QUEENSLANDERS wanting to open a new business in 2017 will be offered a helping hand thanks to a new pilot program. Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy and Minister for Small Business, Leeanne Enoch, said the Starting…
UPDATE: Police are investigating a two vehicle traffic crash that occurred on the Captain Cook Highway near the turn off at Turtle Cove at about 7.30am today. The Captain Cook Highway has been reopened.
The two drivers sustained…
TWO recreational fishers found with a large catch of undersized fish and mud crabs in Far North Queensland have been fined $19,000. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol field officer Trevor Thomson said valuable information from…
THE republic debate has been trickling along at the same time as dissatisfaction with democracy and political elites grows and voters show a predilection for outsiders. Along with marriage equality, it is another example of political…
A THREE-and-a-half metre crocodile was in the mood to party on New Year’s Eve when it rocked up, uninvited, to a Karumba home. Police were called when the massive reptile was discovered chilling at the digs as the tiny town prepared to…
REIGNING premier Port Douglas is using its number one asset - living in tropical paradise - to full advantage this summer as it attempts to lure recruits north for its back-to-back assault on the AFL Cairns competition. The Crocs have…
A NEWS story about Bruce Willis visiting Cairns has fooled Far North Queensland. Satirical website newsdaily12.com posted a story headlined ‘Bruce Willis had this to say about Cairns, Australia residents’ yesterday which went viral,…
POLICE searching for a 60-year-old man swept away in flood waters in Tolga have located the man deceased.
Alfonso Muoio was last seen on foot in the vicinity of Spring Creek in Tolga at about 6pm on Wednesday. Police confirmed they had…
UPDATE: The male driver of a single-vehicle rollover on the Captain Cook Highway has been taken to Mossman Hospital with minor injuries. The man’s car clipped a rock wall at Yule Point near Mowbray this afternoon.
EARLIER: There has…
THE Port Douglas Surf Life Saving Club is reminding swimmers to be vigilant despite Four Mile Beach enjoying a quiet stinger season this holiday period. The deadly box jellyfish has been virtually unsighted over the Christmas/New Year…
QUEENSLANDERS have just a few more days to have their say on how the state can meet the challenge of climate change head-on. Acting Environment Minister Jackie Trad said the government will close public feedback on its Queensland Climate…
UPDATE: A man found dead near a disused petrol cylinder at the Cairns Botanic Gardens may have been murdered, police confirmed at a press conference this afternoon. The man, 56, went missing around 6pm on Sunday January 1 before being…
FORMER Australia Prime Minister Bob Hawke is knocking them back, again, at the SCG. In was is fast becoming a tradition, the 87-year-old has necked am amber ale while on the big screen before lunch during the third Test against Pakistan…
POLICE are expected to shed more light on the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body near the Cairns Botanic Gardens yesterday.
At around 5pm on Tuesday, a member of the public called police after locating a body near…
THE latest figures spruiked by the Queensland Government about its ‘proactive’ crocodile management flies in the face of public sentiment expressed across the Douglas Shire. The Port Douglas and Daintree communities have been so concerned…
A NEW $2 million Queensland Government program will aim to reduce the amount of sediment washing off building and construction sites and flowing into the Great Barrier Reef and Moreton Bay. Environment Minister Dr Steven Miles said the…
WHEN it comes to New Year’s Eve, Port Douglas knows how to party.
Two spectacular fireworks displays brought in 2017 on Saturday night, with the town’s many night spots and restaurants all jumping with activity. Some light rain…
WORDS by Jeremy Lebeuf It’s that time of year for all the ‘New Year, New You’ jive to start happening. But is the current really that bad? I guess there’s always something more we can do to better ourselves. I mean no one’s perfect, we…
THE past year has been dramatic, memorable, disheartening and depressing when you look at the global picture. From the election of Donald Trump as America’s 45th president; to the heart-wrenching events in Syria; the untimely passing of…
THE last Newspoll for 2016 reinforced the basic political conundrum of this decade: Voters crying: “Me; me; me,” But also demanding governments make sure they address all of the important national-interest matters: budget deficit, economic…
A $5million property development on 33 Davidson Street featuring two and three-bedroom apartments has been given the green light and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017. Anchor Apartments will feature high-end finishes. They…
THE Far North leisure market has become hot property with American investors locked in a bidding war for one of Palm Cove’s biggest hotels.
And the property in question is the Hotel Grand Chancellor, which last changed hands in 2013 for…
A CAIRNS charity drive to supply much-needed linen to impoverished women in the Treaty Villages on Papua New Guinea’s southern coast is steaming ahead, having already nearly tripled its original collection goal. Since being launched on…
IN 2009, Maya Weidner was the school captain at Mossman State High. Seven years later, she can lay claim to producing her first feature film. And at 8:30 tomorrow night, Rise, featuring Martin Sacks, will be screened on Channel 9…
PORT DOUGLAS will be “party central” this New Year’s Eve with two fireworks displays and the best eateries and night spots pulling out all the stops for a spectacular welcome to 2017. The Port Douglas sky will light up as the clock…
