Thursday, November 12, 2015

Last Top Stories: Former New Zealand cricket star Chris Cairns labelled 'the Lance Armstrong of cricket' in perjury trial

  • Former New Zealand cricket star Chris Cairns labelled 'the Lance Armstrong of cricket' in perjury trial

    Former New Zealand cricket star Chris Cairns labelled 'the Lance Armstrong of cricket' in perjury trial
    Video will begin in5seconds.Sport: The week's best playsThe most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sporting world this week.PT2M23S620349Chris Cairns has been compared to American cycling drugs cheat Lance Armstrong with Crown prosecutor Sasha Wass, QC, attacking his integrity in her closing speech at Southwark Crown Court in London.Armstrong won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, only to be exposed as a drug cheat and stripped of those victories in 2012..
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  • Queensland Parliament passes Sustainable Ports Bill as bid to...

    Queensland Parliament passes Sustainable Ports Bill as bid to...
    Queensland Parliament passes Sustainable Ports Bill as bid to exclude Cairns, Mourilyan failsBy Renee CluffPostedNovember 13, 2015 12:25:15 A bid to have Cairns and Mourilyan removed from the Queensland Government's Sustainable Ports Bill has been rejected in State Parliament.The bill passed through Parliament yesterday, after receiving bipartisan support and that of the independent Member for Cook, Billy Gordon, with Katter's Australian Party (KAP) MPs voting against it.The laws restrict th..
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  • Cairns police form strikeforce to put property criminals behind bars | Cairns Post

    Cairns police form strikeforce to put property criminals behind bars | Cairns Post
    Cairns police form strikeforce to put property criminals behind barsby:Dominic GeigerFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 13, 20156:20AMOperation North Renoir will apply a strike force style of policing to problem areas, especially those experiencing high rates of property crime. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACKSource:News LimitedBURGLARS operating in Cairns will be the main focus of a month-long high-visibility police strike force aiming to slash property crime rates across the city.As part of Operation North R..
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  • Cairns Aquarium gets first high-profile visitor in Trade Minister | Cairns Post

    Cairns Aquarium gets first high-profile visitor in Trade Minister | Cairns Post
    Cairns Aquarium gets first high-profile visitor in Trade Ministerby:JIM CAMPBELLFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 13, 20155:50AMCairns Aquarium CEO Daniel Leipnik (far right) speaks with partner Andrew Preston, Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb and Mayor Bob Manning at the official launch of construction phase of Cairns Aquarium. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News Corp AustraliaTAKING care of a small goldfish when he was three years old sparked Cairns entrepreneur Daniel Leipnik’s deep-seated..
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  • Wayward youths cause resident uproar after 400 call-outs to Cairns street | Cairns Post

    Wayward youths cause resident uproar after 400 call-outs to Cairns street | Cairns Post
    Wayward youths cause resident uproar after 400 call-outs to Cairns streetby:Hayden SmithFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 13, 20156:30AMA GROUP of fed-up Trinity Beach residents is demanding action as “out of control” youths continue to wreak havoc on a suburban street.After a crisis meeting with the dismayed residents yesterday, Barron River MP Craig Crawford toldThe Cairns Postthat police were called to one home in the street “about 400 times” last year.Former resident of the street Emily Welch sai..
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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 Regional Council unleashes animal management plan to combat complaints | Cairns Post

    Cairns Regional Council unleashes animal management plan to combat complaints | Cairns Post
    Cairns Regional Council unleashes animal management plan to combat complaintsby:From:The Cairns PostNovember 13, 20153:11PMA new Cairns Regional Council campaign will have a strong focus on encouraging generational change and attitudes to pet ownership. PICTURE: ZAK SIMMONDSSource:News Corp AustraliaHow to approach a dog you don't knowCAIRNS Regional Council has unleashed a new, wide-reaching animal management program in an attempt to tame the estimated 8250 animal-related complaints it receives..
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  • Alleged cocaine smuggler arrested at Cairns Airport to be trialled | Cairns Post

    Alleged cocaine smuggler arrested at Cairns Airport to be trialled | Cairns Post
    Alleged cocaine smuggler arrested at Cairns Airport to be trialledby:Harry ClarkeFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 13, 20156:00AMSpanish national Jose Lozano Garcia is charged with trying to import a commercial quantity of cocaine through Cairns Airport.Source:SuppliedA SPANISH national accused of trying to smuggle nearly $1.25 million of cocaine into Australia through Cairns Airport could be trialled as early as this month.Jose Lozano Garcia was arrested by federal police after disembarking an int..
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  • Tolga farmer's plan to grow medical cannabis

    Tolga farmer's plan to grow medical cannabis
    Tolga farmer’s plan to grow medical cannabisby:Bianca KeeganFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 13, 20155:30AMTolga farmer Joe Trimarchi on his sugar cane farm where he says he has the capability to grow medical marijuana. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedA THIRD-generation farmer from Tolga has put his hat in the ring to become Queensland’s first legal marijuana grower.It comes as Dalrymple MP Shane Knuth questioned Health Minister Cameron Dick in Parliament yesterday regarding the state’s i..
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  • McCullum delay in reporting Cairns noted

    McCullum delay in reporting Cairns noted
    Latest In worldAUNG San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party has won a majority in Myanmar's historic polls.16:22 PMNetwork writer and AFPA JUDGE has ordered a lesbian couple give up their foster baby because he says it would be better off raised in a heterosexual family.A US airstrike has targeted 'Jihadi John', the Kuwaiti-born British citizen who appeared in videos beheading western hostages, near the city of Raqqa.15:44 PMAFP and APTHE US military has conducted an air strike in Syria targeting ‘Jih..
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