Kingpin awaits sentence

A CURLY-blond hairdresser who became the city's drug kingpin will today be sentenced for controlling one of the biggest speed and ecstasy trafficking syndicates ever busted in Cairns.

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<strong>Barren:</strong> The planned Homemaker Centre site remains   dormant yesterday.

800 jobs held up in appeal

AN appeal to the Land and Environment Court could delay construction of a $75 million bulky and whitegoods retail centre by up to a year.

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Police bashing

A POLICE officer was allegedly kicked and punched several times in the face in Babinda overnight.

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<strong>Stampede:</strong> A massive crowd pours into the opening of Cairns' new Direct Factory Outlets shopping centre on strong first day's trading for the facility.

3000 shoppers 'sale' through

READY. Set. Go.  
The cattle stampede in Baz Luhrmann's latest epic Australia had nothing on the rush of shoppers seen when the roller doors went up at the opening of Cairns' newest shopping centre, Direct Factory Outlets, yesterday.

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Blood Bank’s Maryanne Bray with a bag of whole blood (right) and plasma (left).

Dengue threat to blood stock

A DENGUE fever outbreak in Cairns is set to put a big hole in our pre-Christmas blood stockpile because donations are too risky to accept.

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Rampaging rats rile traders

RAMPAGING rats spotted on Cairns' Esplanade and inner-city streets have sparked demands from angry business owners for more trapping.

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<strong>Worthless:</strong> A Government department says it would have cost more not to send a letter to a war veteran telling him of a one cent pension pay rise than it did to actually send it. Bob Jones received the pay rise.

'Centsless' waste, readers say

A GOVERNMENT department says it would have cost more not to send a letter to a war veteran telling him of a one cent pension pay rise than it did to actually send it.

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A rival market looks set to challenge Rusty's.

Rusty's rival gains momentum

DISTRICT fruit, vegetable and seafood farmers have backed a push to establish a new market on the Cairns waterfront to rival iconic Rusty's.

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Cairns tattooist Duane Cash has put the needle into a survey that says body art is a turn-off.

Ink demand defies survey

TATTOO artists have put the needle into a new survey that says body art has become a "turn-off" to the opposite sex.

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Tania Major has gained an award previously given to Bill Clinton.

Tania joins presidential ranks

YOUNG indigenous leader Tania Major has found herself in the ranks of former American president Bill Clinton and former US vice-president and climate change crusader Al Gore.

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<strong>Native vegetation:</strong> Amelia Hulme and Hannah Royster get down and dirty planting tropical trees yesterday.

Young hands dig deep

THESE little green thumbs from St Andrew's Catholic College yesterday dug deep to revegetate a site near their Redlynch school.

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DFO inundated

MORE than 3000 shoppers surged through the doors at the grand opening of the DFO outlet in Cairns this morning, with thousands more expected throughout the day.

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<strong>It makes no cents:</strong> Bob Jones, 71, is not overwhelmed with the 1c extra he gets in his pension.

Not worth a brass razoo

WAR veteran Bob Jones couldn't believe his luck when told his pension was being increased - until he realised it was going up by 1c a fortnight.

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Heavy traffic: Maitland Shannon Chitty was among the five drug runners sentenced in Cairns yesterday.

Drug runners sentenced

THE dark side of Cairns' party scene has been revealed in court, with five drug runners sentenced for selling hundreds of pills at nightclubs.

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<strong>Locked out:</strong> Cafe owner Ian Kitchin says construction at City Place stopped customers coming to his business and he has now been locked out of his shop.

Giant mushroom takes toll

FORGET the global financial crisis and tourism slump - this businessman blames the controversial giant mushroom in City Place for the demise of his cafe

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Online for most at home

A NEW study has uncovered the changing media consumption habits of Cairns residents.

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Passengers wait at Cairns Airport.

Airport charge snub dismays

THE Federal Government's dismissal of Cairns' bid to have high airport charges reduced to entice new international airlines has been described as "very disappointing".

