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Cairns Regional · Cairns RegionalFederal Liberal MP Warren Entsch announced a grant to a charity that was presided over by his wife and registered to an association that failed to file any of the required financial reports to the regulator.See the Story
A federal MP announced a $4,000 grant to a charity overseen by his wife, which was later found to be defunct
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Cairns Regional · Cairns RegionalA coronial inquest in Queensland hears of substandard conditions and failures of supervision at a remote Queensland police station where an Indigenous man died in 2022.See the Story
Policy breached, but officers on duty during death in custody won't be charged, inquest hears
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Jellyfish · Cairns RegionalDr Jack Barnes stung himself and a volunteer at Palm Cove Beach in Cairns in 1961. He was trying to find the cause of a debilitating illness afflicting North Queensland beachgoers in summer. The illness was called Irukandji syndrome after a local Aboriginal tribe. After a protracted hunt, Dr Barnes finally had the likely suspect in hand.See the Story
How a doctor discovered Irukandji jellyfish by stinging himself and his 10-year-old son
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Cairns Regional · Cairns RegionalThree months on from Cairns' worst floods in recorded history, residents still find themselves living on an "island" on the city's northern beaches. The flooding and heavy rain that day damaged nearly 1,000 homes across the local government area. The scale of the devastation sparked debate during this month's local government election campaign about the future of the low-lying beachside suburbs.See the Story
Queensland city's flood-prone suburbs in spotlight as geoscientist warns worst yet to come
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Woree · WoreeA 43-year-old man was shot in the leg in an affluent suburb of Cairns. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and remains in a stable condition. A second person is now assisting with enquiries. Police are still looking for a third person, believed to be involved in the shooting.See the Story
Man in hospital with gunshot wound after Cairns car accident
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Cairns Regional · Cairns RegionalAn emergency situation has been declared after a shot was fired in Cairns. Police attended a Collins Avenue address in Edge Hill shortly after 1pm following reports of a shot being fired. It appeared two vehicles had collided and that one person had discharged a firearm at another before leaving on foot.See the Story
Gunfire reported in Cairns, emergency situation declared
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Cairns Regional · Cairns RegionalThe closure of Far North Queensland's Mossman Mill will not just affect its workers — sugarcane growers are also facing an uncertain future and many have expressed fears about what will become of their families and their town.See the Story
Fears town will collapse as scores of workers laid off after sugar mill closure
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