The national budgerigar championships begin in Cairns on Saturday, where more than 600 budgies from across Australia will battle it out to be crowned finest of their kind.
A nurse has been violently attacked just metres from a South East Queensland hospital entrance as security watched on, unable to intervene as the attack was not on hospital grounds.
A Cairns soccer coach lit fires around his ex-girlfriend’s home, sent sex workers to her house and pretended to be a police officer during “profoundly manipulative” behaviour after a break-up, a court has heard.
The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service recently named their nurse and midwife of the year, with an adolescent mental health nurse and a Mareeba midwife recognised for their valuable contributions to the community.
Two men were flown from the remote cape community of Aurukun by the Royal Flying Doctor Service after clan rivalries erupted into extreme violence after a man threatened a women with a bow and arrow, a court heard as another man was sentenced for his beating.
Port Douglas Carnivale will kick off with a bang, with thousands expected to attend the three-day event, starting with a street parade on Friday night.
North Queensland Budgerigar Zone secretary, fancier and breeder Bruce Schuster has three budgerigars in the Australian National Budgerigar Council’s…
North Queensland Budgerigar Zone secretary, fancier and breeder Bruce Schuster has three budgerigars in the Australian National Budgerigar Council’s…
A ‘lifeline’ travel route connecting Cape York to the rest of Far North Queensland will not reopen on time, after further maintenance issues were identified, locking out visitors.
The deaths of Kathleen Manoff, Raymond Charles Gigg and Angus John “Gus” Magian have been announced in the The Cairns Post’s My Tributes. Read the latest death notices here.
Funerals for Lucia Terese Colussi, Marsh Helen Elizabeth and Gary Alan Russell will be held in in Cairns this week. Read the latest funeral notices here.
As autumn moves towards winter what can locals expect today? We have the latest word from the Weather Bureau.
As autumn moves towards winter what can locals expect tomorrow? We have the latest word from the Weather Bureau.
Cannabis, cash, and electronics have been seized in a drug raid that led to the arrest of a 22-year-old man in Far North Queensland.
Police have cracked down on fraud cases across Far North Queensland, laying charges in two separate investigations involving alleged financial deception totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A young man who turned to drugs and alcohol after the crash death of his close childhood friend in a stolen car has appeared for sentencing in the Cairns Magistrates Court for break-ins, and being in stolen vehicles.
It’s Bob Katter’s 80th birthday and all he wants is $1bn — albeit not for himself.
Work is set to begin on a major development featuring storage, transport and trade operators, with a car wash and fast food restaurant in a move expected to position Gordonvale as a booming suburb of Cairns.
Healthcare workers in Far North Queensland are being attacked with rocks by youths using slingshots, as staff call for armoured vehicles to take them to and from work.
Health minister Tim Nicholls has conceded it will be years before Cairns Hospital has a new helipad with Labor’s projected $378m infrastructure blowout also stalling construction of a new surgical centre.
The Australian Defence Force is preparing to show off the nation’s new long-range missiles during the largest military exercise in the southern hemisphere in July.
A Cairns mother is calling for a second cardiologist in Far North Queensland after her four-year-old daughter was forced to wait nearly four months for a critical heart check-up.
A volcanic eruption from 2022 could potentially cause temperatures to drop across northern Australia this winter, according to researchers.
More than 8000 spectators are expected to head to Smithfield Mountain Bike Park this week, to watch the world’s best mountain bikers show off their skills at one of the sport’s biggest events.
Twenty women have given birth in Weipa since it reopened a year ago, but what should mums expect of the returned maternity service?
A long-term drug user had an accident in Cairns just over 22 hours after her licence was suspended for drug driving in Mareeba.
An Indigenous man was facedown, restrained by two officers and “not resisting” when a police sergeant allegedly ran into the fray, pinned the man with his knee and punched him three times to the head, a Cairns court has been told.
An investigation into the death of a Cairns man killed in a downhill mountain bike crash has detailed what happened to the highly-regarded police officer and exactly how he died.
Vulnerable migrants have been found residing in workplaces and accepting illegal wages from employers following a three-day sweep of the region, including the Cairns CBD, authorities say.
The Great Barrier Reef Masters Games are back and there’s still time to register in any of 22 sports – and you don’t have to be as old as you think.
A veteran nurse at Cairns Hospital says staff are navigating violent and abusive patients, with some security doors only locking if there is a fire.
Australia’s closest neighbour is scrambling to control a polio outbreak, with Queensland’s declining vaccination rates leaving the region vulnerable to the once “eradicated” disease.
A Queensland MP has faced criticism for a text message sent defending the LNP’s failure to include serious offences, including attempted murder, in its first wave of Adult Crime, Adult Time reforms earlier this year.
After 35 years of managing the historic Cominos House a Cairns not-for-profit is being evicted at the end of the current lease and the live-in caretaker turfed out.
A husband used a hunting knife and hammer to try to kill his wife because she asked him to, a court has heard. Warning: Distressing content.
A class action has been launched against Queensland Health by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders over claims of racial discrimination stretching back to 1996.
At least three people, including a young boy and a teenager have been injured following a series of separate car crashes on Far North roads.
For the first time the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair will include two showcases highlighting First Nations designers as part of its annual fashion performance.