ACCC pitches fuel price plan but Cairns campaigner sceptical
CAIRNS motorists could soon know exactly how much they should be paying for petrol as the competition watchdog devises a plan to make the fuel market more transparent. Using data gathered in four in-depth regional studies, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims has told the Cairns Post hehopes to publish a “ready reckoner” early next year.It will show the reasonable additional amount a motorist can expect to be charged in any given town.Mr Sims said the ACCC may be able..>> view originalPerth Wildcats vs Cairns Taipans: Wildcats win overtime epic
Match result: The Cairns Taipans have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in their first match of the 2016-17 NBL season, going down to the Perth Wildcats on the road by ten points in a match that went to overtime. The Taipans held the lead into the last minute, and the last handful of seconds but an incredible shot from Jaron Johnson in the last two seconds from behind the arc would tie the game up and send it to overtime. From there, the Wildcats played their best minutes of basketball..>> view originalDigital revolution underway at Cairns Hospital with eHealth system
WHEN Cyclone Yasi loomed off the Far Northern coastline in February 2011, patients and staff were forced out of Cairns Hospital in the largest peacetime evacuation of a hospital in Queensland history.There were scenes of patients being rushed from the hospital with their medical records literally strapped to their chests. It was the only way to ensure their bulky paperwork did not go astray.It is chaotic scenes like this we are likely to never see again following Cairns Hospital’s changeover to ..>> view originalBaumann launches legal action over Mission Beach stinger net horror
PARENTS of a Swiss boy who had three fingers amputated after an accident involving stinger nets at Mission Beach are suing Cassowary Coast Regional Council and the net operators for $1.6 million in compensation.Marvin Baumann was four and holidaying with his family at South Mission Beach on April 24, 2012, when his right hand got caught in the pulley that adjusted the position of stinger nets.Stinger nets are moved several times a day due to the tide to ensure protection for swimmers. At the tim..>> view originalShades of 2003 as FNQ's Lake Tinaroo slowly fades from view
AS THE Far North’s iconic Lake Tinaroo continues to recede, residents can’t help but cast their minds back to 2003. The Tablelands dam has dropped to 45 per cent capacity and resembles a shadow of its typical springtime self.One part of the lake remains open to waterskiers after a six-knot speed limit was imposed by Maritime Safety Queensland this week.But it could be worse.Lake Tinaroo dropped to 25 per cent in 2003, sparking a blanket ban on waterskiing and untold headaches for farmers.While a..>> view originalManhunt underway after officer assaulted in Manunda
A POLICE officer has been assaulted and a manhunt is underway around Raintrees Tavern, Manunda.The incident happened shortly after 11am, and the male officer was later seen being loaded in to an ambulance on a stretcher.A police media spokesman said the injured officer was “conscious and breathing” but had several head injuries.Multiple police vehicles are now patrolling the area, searching for the offender, and witnesses are being interviewed.>> view originalDrone technology to monitor sharks off WA
Drones will be used at West Australian beaches in a three-month trial to monitor shark activity and potentially spot other dangers such as rips and schools of bait fish, which attract the predators.Under the plan, $88,000 will be provided for four small drones equipped with a high-definition camera to stream live pictures back to Surf Life Saving WA operators at some metropolitan and regional beaches.Fisheries Minister Joe Francis said the trial was part of the state government's $33 million Sha..>> view originalAnti-kidney cancer drugs give hope
A combination treatment of two immunotherapy drugs may prove an effective new weapon against advanced kidney cancer, results from a US trial have shown.Scientists found that 40 per cent of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab experienced a significant reduction in the size of their tumours.In a tenth of these patients the cancer appeared to have vanished. There was no detectable sign of disease.The CheckMate -016 study was an early Phase I trial chiefly designed to investigate doses an..>> view originalDylan and Stones play Desert Trip festival
Mick Jagger has told the boomer-heavy crowd at the Desert Trip music festival, which boasts a legendary lineup of septuagenarians, that he wasn't going to ``do a bunch of age jokes.''Then the 73-year-old Rolling Stones front man referred to the three-day event as ``the Palm Springs retirement home for genteel English musicians.''The festival features Paul McCartney and (non-Brit) Neil Young performing Saturday night. The Who and Roger Waters play Sunday.The Stones brought literal and figurative ..>> view originalRussia vetoes call to end Aleppo bombing
Russia has vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that would have demanded an immediate end to air strikes and military flights over Syria's Aleppo city and called for a truce and humanitarian aid access throughout Syria.It is the fifth time Russia has vetoed a UN resolution on Syria during the more than five-year conflict. The previous four times Moscow was backed by Beijing, but on Saturday China abstained from the vote.Angola also abstained, while Venezuela joined ..>> view original
Friday, October 14, 2016
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