NEW funding for primary health care services in Mossman will help keep Indigenous children healthy and ready to learn when they start school, according to Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch. Entsch…
THE Port Douglas State School has announced its Student Representative Council (SRC) for the coming year. The committee - made up of 21 student leaders - aims to develop leadership skills and to…
A SUMMER blitz has resulted in 48 incidents of illegal recreational fishing across the Great Barrier Reef Marina Park. Aerial patrols over the Christmas break caught out a host of dodgy fishing…
WORLD rugby sevens superstar Charlotte Caslick will be the face of the Port Douglas Tropical Sevens tournament next month in a massive boost for the popular event.
The Rio Olympic gold medalist will…
DOUGLAS Shire Mayor Julia Leu used yesterday’s Douglas Business Forum at QT Resort to introduce the Economic Development Strategy for 2017-2021 saying now is the time to identify opportunities that…
THE Welcome To Paradise mural on Port Douglas Road is proving a tougher assignment than first anticipated. The project, which commenced in November by Douglas Street Art (DS Art), remains unfinished…
LOCALS ‘fed-up with inaction’ on crocodiles have invited the One Nation Party to visit the region to discuss the issue. Former Douglas Shire Mayoral candidate David ‘George’ Pitt said concerned…
AUSTRALIA'S 48th wealthiest man, Chris Morris, is clearly not influenced by modern day’s precious values. In fact, the approach to his business success goes against everything most organisations…
A NUMBER of major projects across the Douglas Shire will be completed this year following Council’s successful bid for a $2 million capital works injection. The Flagstaff Hill Walking Trail is at…
SIR Elton John's Once in a Lifetime Tour is heading to Cairns in a huge coup for Tropical North Queensland. The global superstar will ‘crocodile rock’ Cazaly’s Stadium on September 30 to close out…
