Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Itinerant numbers from Aurukun rise in Cairns after Indigenous ... and other top stories.

  • Itinerant numbers from Aurukun rise in Cairns after Indigenous ...

    Itinerant numbers from Aurukun rise in Cairns after Indigenous community unrest, Anglicare says By Kristy Sexton-McGrath and Adam Stephens Updated June 21, 2016 12:12:05 There has been an influx of itinerants in Cairns from the Cape York Indigenous community of Aurukun after unrest in the township, community groups in far north Queensland say.Twenty teachers were forced to leave Aurukun last month over safety concerns.The increase in itinerants prompted the Queen..
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  • Dredging to attract 'mega cruise ships' to Cairns angers ...

    Dredging to attract 'mega cruise ships' to Cairns angers ...
    Dredging to attract 'mega cruise ships' to Cairns angers conservationists Posted June 21, 2016 21:22:14 The Queensland Government has denied the environment has come off second best in its push to generate jobs by dredging the Cairns shipping channel.Treasurer Curtis Pitt announced on Tuesday a revised plan to dredge Trinity Inlet to allow cruise ships up to 300-metres long to dock.It is hoped the plan will lead to an extra 37 new "mega cruise ship" visits by 2026.The..
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  • Girl charged over Cairns school bomb hoax

    Girl charged over Cairns school bomb hoax
    A 15-year-old girl has been charged over a bomb hoax that forced the evacuation of Cairns State High School yesterday.The Cairns Post reports the girl walked into the Cairns State High School office and punched two teachers before making the bomb threat and leaving.The school was forced into lockdown and students were evacuated for more than an hour while police searched the campus.Police have charged the girl with falsely stating a bomb was present, computer hacking and misuse, assault occasio..
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  • Games contenders in Cairns to draw line in sand

    Games contenders in Cairns to draw line in sand
    DIGGING IN: Australian player Cole Durant flies through the air during practice for the The 2016 Continental Beach Volleyball Olympic qualifiers PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYTHE  BEST Australian male beach volleyballers landed in Cairns yesterday ahead of the 2016 Continental Beach Volleyball Olympic qualifiers.With the remainder of the 64 teams from 11 countries set to arrive in the coming days, the potential Rio bound team got to work just hours after landing in North Queensland.Led by Australian Me..
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  • New Taipan McCarron sold on Cairns by Worthington

    New Taipan McCarron sold on Cairns by Worthington
    NEWBIE: Gun Taipans signing Mitch McCarron at his first training session with the team. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANNEW Cairns arrival Mitch McCarron credits the influence of Taipans swing-man and fellow Metro State ­University alumni Mark Worthington for his decision to sign with the NBL club. McCarron, who recently returned from a stint with ­Palencia Baloncesto in the Spanish second tier, arrived in North Queensland and was set to have his first ­training session with his new teammates yesterday m..
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  • Cairns supermarkets report spike in demand for local milk

    Cairns supermarkets report spike in demand for local milk
    Sales of locally produced milk have increased by over 20 percent in Cairns in the past month. Rex Groube buys two litres of Mungalli Creek milk from Jonsson Farm Market in Stratford. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKETABLELANDS-grown milk is flying off supermarket shelves as Far North Queenslanders embrace the “buy local” message. Jonsson’s Farm Market at Stratford has experienced a 20-30 per cent increase in ­demand, which management attribute to greater awareness among consumers.“It’s always been popular ..
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  • Cairns CBD Novotel resort sells for $50m as tourism rebounds

    Cairns CBD Novotel resort sells for $50m as tourism rebounds
    External lagoon at the Cairns Novotel Oasis. The hotel has sold for $50 million.MELBOURNE-based private investor Yong Quek has made his second high-profile foray into the Cairns hotel market, buying the Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort for a ­reputed $50 million.The businessman, who heads the Shakespeare Property Group, bought the five-star Pullman Cairns International hotel – previously known as the Sebel Cairns – from Sydney-based private investor Robert Magid and Singapore’s listed Ascendas Hospit..
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  • $120m project to fast-track Cairns shipping channel dredging

    $120m project to fast-track Cairns shipping channel dredging
    Aerial shots of Cairns, Trinity Inlet, where dredging will take place. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDDREDGING of the Cairns shipping channel is to be fast-tracked to allow cruise ships up to 300m-long to dock at the city’s port in a project that is estimated to cost $120 million.Treasurer and Mulgrave MP Curtis Pitt said the revised proposal would slash the amount of dredging from 4.4 million cubic metres to 1 million cubic metres with all spoil to be dumped on land.The new scheme – still to undergo an envir..
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  • Cairns town tends to grief 12 months after tragic explosion

    Cairns town tends to grief 12 months after tragic explosion
    RAVENSHOE parishioners gathered for an ecumenical service at St Teresa’s Church to commemorate the lives lost in a disaster last year that shook the whole community.The small town located on the Atherton Tablelands was rocked by disaster 12 months ago when a vehicle crashed into a gas bottle at a local cafe, causing an explosion that killed two people and injured 19.Mayor Joe Paronella said among those remembering the tragedy were directly affected friends and families, emergency services, firs..
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  • Heavily tattooed father stabbed, dismembered and crammed into ...

    Heavily tattooed father stabbed, dismembered and crammed into ...
    Heavily tattooed Campbell Paterson was stabbed in the neck, dismembered and crammed into an esky, a Cairns Supreme Court jury has heard.Queensland Police found the father-of-four's body in a bloody bushland scene in Edmonton, southeast of Cairns on November 19, 2014.On Monday accused killer David Hickson, 34, pleaded guilty to interfering with a dead body but not guilty to murder. Heavily tattooed Campbell Paterson was stabbed in the neck, dismembered and crammed into an esky a Cairns Supreme Co..
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Teenage girl in custody following alleged bomb threat at Cairns school .Turnbull promises $49 million for Arrium steelworks .
Cairns based Punjabi Man jailed of Visa Scam .Consumer watchdog investigates new car retail industry after wave of complaints .

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