of soggy toadsby:DANIEL BATEMANFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 12, 20156:30AMICKY: A squashed toad on the road in Holloways Beach. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedHEAVY showers have created several “hop-stops’ for cane toads across Cairns.Hordes of the toxic amphibians have been flushed out of their regular hidey holes by 22mm of rain that burst over the city earlier this week.In suburbs such as Machans and Holloways beaches, Aeroglen, Edge Hill and Whitfield,..
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  • Cairns Alex Loughton not sold on Melbourne United’s dominance | Cairns Post

    Cairns Alex Loughton not sold on Melbourne United’s dominance | Cairns Post
    UNSTOPPABLE?: Melbourne United and Chris Goulding are 9-0 but Taipan Alex Loughton reckons they aren’t all that. Pic: Michael Klein.Source:News Corp AustraliaLONG-TIME Taipan Alex Loughton isn’t getting caught up in the Melbourne United hype, saying the unbeaten NBL leaders have ridden their luck for long enough.Led by MVP favourite Chris Goulding and red-hot Stephen Holt the Victorians have cruised well clear of the rest in winning their first nine games.It is the first time in the history of t..
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  • Common sense, not red tape, will get things moving in Cairns | Cairns Post

    Common sense, not red tape, will get things moving in Cairns | Cairns Post
    Common sense, not red tape, will get things moving in Cairnsby:Julian TomlinsonFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 12, 20156:00AMFAST-TRACK: An artist's impression of proposed Aspial towers project in Spence St, Cairns by developers Nova 8.Source:SuppliedCAIRNS Regional Councillors should be congratulated for voting to smooth the way for the $450 million inner-city Nova towers development.All levels of government are weighed down by a growing cohort of bureaucrats always at the ready to fire red-tape b..
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