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Cash bribes and a year's rent: How prospective tenants are going to desperate lengths to secure a home

Fiona Stokes is a business owner with a respectable rental history who can afford a decent home for her kids. But in booming Cairns she's up against hundreds of applicants, some prepared to go to extreme lengths.

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Inquest begins into baby James's death in southern Cairns

Nine years after the death of a six-month-old baby, a coronial inquest has heard from one of the persons of interest.

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Police had eyes on 'black flight' drug run between Mareeba and Papua New Guinea, court told

A light aircraft crashed during take-off and prosecutors allege it was carrying more than 500kg of cocaine.

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Racial controversy around plant genetics conference puts Australian scientists 'on notice'

Controversy over racial representation at an international science conference planned for Cairns has put the spotlight on how Australia deals with cultural diversity in science.

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Three meningococcal disease cases confirmed in Cairns, connected to St Mary's Catholic College

Two people are receiving treatment for the disease in hospital and Queenslanders have been urged to watch out for signs and symptoms, including rashes, fevers and headaches.

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Infamous Captain Cook statue in controversial pose removed from Queensland street

Eight-metre-tall statue in pose some liken to a Nazi salute will be moved from Sheridan St in Cairns to the Atherton Tablelands

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Statue of Captain James Cook removed from Sheridan Street, Cairns by new owner

The 8-metre-tall statue has stood at an entrance to Cairns for decades, but is now on its way to a new home where its future will be decided.

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Regional Queensland loses federal election spotlight as major parties focus elsewhere

Experts say there has been a "noticeable drop in emphasis" on regional Queensland during the 2022 campaign as major parties focus on other electorates.

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Crisis accommodation for homeless youth under pressure in Cairns with no change since 1986

The population has more than doubled in one of Queensland's biggest cities over the past 36 years, but the small number of beds available for homeless young people has not budged, leaving services under immense pressure.

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Former Qld treasurer De Lacy remembered

Queensland politicians have paid tribute to the state's third-longest serving treasurer Keith De Lacy, who died last year at the age of 81.

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Yacht captain James 'Jimmy' Blee, allegedly linked to dead cocaine diver, arrested trying to board international flight

A man allegedly linked to the death of a diver — along with the discovery of millions of dollars worth of cocaine in Newcastle this week — is arrested while trying to board an international flight in Cairns.

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Federal election: Could battle for marginal seat of Leichhardt spell trouble in paradise for Warren Entsch?

The marginal far north Queensland seat of Leichhardt has long been won by the party that forms government, and this year it is shaping up to be one of the battles to watch.

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Boat found in search for missing Qld man

The upturned boat of a man missing in waters off Townsville since Saturday has been found hundreds of kilometres away northeast of Cairns.

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Wayward Saints fall to Power in Cairns

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten rues his team's wasted opportunities within range as he prepares to play unbeaten Melbourne after an agonising one-point defeat.

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Power surge to pip St Kilda in Cairns

Port Adelaide have found a way to beat St Kilda by a point after trailing for most of a slogging AFL game in heavy, slippery conditions in north Queensland.

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Federal election: Leaders clash over cost of living as record inflation becomes key election issue

Record inflation and cost-of-living pressures continued to dominate the campaign trail, as the major parties took their election pitches to Sydney and Cairns.

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Coalition commits more Cairns port funds

The Morrison government if re-elected will commit $24 million to the further upgrade of the Cairns Marine Maintenance Precinct.

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Undermanned Kings beat Taipans in NBL

Sydney have held off a late comeback to down Cairns on the road and move closer to clinching securing second on the NBL ladder with one game to play.

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United win to claim top spot on NBL ladder

Defending champions Melbourne United have all but secured the NBL minor premiership for the second year in a row by easing past the injury-hit Cairns Taipans.

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Dionne Batrice Grills manslaughter trial hears ex-director asked her to get toddler off minibus

Jailed childcare centre director Michael Glenn Lewis tells the Supreme Court in Cairns that he asked Dionne Batrice Grills to help Maliq "Meeky" Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, three, off the bus where he died.

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Qld man charged with woman's murder

A Queensland man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Cairns.

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Getting down with Didg – Queensland’s Deaf Indigenous Dance Group

The Cairns-based troupe provide a safe space for dancers to express their culture and communicate freely

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Qld woman's death treated as suspicious

A possible domestic violence link is forming part of a police investigation into the death of a woman in the driveway of a vacant Cairns unit.

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Cairns inquest hears from police who failed to find missing woman Ms Bernard since 2013

The family of a woman who went missing nine years ago in north Queensland want answers as to why she was never found.

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Taipans ruin Phoenix's NBL finals push

South East Melbourne's NBL play-off hopes are in tatters after Cairns Taipans upset the Phoenix in a thriller.

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