Douglas Shire’s Mayor and Councillors will benefit later this year from an automatic 2.1 per cent salary increase. Queensland mayors and councillors outside Brisbane City Council are eligible for…
Douglas Shire Council wants to draw a strong market response for the next contract of the Daintree River Ferry crossing by inviting expressions of interest to gauge market appetite and solicit ideas…
Indigenous people are being encouraged to apply for open positions with the Queensland Government to help protect the future of the Great Barrier Reef. Applications for the Reef 2050 Advisory…
A Cooktown man was assaulted with a pick early yesterday morning after a fight with another man escalated to violence. Police say the 46-year-old man was driving along Hope Street in Cooktown at…
Ramada Resort’s new General Manager has assured would-be patrons that the tropical coast is open for business and the perfect destination to visit any time. Nigel Warwick is the new man in charge at…
A warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting damaging winds to whip parts of the tropical coast over the next few hours.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging…
A vision to develop an eco-tourism visitor hub for the Wangetti Trail, and create local jobs, has received in-principle support from Douglas Shire Council at today’s open session of Council in…
Captains of Australian Naval vessels should take extreme care in the next three months – Not the ordinary maritime care they always take but the care about not being made political pawns. Over the…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children will have access to free flu vaccines this flu season thanks to the federal government’s Close the Gap program. The announcement follows a…
More than 100 people have signed a petition calling on Douglas Shire Council to buy the Oaks Resort lap pool and convert it to a public asset. The online petition was started by a Port Douglas…
