A six-year casual worker in Port Douglas believes the Fair Work Commission’s ruling to cut Sunday and public holiday penalty rates is fair. Lexie Gray, a supervisor at On The Inlet Seafood…
THE giant state electorate of Cook, much of which is under the guardianship of Cook Shire Council, will remain largely unchanged under proposed electoral boundary redistributions released on Friday. …
GOLD Coast SUNS midfielder Brad Scheer was a welcome visitor at the Port Douglas Junior Crocs training yesterday, and he wasn’t just grilled about football. The SUNS draftee found himself on the end…
PORT Douglas will be hosting two workshops in March as part of TNQ’s Tourism Small Business Development Program. On March 7, there will be a buying and selling online workshop and on March 16 the…
IT’S the one day a year where it’s perfectly acceptable to eat nothing but pancakes and crépes. Pancake Day arrives on Tuesday 28th February and it’s serious business, from the recipe, to the…
TOURISM operators are unfairly blamed for deaths on the Great Barrier Reef. That’s according to reef tourism chief Col McKenzie, who said many deaths attributed to the industry were not even on…
THERE has been a landslip north of the Alexandra Range lookout in the Daintree Rainforest causing traffic delays.
One lane is open but motorists are advised to proceed with caution while Douglas…
SPOT checks conducted between Cairns and Townsville have revealed moderate to severe coral bleaching at some reefs. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority conducted 54 in-water spot surveys…
YOU have to go back to 1829 to find the beginning of a presidential term as chaotic as the one this year. In 1829 Andrew Jackson entered the White House after a handsome electoral victory. He…
ONE of Australia’s most successful businessmen, Chris Morris, believes a lagoon pool would be a valuable addition to Port Douglas. The $6 billion Computershare founder says an Airlie Beach style…
