THE Douglas Shire’s beleaguered animal shelter Paws and Claws has received a significant $300,000 cash injection from the Queensland Government – and the good news is that this is not an ‘election…
THE Douglas Shire Council has voted unanimously to endorse and support Asbestos Awareness Month which runs from November 1-30. In adopting the slogan 'Don’t Play Renovation Roulette, Get to…
RELATED: - Candidate focused on restoring frontline services - Parties must stop 'dirty' Adani: ACF
BILLY Gordon has made the most sensible decision of his political career by deciding…
MAYOR Julia Leu has launched the 2017 Christmas Appeal for the Douglas Shire. “The Mayor’s Christmas Appeal helps local families in need, with funds used to buy food for Christmas hampers,” Leu…
PORT Douglas community members are invited to join Mayor Julia Leu next Monday for a morning tea to celebrate the extension of the Port Douglas Library opening hours. The extended hours will mean…
WAYNE Walsh came out on top last Saturday at the Mossman and District Rifle Club weekly shoot from the 700m mound. Carl Read had a good result with his new scoped Tikka T3 .223 rifle in his second…
LABOR candidate for Cook, Cynthia Lui, has welcomed the Premier’s Annastacia Palaszczuk decision to call a November election and says her campaign will be about building stronger…
QUEENSLAND need a government that will stop companies digging up and burning more dirty coal and embrace a clean energy future, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has declared as the state…
THIS week’s Productivity Commission Five-Year Productivity Review contains page after page of sensible, mostly obvious, recommendations for change that would improve Australians’ living standards –…
RELATED: - Porttoberfest turns 10 with the luck of the Irish
IT'S almost here! Port Douglas' oldest and biggest beer festival, Porttoberfest, turns 10 this weekend and all is in…
