Douglas Shire sport has risen to new heights this season claiming two rugby league titles; the AFL Cairns premiership and within reach of retaining the FNQ First Division soccer crown. Last weekend,…
The Port Douglas Crocs AFL team has made history by becoming the second team in the history of AFL Cairns to win four premierships in a row. The Crocs managed to get up over the South Cairns…
A Port Douglas apprentice has won a gold medal at the inaugural Regional WorldSkills Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Competition held in Cairns. Jared Tesch, 18, and seven other competitors…
Great Barrier Reef Legacy, a Port Douglas based Reef research and education outfit, have been welcomed home in a new vessel and with a new funding partnership with Hemingway’s Brewery. The Great…
Douglas Shire Council will continue to, and has always, hosted Australia Day celebrations on 26 January. This falls in line with new Federal Government rules that forces local councils to hold their…
The 10th annual Douglas Business and Tourism Awards are officially open for voting! Vote for your favourite local businesses in heaps of categories from major hotels and resorts to takeaway food…
It was the proverbial shark attack at Barlow Park on Saturday when the Mossman-Port Douglas Sharks notched a ‘two-fer’ winning the Cairns District Rugby League A-grade premiership and the Reserve…
Level one water restrictions are now in force across the Douglas Shire as water intake levels have dropped below 300mm. Water intake sites have seen a 60 per cent reduction in flow over the past…
As the tourist season begins to wind down, the Douglas Shire will experience a new wave of visitors and a large economic boost as the peak ocean cruising season in Tropical North Queensland begins. …
After next year, the Federal Parliament will be the only one in Australia with a terms of three years.
And so this week the chair of the House Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee, Andrew…
