Cairns Zika case confirmed
Pregnant women are being warned to be vigilant to avoid mosquito bites after a 14th case of Zika virus was confirmed in Queensland. A Cairns resident who became ill after returning from the Caribbean has tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus. Control teams have been spraying a 200m radius around their Parramatta Park home in an attempt to get to the insects before they become infectious. Tropical Public Health Services director Dr Richard Gair says the virus, which is spread by the same ..>> view originalBuyers of $34m Cairns hotel plan multi-million dollar upgrade
The buyers of the Rydges Tradewinds Cairns hotel are planning a multi-million dollar upgrade. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDTHE Rydges Tradewinds Cairns hotel has been sold for $34 million with the new owner planning a multimillion-dollar high-end upgrade.A newly formed European-funded company called GA Group Australia, whose core business is in Dubai, bought the Esplanade property, its first hotel in Australia.Company spokesman Mark Davie said it was considering “a substantial refurbishment” of the hotel to..>> view originalNorthern Australia fund headquarters to be based in Cairns
IT might not be in Rockhampton, but at least it is in Queensland. That is the message Minister assisting the Premier on North Australia, Coralee O'Rourke was armed with in Rockhampton yesterday as Cairns was announced as the headquarters of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility. "It's something that we originally believed was going to be based in Sydney so this is a win for North Queensland. We have to remember this is great news in North Queensland to have a facility based whe..>> view originalCairns commuters in for traffic chaos reprieve at Smithfield roundabout
South bound traffic backed up for kilometres at Smithfield roundabout.THE horror Smithfield peak-hour gridlock could become a thing of the past in under three years, much to the relief of frustrated Cairns commuters.Yesterday Barron River MP Craig Crawford announced a $1.69 million planning study had started on the long-awaited Smithfield Bypass project.Edmonton man Jarryd Flower is fed up with his commute to Smithfield taking 45 minutes. He says outside peak hour, it takes 20 minutes.The road ..>> view originalCairns father avoids jail time for giving cancer-stricken toddler ...
A desperate Cairns father who gave his toddler cannabis oil in the belief that it would treat her aggressive stomach cancer has been released on a good behaviour bond.The 32-year-old man pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday to supplying the drug to his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter by cooking it into her food in December 2014.The court heard the father had been dosing the toddler for a few days when the child's mother confronted him as to why the food had a funny smell a..>> view originalJapanese tourists jump 19 per cent to Cairns
Japanese tourist Miyuki Wada enjoys walking along the Cairns Reef Terminal with 12-year-old Mai and 7-year-old Tom Wada. Far North Queensland has new figures which show a big growth from the Japanese tourism market. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYJAPANESE visitors to the tropical north are surging on the back of strong promotion and Australia’s reputation as a safe destination.Numbers through the Cairns Airport international terminal grew by 19 per cent to 19,665 in February, the biggest jump since 2004..>> view originalCairns detective recovering after delivering son in hallway
Det Sgt Brad McLeish had to deliver his own baby boy (Monte) when wife Maryke went into labour in their Trinity Beach hallway last week. PICTURE: MARC McCORMACKHE’S gone head-to-head with some of Cairns’ worst criminals but nothing could prepare detective Brad McLeish for this shock arrival.The normally cool, calm, collected cop admitted he was a bundle of nerves when he was forced to deliver his and wife Maryke’s baby son on their Trinity Beach hallway floor.It took just 28 minutes for 4.58kg M..>> view originalMagistrate denies guilty plea from Cairns man accused of stalking ...
A Magistrate has refused to accept a guilty plea from a man accused of stalking police officers.A MAGISTRATE has refused to accept a guilty plea from a man accused of stalking four police officers.Romley Stewart Stover, 59, who refuses to acknowledge his surname, is charged with stalking four police officers by putting their personal details on social media, along with two counts of unlawful possession of weapons.He was due to be sentenced today and pleaded guilty to all six charges.However, whe..>> view originalCash puts limits on ABCC changes
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is open to minor amendments to the building watchdog bill.Cash puts limits on ABCC changesThe Turnbull government has shut the door to anything but minor changes to laws restoring the building industry watchdog.Parliament will return on April 18 to reconsider a bill to restore the Australian Building and Construction Commission.If the Senate rejects it, a double-dissolution election will be held on July 2 and the two houses brought back for a joint sitting to p..>> view originalAlun Cairns calls on Welsh Government to consider changes in ...
The new Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to consider changing its planning regulations to allow the building of taller mobile phone masts. Alun Cairns called a meeting yesterday with the mobile phone operators and the industry’s representative body to discuss ways to improve mobile phone coverage, particularly in rural areas. The meeting at the Wales Office was attended by excutives from MobileUK, Three, O2, EE and Vodafone. Read more: These places in Wales have..>> view original
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Cairns Zika case confirmed and other top stories.
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