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576. Funding boost for local projects  
Date: 27-04-2020
Douglas Shire will receive more than $5 million from more than $7.9 million in funding which has been allocated towards 20 local projects across four council regions to ensure communities can better withstand extreme weather events. This…  
577. OPINION | COVID-19 a dress rehearsal for worse to come  
Date: 26-04-2020
Just as the bushfire crisis was a flaw-exposing dress rehearsal that helped Australia deal with the Covid-19 crisis, the Covid-19 crisis should itself be a dress rehearsal for possibly worse things to come. And the most recent report of…  
578. GALLERY | How the Douglas Shire honoured the Anzacs from home  
Date: 25-04-2020
It was a very different Anzac Day today void of traditional dawn services, parades, and Two-Up. However, it was very special in its own way as people across the Douglas Shire and the Country came together in spirit rather than in person,…  
579. One Port Douglas girl found a unique way to honour the Anzacs  
Date: 25-04-2020
Despite not being able to honour the Anzacs in the usual way today, 12-year-old Anoushka Jenkins has come up with her own unique memorial. Over the last couple of days, the Jenkins’ family green garbage bin has been standing proudly in…  
580. Tune into a fab local Anzac Day service  
Date: 24-04-2020
While there will be no physical Anzac Day ceremonies held in the Douglas Shire this year, residents can still participate in a local service by tuning into FAB FM. Starting at 5:30am, a podcast featuring local speakers, such as Douglas…  
581. COVID-19 testing criteria expanded to anyone with a symptom  
Date: 24-04-2020
The testing criteria for COVID-19 has today been expanded so that anyone in the state who has COVID-19 symptoms can get tested, in what is the first step towards lifting restrictions. There were two new cases of COVID-19 across the state…  
582. MSF sugar about-turn hailed a win  
Date: 24-04-2020
Queensland Senator Susan McDonald, has hailed as a win for people power following MSF Sugar’s decision to now supply Australian customers with molasses to help feed beef and dairy stock through winter. MSF had told its Australian…  
583. Create a Street Bank to help your neighbours  
Date: 24-04-2020
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 resources and support those in need,…  
584. VIDEO | Local musician debuts new music video inspired by home  
Date: 23-04-2020
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. Maguire told Newsport that the song is…  
585. Have you seen this missing man?  
Date: 23-04-2020
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 address on Monday 6 April and has not…  
586. COVID-19 adds new dimension to Anzac Day  
Date: 23-04-2020
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 won and lost; and the chance to share…  
587. MSF sugar fails farmers in the north  
Date: 23-04-2020
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 produces this year to Thailand. The owner…  
588. New data breaks down where coronavirus cases come from  
Date: 22-04-2020
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 recorded zero new cases of COVID-19 for the…  
589. “Aviation is critical”: Douglas Shire impacted by Virgin administration  
Date: 22-04-2020
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 leaders believe that should Virgin go under…  
590. Douglas families and schools adapt to learning from home  
Date: 22-04-2020
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 learn from home for the first five weeks…  
591. Previous positive tests revealed at Cairns Hospital lab  
Date: 21-04-2020
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 Hospital. Dr Young confirmed a Brisbane…  
592. Mayor Kerr agrees with QLD Local Government Association’s battleplan  
Date: 21-04-2020
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 jobs and protect local communities…  
593. Mossman Mill targeting early June  
Date: 21-04-2020
As Queensland sugar mills move into the final stages of preparation for the 2020 crush, Mossman Mill is on track to be a part of what is good news in these difficult and unsettling times. And Bronwyn Dwyer, Chief Executive Officer,…  
594. VIDEO | Local musician and entertainer get creative with music while stuck at home  
Date: 20-04-2020
After 30 days at home in isolation, local boys, musician Bobby Maguire, and roommate and entertainer Sam Evans, are admittedly going a little stir crazy, so they are using the time to get creative with their music. The pair recently…  
595. No new cases of coronavirus across the state  
Date: 20-04-2020
Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours for the first time in 49 days. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk thanked Queenslanders today for the “amazing job” they are doing in combating the virus. “This is an…  
596. Ergon keeping its customers informed  
Date: 20-04-2020
Ergon Energy has launched a new, free SMS notification service to keep customers informed about power outages as Queenslanders are advised to stay close to home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “When they’re working, learning or…  
597. Renowned artist Tim Ellis finds solitude in FNQ  
Date: 19-04-2020
Artist and former Londoner Tim Ellis describes himself as creatively driven, somewhat a loner, happy-go-lucky and someone who has found his niche after wanting to get out of the city and live a more remote lifestyle. And after making his…  
598. OPINION | Boomers should repay debt to young  
Date: 18-04-2020
Fair’s fair. The Baby Boomers (born 1946 to 1960) have always moved through the economy and society taking the best of everything – education, health care, opportunities, housing, jobs, income, prestige and tax perks. It is now time to…  
599. Road to recovery tourism tutorials to help businesses  
Date: 17-04-2020
The Australian Tourism Export Council has developed the Road to Recovery Tourism Tutorials and in doing so, have said there has never been a better time to work on our businesses. “Getting ready for people to start travelling again is…  
600. No safer bet than award-winning rum  
Date: 17-04-2020
Making rum in Far North Queensland is surely a sport, and there are few better safe bets and delicious competitors than Atherton Tableland’s Mt Uncle Distillery after their FNQ Rum Co was awarded overall Style Winner and Silver for Pot…  
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