Aquis still welcome to Cairns, no matter what form it takes and other top stories.

• Aquis still welcome to Cairns, no matter what form it takes

  

  THE  downscaling of Aquis is expected to finally provide planning certainty for Cairns.Advance Cairns chief executive Kevin Byrne said while many people would be disappointed at Aquis developer Tony Fung’s announcement, it should not come as any surprise, given the changed circumstances in the global casino market worldwide.“There has been a sense for some time that this was a bridge too far and the rhetoric never really matched the ­reality,” he said.“In one sense there is disappointment and y..

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• Owners horrified after Cairns pet memorial garden left to ruin

  DISTRAUGHT  pet owners are demanding to know why a memorial garden for their beloved pets has been left to ruin. The Marlin Coast Memorial Pet Garden at Smithfield, opened in 1989, was once a carefully curated haven for grieving pet owners, who paid a fee for a plot or a memorial plaque for their animal.Dave Henneker said he paid about $60 for two plots for his dogs Honey and Max about 15 years ago.He regularly visited the graves until about four years ago when he was travelling ­frequently bet..

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• Innisfail pedestrian killed after collision with a ute

  

  THE Cairns Forensic Crash unit is investigating a fatal traffic incident where a pedestrian died after being struck by a ute at Innisfail overnight.Officer in charge of the unit Sergeant Scott Ezard said the 34-year-old Innisfail man was pronounced dead at the scene.Police responded to reports of a fatal traffic crash about 8pm on Friday night.“On arrival officers were confronted with quite a devastating scene,” Sgt Ezard said.Initial investigations suggest that the man had been walking on the r..

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• Health conscious Far Northerners adopt meat-free lifestyle

  

  MORE Far Northerners are swapping their steaks for tofu as the perception a meat-free lifestyle is healthier drives a shift towards vegetarianism. New research from Roy Morgan shows that the number of Australian adults whose diet is all or almost vegetarian has climbed from 1.7 million to nearly 2.1 million in four years.While Queensland is the state least inclined towards vegetarianism, it too recorded an increase with 9.2 per cent of the population now eating little or no meat, compared to 8.3..

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• Bill defeated but debate still rages over land clearing in FNQ

  

  FEARS the State Government will do whatever it takes to restrict agricultural land clearing in the Far North remain despite the failure of its legislation in Parliament this week.On Thursday night, independent MP Billy Gordon took the axe to the Government’s tree clearing laws, ensuring the Bill, which was intended to restrict wide-scale clearing, failed in Parliament.But Jonsson’s Farm Market owner Warren Jonsson, who owns farms on the Tablelands, said he was concerned the Bill’s defeat would m..

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  MAREEBA’S Aron Baynes will play for a bronze medal after the Australian Boomers basketball team suffered a nightmare 87-61 loss to Serbia in the semi-finals of the Rio Olympics.The Boomers, who beat Serbia 95-80 in the pool games, failed to find any rhythm in offence and trailed by 21 points at halftime.They shot 33% from the field, hitting just four of 31 three-point attempts.Patty Mills and Brock Motum led Australia’s scoring with 13 points each, while Baynes collected seven.The Boomers now ta..

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• Stocks fall in light trading

  Stocks on major markets have fallen worldwide while the US dollar strengthened as investors began to price in a greater likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year.European share markets posted their biggest weekly loss in two months, while US stocks edged lower on Friday, led by declines in utility shares as investors weighed prospects for an interest rate increase in the coming months.Oil prices were mixed, with Brent crude ending lower and WTI light crude rising to..

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Cairns primary school no longer in lockdown after police incident .	Half a century on, Cairns war veteran Don Thomson still has vivid ... .
Half a century on, Cairns war veteran Don Thomson still has vivid ... .	“Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience” arrives in Cairns .