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Injured teen Jack Hedges.

Dance floor row ends in bashing

A VICIOUS attack on a seriously injured teenager continued as he was being pulled to safety through a door by his mates, witnesses have told a committal hearing.

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Joshua, Julia and Frances Macalpine prepare their decorated front yard for the Christmas lights competition.

Decade of displays a de-light

FRANCES Macalpine has a Christmas display that is stopping people in their tracks.

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Store worker Samantha Curtis ensures tags are on clothing items in preparation for today's opening of the DFO shopping precinct.

Bargain hunters set

THOUSANDS of shoppers are expected to rush through the doors to bag a bargain as Cairns' newest shopping precinct throws opens its doors today.

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Pictures: Cairns DFO shopping centre

Hi-tech snake

SNAKES often turn up in strange places, but this brown tree snake has decided to join the digital age.

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Coast's brain wave

THE Gold Coast has been named one of the most intelligent cities in the world.

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Callum Luxon and Marina Budisavljevic  at  the St Mary's Catholic College formal.

Students go formal

SCHOOLS from all over the Cairns region have been holding their end of year formals.

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Hi-tech mozzie fight

FAR North Queensland health authorities say Australia has become the first country outside of Brazil to use a computer system to help crack down on dengue fever.

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<strong>Before: </strong>The Silver Raider in its heyday.

Yacht mystery solved

THE discovery of a catamaran hull in a remote bay 750km north of Cairns has helped police solve the mystery disappearance of a yacht off New Zealand a year ago.

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Jarrod and Kelli Coster

Cut equals $200 saving

HOMEOWNERS will save about $200 a month on an average mortgage after the Reserve Bank dropped interest rates to a seven-year low of 4.25 per cent yesterday.

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Mark Dale Dunham leaves the Cairns watchhouse.

Drug-driver's double trouble

THIS council worker had just lost his licence and copped a $1500 fine for drug-driving. 

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Retrieved: Police and emergency service workers carry the man’s body from the Babinda Boulders yesterday

Drowned man's body retrieved

THE body of a navy serviceman who drowned at a popular swimming spot south of Cairns on Sunday has been retrieved by specialist police divers.

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Victim of warming

SCIENTISTS say a white possum native to Queensland's Daintree rainforest has become the first mammal to become extinct due to man-made global warming.

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<strong>Mee: </strong>Hoping to shrug off niggling injuries in the second half of the NBL season.

Right time for Mee

TAIPANS veteran Darnell Mee says Cairns is determined to fight its way out of an NBL rut and has not given up on its season. more

Ron Ryan is hunting success tomorrow at Cannon Park in a race named after his legendary late mentor Jack Wilson.

Respectful Ron on special hunt

TABLELAND hoop Ron Ryan reckons his old boss, legendary jockey Jack Wilson, would be deeply honoured if he knew there was a race named after him at Cannon Park. more

Back at the helm: Centrals’ A grade coach Michael Seymour (from left) with reserve-grade coach Dean Hampton and first-grade assistant Heath Barnett.

Dogs golden retriever

CENTRALS Trinity Beach have handed the leash to one of their favourite sons to help the Bulldogs rediscover the mongrel that made them one of the most feared sides in the AFL Cairns during the 1990s. more


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Cairns tattooist Duane Cash has put the needle into a survey that says body art is a turn-off.

Ink demand defies survey

TATTOO artists have put the needle into a new survey that says body art has become a "turn-off" to the opposite sex. more

Online for most at home

A NEW study has uncovered the changing media consumption habits of Cairns residents. more

Passengers wait at Cairns Airport.

Airport charge snub dismays

THE Federal Government's dismissal of Cairns' bid to have high airport charges reduced to entice new international airlines has been described as "very disappointing". more


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Boys and their toys

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Unlikely author

Jodie Brownlee was a jack of all trades before becoming a master of one 
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Justin Wellington

Pacific Idol

Overlooked by Australian Idol, Cairns musician Justin Wellington has forged his own way to success in the Pacific more


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