After a federal election campaign marred by controversy and drama, Labor candidate Matt Smith and the LNP’s Jeremy Neal are locked in what is forecast to be a tight race to the finish in Leichhardt. FOLLOW LIVE
Australia will head to the polling booths on Saturday for the federal election. See the full list of Kennedy polling booth locations, here.
Australia will head to the polls on Saturday for the federal election. See the full list of Leichhardt polling booth locations here.
Major and minor parties have fought to sway Far North Queenslanders in one of the most marginal seats in Australia, but who are they voting for on election eve?
The Far North restaurateur behind popular ‘Miguel’s’ has brought two new offerings to the picturesque Palm Cove strip, adding a speak-easy bar and modern European restaurant, to his must visit tapas bar.
There have been calls for the widespread use of suction airway clearance devices in Queensland early childhood centres following the choking death of a little boy at a Cairns daycare centre.
The prospect of being an elder statesman in Australian politics may not sit well with maverick MP Bob Katter but the soon-to-be octogenarian has vowed not to act his age if re-elected.
Mum’s lasagne and sushi rolls are fuelling the Far North’s Jeremy Neal and Matt Smith as voters stew over which fresh-faced political aspirant will replace Leichhardt’s longest serving office bearer in an election tipped to be a heartstopper.
An 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy have been charged following an alleged vehicle theft from a Cairns hotel on the weekend.
As autumn moves towards winter what can locals expect tomorrow? We have the latest word from the Weather Bureau.
The deaths of James Jeffrey Nichols, Donald Fredrick Ruthenberg and Janice Claire Hinchy have been announced in the The Cairns Post’s My Tributes. Read the latest death notices here.
Funerals for Bernadine Terese Breen, Cedric John Crooks and Jennifer Anne Reuben (Nee Brown) will be held in in Cairns this week. Read the latest funeral notices here.
As autumn moves towards winter what can locals expect tomorrow? We have the latest word from the Weather Bureau.
Part of the Bruce Hwy was temporarily closed, and one person has been rushed to hospital, following a two-vehicle crash south of Cairns.
Officers have taken a man into custody who police allege is at the centre of a horrific knife attack on another man at known Cairns North itinerant hotspot.
Central Queensland University celebrated its biggest-ever graduation event in Cairns.
A Cairns court has heard how, in an extreme act of Kuranda Range road rage, a man exited his vehicle while it was in reverse causing it to total another car while he punched its driver in the face.
Labor has lashed state MPs in response to a hit job of the ALP’s Leichhardt candidate from the floor of the Qld parliament in a high stakes battle for the north described as being especially dirty in 2025.
Three teens, two aged 15 and a 16 year old, accused of a vile home invasion and rape at knifepoint have had their matters heard in the Cairns Childrens Court.
Farmers in the Far North’s food bowl have posed heated questions on climate change and net zero emissions targets to candidates for Kennedy as contenders make their final stump speeches to undecided voters.
Stakeholders have issued an urgent plea to Leichhardt candidates to commit to funding a Cairns cancer centre ahead of the federal election on Saturday.
During the first day of a specialist deployment to the Far North 24 people have been charged including one teen who police allege bashed a homeowner and demanded car keys before taking off.
A group of 16 people including a young baby have been saved by a ship crew after being stranded without food or water on a remote Torres Strait islet. Here’s how the rescue unfolded.
Police have provided an update on a missing Cairns North man who was last seen on April 28.
A former Far North MP facing court on assault and stalking charges after police alleged he was involved in a brawl that left a 32-year-old man in hospital has had his matters heard in Cairns Court.
Authorities have confirmed that a disturbing voice message sent to the LNP’s two Far North candidates is under investigation with both political aspirants vowing to hold firm in the lead up to election day.
A police mental health charity will set up in Cairns this week to confront the often difficult to broach topic of mental health, before beading off on a 9000km Queensland road trip.
A “world-class” exhibition complete with 450 items handmade by the Egyptian government’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities will open in Cairns next month. SNEAK PEEK
Cairns voters will cast their ballots this week without a pre-election promise from Labor to invest in critical infrastructure to ease the city’s disastrous housing crisis.
Mossman detectives have charged a man with the torching of a converted retail premises on the main street of a historic Far North mining town.
Cape York tourism businesses are bracing for a “financial disaster” at yet another closure of the beleaguered Jardine River Ferry that may not open as planned due to extreme river levels.
Cairns mayor Amy Eden has refused to answer questions regarding a ratepayer-funded training course she attended in Brisbane during the federal election campaign.
A Daintree local is over the moon at the surprise unveiling of a new bridge built to replace the old crossing that was washed away by the horrendous deluge that followed Cyclone Jasper.
Major party candidates for Leichhardt have refused to commit to funding a vital Cairns cancer centre as a councillor urges them to “put aside the politics” and consider the health of residents.
The King of the North has ushered in a new era in Queensland rugby league with NRL legend Johnathan Thurston joining calls for Sport Minister Tim Mander to match a $15m federal commitment to build a state-of-the-art centre of excellence in Cairns.
A popular Cairns hairdresser has been ordered to pay more than $700 to a client who lodged a claim over a dye job she described as “devastating” and not the balayage she asked for.
Cairns will play a critical role in the growth of women’s rugby league with a top administrator confident a new elite training facility can take the game to another level on-and-off the field.
The young woman whose brother is accused of murdering her boyfriend in Far North Queensland has told a court she struggles to think about the night when “chaos” and “hell broke out”.