Residents of the Douglas Shire are being urged to get involved in a Street Bank to lend a helping hand to their neighbours during COVID-19. This community-run initiative encourages streets to pool…
Local singer-songwriter, Bobby Maguire, has this afternoon debuted a new music video for his single Home and revealed the challenges of filming while the country is under coronavirus lockdown. …
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a missing man. Daniel William Tewake, 41 (pictured) was reported missing in Cairns earlier this month. He was last seen at a Draper Street…
Anzac Day 2020 will be like no other. COVID-19 has made sure of that. On Saturday, April 25, the Dawn Services will not happen; the opportunity to honour the fallen; to commemorate the many battles…
Queensland Senator Susan McDonald and Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch say Thai-owned MSF Sugar has failed farmers in the North, after the company confirmed it will send most of the molasses it…
A new Queensland COVID-19 data website was launched today by the state government to breakdown the location and sources of the state’s 1024 cases by local government areas. Overnight Queensland…
The news that Virgin Australia had gone into administration yesterday sent chills through the tourism industry including that of the Douglas Shire, however, as Virgin fights for its life, local…
Families across the Douglas Shire are adapting to a new home-schooling system with term two looking very different from any other. At this stage, it is expected that most Queensland students will…
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has urged Cairns residents who experience any COVID-19 symptoms to get checked after a small cluster of cases have emerged among staff at the Cairns…
A jobs recovery package, a green army, and a local government trainee program, are a part of the battleplan put forward by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) to create thousands of…
