FNQ vs WA: Cairns short-listed for Pacific Patrol Boat contract | Cairns Post
Managing Director Steve Polard from Australian Professional Galvanizing is disappointed for his business not being considered for the potential supply of Navy Patrol boats. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedA STATE of Origin contest has emerged between Queensland and Western Australia for the Pacific Patrol Boat contract.Three other states had been in the running but their tenders were rejected.Cairns now stands a 50 per cent chance of being awarded the $2 billion contract to build up to..>> view originalCrown 'unsportsmanlike' in Cairns case - 9news
Chris Cairns's lawyers have attacked the credibility of Crown witnesses and accused the prosecution of being "unsportsmanlike" at the former New Zealand cricket star's London trial.In closing remarks on Monday, defence lawyer Orlando Pownall QC accused Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum, former players Daniel Vettori and Lou Vincent, and Vincent's ex-wife, of lying at the Southwark Crown Court trial."The Crown has said on more than one occasion that Mr Cairns's case is that nine witnesses ..>> view originalA critical test for Woolworths' Cairns | Business Spectator
Gordon Cairns appears to understand where his priorities lie. While the search for a new chief executive for Woolworths continues, the more urgent task is to ...>> view originalRacing mourns Steve Cairns | RACING
The Australian racing and media communities are mourning the death of racing broadcaster and executive Steve Cairns, who passed away at the age of 53.Cairns was the long-time Program Director at racing radio station RSN, overseeing the development of Victoria’s premier racing media talent, including the likes of Deane Lester, Shane Anderson and Ric McIntosh.He had recently moved to Queensland to take on the job of General Manager at 4TAB.High-profile racing and media identities took to social me..>> view originalJapanese masseur faces deportation for sexual assault at Cairns parlour | Cairns Post
Japanese masseur faces deportation for sexual assault at Cairns parlourby:Harry ClarkeFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 17, 20156:10AMMasami Kawano leaves court with defence barrister Craig Eberhardt after being convicted of sexually assaulting a client at his Cairns parlour in April 2013. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedA JAPANESE masseur is facing possible deportation from Australia after being convicted and fined $10,000 for sexually assaulting a client at his Cairns parlour.Masami Kawa..>> view originalFacebook page launched to reduce youth unemployment in Cairns | Cairns Post
Facebook page launched to reduce youth unemployment in Cairnsby:Hayden SmithFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 17, 20155:20AMEmily Nancarrow, 17, and Department of Education and Training FNQ Assistant Regional Director Stephen Bell at the launch of the Y13CNS Facebook page. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News Corp AustraliaA NEW social media project has been launched in an effort to tackle Cairns’ sky-high level of youth unemployment.TheYear13CNS ProjectFacebook page aims to provide Cairns school leave..>> view originalCairns service station and supermarket held up at knifepoint last night | Cairns Post
Cairns service station and supermarket held up at knifepoint last nightby:Grace UhrFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 17, 20158:19AMAn armed robber was locked in a Cairns service station after the quick-thinking employee fled to safety and locked the front doors as he left. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDSource:SuppliedBotched robbery in Cairns1:27An armed robber was locked in a Cairns service station when the quick-thinking employee fled to safety and locked the front doors as he left. Video: suppliedA CAIRNS serv..>> view originalShorten critical of Far North Queensland health funding cuts
FEDERAL Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has used a visit to Cairns to take aim at the Federal Government’s planned cuts to Far North Queensland’s health system.Speaking at James Cook University’s Cairns campus today, Mr Shorten said if elected, Labor would develop a health funding model “based on need”.“We are determined to put better funding into our hospitals and healthcare,” he said.Mr Shorten’s comments come after a Senate Select Committee on Health in Cairns was told the region’s health serv..>> view originalFNQ health service bosses speaks out over new health funding model
FNQ health service bosses speaks out over new health funding modelby:JIM CAMPBELLFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 17, 20156:30AMSPEAKING OUT: Dr Edward Strivens and Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service chief executive Ms Julie Hartley-Jones giving evidence at the Senate Select Committee on Health hearing in Cairns. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedTHE Far North is staring down the barrel of massive reductions in critical medical staff as it prepares to deal with predicted fundi..>> view original‘Death-defying’ snake capture at Gordonvale near Cairns | Cairns Post
A GORDONVALE resident has come face to face with death – a death adder, that is.One of Australia’s deadliest snakes, the northern death adder (acanthophis praelongus) has strongly neurotoxin venom which can cause paralysis, leading to a complete respiratory shutdown.David Walton from Cairns Snake Removals picked up this little critter at the entrance to a home in Gordonvale over the weekend.Posting a photo of it to his Facebook page, Mr Walton wrote that it was lucky that the death adder was s..>> view original
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