Saturday, January 16, 2016

Memorial walk to celebrate life of Cairns mum and increase safety and other top stories.

  • Memorial walk to celebrate life of Cairns mum and increase safety

    Memorial walk to celebrate life of  Cairns  mum and increase safety
    TRIBUTE: A memorial event will be held near Airport Avenue, where Dinah Boughton was killed after being hit by a car while walking to the airport on January 24 last year. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANA MEMORIAL walk to celebrate the life of a Cairns mother who was killed while walking to catch a flight is also designed to raise awareness about pedestrian safety on Airport Avenue.Despite not knowing Dinah Boughton,who was killed when she was struck by a car on January 24 last year, Geoff Holland said h..
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  • Melbourne United crush Cairns Taipans

    Melbourne United crush  Cairns  Taipans
    Arms up: United’s Hakim Warrick was in hot form on Friday night.Photo: Ian Knight PhotographyMelbourne United sensed weakness in Cairns Taipans then crushed their struggling opponents on Friday night.The Taipans were fighting for their season while Melbourne were working for more wins  to keep hold of top spot on the NBL ladder and went on to  win 98-68.Long-time NBA forward Hakim Warrick continued his late-season form with 19 points and some thunderous dunks in just 17 minutes, while Chris Gou..
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  • Dengue fever warning after possible case at Clifton Beach near Cairns

    Dengue fever warning after possible case at Clifton Beach near  Cairns
    Dengue fever warning after possible case at Clifton Beach near Cairnsby:DANIEL BATEMANFrom:The Cairns PostJanuary 16, 20166:20AMSCARE: A New Zealand man who recently visited his sister at Clifton Beach started showing symptoms of the mozzie-borne disease after returning home to Dunedin this week. PICTURE: iSTOCKSource:istockHEALTH officials have warned residents to take every precaution against mosquitoes, following the Far North’s first possible dengue fever case of the season.A New Zealand ma..
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  • Cairns teen to become CQU's first engineering student

    Cairns  teen to become CQU's first engineering student
    Cairns teen to become CQU’s first engineering studentby:Kimberley VlasicFrom:The Cairns PostJanuary 16, 20165:30AMSHE’S IN: Chelsie Bradshaw, 17, is set to become Cairns' first ever local engineering student after being accepted into CQUniversity's 2016 intake. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News LimitedCHELSIE Bradshaw will swap burger flipping for books in March when she becomes Cairns’ first CQUniversity engineering student.The Bentley Park 17-year-old has been accepted into a Bachelor of Engi..
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  • Modi drops Cairns fraud claim: Reports

    Modi drops  Cairns  fraud claim: Reports
    Businessman Lalit Modi has reportedly dropped his fraud case against former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns.The former head of the Indian Premier League first lodged his STG1.5 million ($A3.10 million) claim in November 2014.It was to be heard at a London court from March 7, beginning three months after Cairns was found not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at an eight-week trial at London's Southwark Crown Court.However, Modi has spent time considering whether to pursue..
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  • Cairns shelter calls for donations to assist recovery of mistreated pups

    Cairns  shelter calls for donations to assist recovery of mistreated pups
    Cairns shelter calls for donations to assist recovery of mistreated pupsby:Grace MasonFrom:The Cairns PostJanuary 16, 20165:50AMRECOVERING: YAPS are treating three puppies, Honour, Hope and Hero, who were handed in infested with ticks. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSource:News Corp AustraliaALTHOUGH only about four months old, these three pups have been through enough suffering to last a lifetime.The trio was handed in to the Young Animal Protection Society (YAPS) at Smithfield this weekinfested with t..
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  • Partner of Cairns crash victim reaches out to driver involved

    Partner of  Cairns  crash victim reaches out to driver involved
    REACHING OUT: The partner of a man who died in a motorbike crash, Shirley Tame, has become friends with the young driver, Jaimee Boneham, young driver of the vehicle that hit him. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANTHEIRS is a friendship borne from the most unlikely and traumatic of circumstances.Two days after her partner died when he lost control of his motorbike and crashed, Shirley Tame picked up the phone to comfort the young driver of the vehicle that hit him.It was a beacon of hope in a dark and deva..
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  • Crossbench senators to view union report

    Crossbench senators to view union report
    THE Turnbull government will reportedly show a confidential volume of a royal commission report to crossbenchers in a bid to pass proposed laws to crack down on union misconduct.INDEPENDENT senator Glenn Lazarus has vowed to block proposed laws to create a Registered Organisations Commission and re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission unless he's allowed to see to the sixth confidential volume of the Heydon royal commission report.The Weekend Australia reports that in a ..
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  • Rash of rescues in Brisbane's Moreton Bay

    Rash of rescues in Brisbane's Moreton Bay
    BRISBANE police are urging boaties and fishers to be careful on the water after responding to four rescues in Moreton Bay.THE trouble began when a kayaker was spotted near Green Island about 5.30pm on Friday.Police searched extensively but could not find the kayaker. Volunteers then had to tow in a yacht crew experiencing engine difficulties off Mud Island at 6.55pm. About five minutes later three men became stranded on a mud bank near Lota and had to be winched to safety by helicopter. Another ..
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  • 'I WOULD USE WOMEN'

    'I WOULD USE WOMEN'
    Confessions of an undercover cop1:06The inside story of Mark Kennedy, the police officer who lived a remarkable double life deep undercover, as environmental campaigner 'Mark Stone'Mark Kennedy went undercover and fell in love. Then it all went terribly wrong. Picture: Channel 4Source:SuppliedLISA Jones* thought she knew everything about her boyfriend of six years. It turned out she didn’t even know his name.Mark Stone shared her interests, slotted in easily in with her friends and became “the c..
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Jellyfish doctor's memorial boardwalk threatened by Cairns Airport ... .Brisbane motorbike rider in hospital after evading police in Cairns .
NBL: Melbourne United shoot down Cairns Taipans .Determined women rowing the Pacific Ocean are just days away ... .

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