Cairns based Punjabi Man jailed of Visa Scam and other top stories.

• Cairns based Punjabi Man jailed of Visa Scam

  

  Cairns based Punjabi Man jailed of Visa ScamSukhwant Bhela allegedly lured migrants to illegally live, work in Far North Queensland.A FORMER high flying Cairns businessman Sukhwant Sona Singh Bhela has been jailed for setting up a visa scam to exploit disadvantaged people wanting to move to Australia.The Cairns District Court was told Sukhwant Sona Singh Bhela lured poor people from the Punjab region in India to come and work in Australia, charging each $50,000.“I accept you set up a very subst..

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• IM Cairns 2016 Swim and Bike

  

  Ironman Cairns boasts one of the most spectacular venues in the world, in beautiful TNQ (Tropical North Queensland), on Australia's northeast coast. Slowtwitch photographer Eric Wynn was on site and captured lots of great images from the oceanfront rainforest paradise. The Cairns bike course is deceptively hard, gaining relatively little elevation in any one go, but the road from Palm Cove to Port Douglas is constantly rolling and also has constant wind off the ocean. Clayton Fetell and Luke..

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• Cooke 'had it in him' to kill Philip Cairns

  

  One of the victims of Eamonn Cooke, the paedophile linked to the disappearance of Philip Cairns, has said that she believes her abuser was capable of murder.The woman, who was referred to as Sophia on Newstalk’s Lunchtime programme yesterday, said that she was sexually abused by Cooke over a period of three years starting when she was seven.Cooke, who died in a hospice aged 79 this month, was the owner of Radio Dublin, a popular pirate radio station. He invited children to visit the station and ..

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• Ironman Cairns triathlete dies in hospitalJune 17, 2016

  

  A Japanese triathlete who had travelled to Queensland, Australia for last weekend's Ironman Cairns has died in a nearby hospital, according to the Cairns Post.

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• Emotional: Alice Cairns appeals for any further information on her ...

  

  Emotional: Alice Cairns appeals for any further information on her son Philip Jun 17, 2016 James Brennan Irish News 0 15:01 In an emotional PrimeTime show aired last night on RTE, Philip Cairns’ mother Alice appealed for any further information into the whereabouts of her son. The Dublin lady was quite candid when she stated that she “didn’t think it would go on this long, almost 30 years”. The aftermath of a woman coming forward to gardai last month implicating  Eamon Cooke to an alle..

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• Bird selfie these seniors won't forget

  

  FOR KEN Watson, taking a selfie with a tropical imported bird was one of the highlights of his trip to Cairns last month. He, along with more than 40 other members of the National Senior's branch in Gladstone visited Bird World as part of the group's annual trip. From late night dinner cruises, walks along the esplanade, a visit to a butterfly enclosure and a drop by the Daintree, these seniors didn't waste any time on their holiday. "I had to keep very still so I could take a picture w..

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