Val vows to unite council
VIDEO: Cairns Regional Council's new mayor Val Schier has promised a robust, energetic council that will work with business, tackle major issues such as climate change and development and fix the potholes. more
Schier rejects curfew calls
RENEWED calls for curfews on child thugs have been rejected by mayor-elect Val Schier who says the answer is not so simple. more
Councillor's way clear
ROB Pyne may be confined to a wheelchair, but the newly-elected Division 3 councillor says he will have full access to the corridors of power. more
Candidates still waiting
COUNCIL candidates Jeff Martinuzzi and Nancy Lanskey face an anxious week-long wait before they find out who has won Division 2. more
Jennifer Brownie: Tablelands
Statement: Jennifer Brownie hopes voters will choose to bring a new face into the new Tablelands Regional Council. more
Kevin Byrne: Mayoral candidate
Statement: Kevin Byrne was born in Lae, Papua New Guinea, in 1949. He was schooled in PNG and later went to Nudgee College in Brisbane. more
Selwyn Johnston: Cairns Mayoral candidate
Statement: The 2008 Local Government election will be critical to the lifestyle and wellbeing of the residents of not only Cairns but also former Douglas Shire residents who have now been incorporated into the new Cairns Regional Council and, that change must be managed carefully, with sensitivity and professionalism. more
Val Schier: Cairns Mayoral candidate
Statement: I moved to Cairns in 1982 and have extensive experience in senior management, planning and delivering services. more
Paul Gregory: Cairns Division 1
Statement: Paul has represented Division 1 since the March 2000 elections. He is a Gordonvale cane farmer and has lived in the Gordonvale area all his life. more
Kaye Kingham: Cairns Division 2
Statement: A love of the Edmonton area and a passion to see it evolve into a thriving community offering a full raft of services and employment opportunities are the key driving forces behind Kaye Kingham’s decision to contest Division 2 in the Cairns Regional Council election. more
Nancy Lanskey: Cairns Division 2
Statement: Division 2 is within the Southern Corridor where over 60,000 people are expected to reside by about 2030. more
Jeffery Matinuzzi: Cairns Division 2
Statement: I was born in Cairns, have lived here all my life and love the city. My wife Sharon and I have four adult sons who were educated in Cairns. We own our home in Bentley Park and own and operate True Value Hardware at Edmonton. more
Rob Pyne: Cairns Division 3
Statement: I am certainly a local, being born in Gordonvale and raised in Edmonton.
I worked in various professions after leaving school, including the Public Trustee, where I worked until breaking my neck in an accident in 1991, becoming a quadriplegic.
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Terry James: Cairns Division 3
Statement: As a person with a wealth of experience and knowledge in Local Government, Terry James says he has the "runs on the board" to manage the challenges facing the enlarged Division 3 of the Cairns Regional Council. more
VIDEO: Cairns Regional Council's new mayor Val Schier has promised a robust, energetic council that will work with business, tackle major issues such as climate change and development and fix the potholes. more
Electing new mayor a serious business
GREG Punshon, in his column (23-2-08) suggests he views the local government elections as some kind of blood sport or game. It isn't! more
Comparison to one so gloomy offensive
I'M deeply offended by The King's outrageous reference to me in his column last Saturday (23-2-08) about the mayoral election. more
Funds set aside for Barron Falls toilet
I WON'T take Barry Hodson's bet (25-2-08) because he knows he is wrong to state I had made an election pledge to build a toilet block at Barron Falls at Kuranda. more
Why do they need to spend so much?
I CAN'T understand the waste of (huge) money the existing councillors, especially the mayor, are spending on the council elections? more
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