Woman faces drug-trafficking charges after Cairns North raid
Police have allegedly seized large amounts of cash, heroin and meth in an early morning raid of a Cairns North property.
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Police have allegedly seized large amounts of cash, heroin and meth in an early morning raid of a Cairns North property.
Chilling data reveals one in 10 domestic violence offences in Queensland are committed in Cairns, as coercive control becomes a criminal offence in Queensland. VOTE IN OUR POLL
The teenage son of a Qld council CEO was struggling with substance abuse when he left four victims in his wake, one of whom was just 14 years old, a court has heard.
Port Douglas was brought to life over the weekend with their annual three-day Carnivale festival bringing in thousands of visitors and providing millions to the region.
The final Million Paws Walk took place around Australia on Sunday, with more than 160 Cairns residents and their furry friends raising vital funds for RSPCA Cairns. SEE THE PICS
The final Million Paws Walk took place around Australia on Sunday, with more than 160 Cairns residents and their furry friends raising vital funds for RSPCA Cairns.
Australia’s northernmost waters will be safer with the recently formed Marine Rescue Queensland formally establishing four new Volunteer Marine Rescue units in the Torres Strait this week.
Port Douglas was brought to life over the weekend, with its annual three-day Carnivale festival bringing in thousands of visitors and providing millions to the region. CHECK OUT THE PICS
“See you, hottie,” were the words an archery instructor directed towards a 12-year-old girl on school camp in the Tablelands before he slapped her and touched her indecently, a court has heard.
As autumn moves towards winter what can locals expect today? We have the latest word from the Weather Bureau.
There were 36 properties sold in Cairns last week, with 72 new listings in the region. See the latest auction and sales results.
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 Cecilia Ann Harris, Roy Leo Despot and Henry Molla will be held in in Cairns this week. Read the latest funeral notices here.
The winners from Crankworx Cairns have been crowned, with one Aussie beating her Cairns idol to take gold and another rider paying tribute to close friend Frank Falappi in her race. SEE WHO WON:
Fresh off his first trip to Canberra Far North Queensland’s newest MP helped launch a new Indigenous sports initiative, and revealed his first impressions of the parliament “machine”.
A elderly woman has been rescued after falling 15m down an embankment while picking flowers on a roadside in the Tablelands.
Police are investigating the suspicious killing of bulls at a Far North Queensland cattle station.
A ‘lifeline’ travel route connecting Cape York to the rest of Far North Queensland has finally reopened to the public, as businesses claim to have lost up to $200,000 in revenue.
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service boss Leena Singh says an additional 100 car parks will be available for staff within eight weeks — connected by a shuttle service.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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 Malanda mum 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.
An Innisfail mother is calling for better mobile reception on a major Tablelands road after she and her family survived a terrifying crash with a semi-trailer, but were unable to call for help.