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Australia have gone 1-0 up in the ODI series against New Zealand thanks to a mammoth effort from allrounder Cameron Green and wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

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Sex worker Madeleine Lewin stands trial over death of client in Cairns hotel room

It is alleged the man died of asphyxiation but the court heard the accused is not believed to have been experienced in providing "dominatrix-type services".

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Australian Ballet First Nations cadet visits Yipirinya School in Central Australia

Cairns-based dancer Troy Schrieber hopes to use his 2022 cadetship with The Australian Ballet to inspire Indigenous children from Central Australia to pursue the art form.

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Transport Workers' Union calls for change to no-child-left-behind policy after Cairns bus driver sacked

The no-child-left-behind principle was introduced after the disappearance Daniel Morcombe, but the Transport Workers' Union has defended a driver sacked for failing to adhere to it.

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Woolworths stores lock up aerosol deodorants amid chroming concerns in Queensland

The retail giant has joined efforts to stamp out chroming, a potentially deadly practice that medical experts say is akin to "melting your brain".

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Crocodile, jellyfish threat as volunteers race to restore tropical harbour's forgotten seagrass meadows

A team of scientists is determined to reestablish destroyed seagrass meadows near Cairns — a haven for marine life — navigating some of nature's deadliest creatures along the way.

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Man faces Queensland court after the alleged murder and torture of his 5-year-old son

The boy died in Yarrabah, near Cairns, after allegedly suffering ‘catastrophic injuries’, police say

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Google Maps users appear to find 'ghost' plane downed in Australian rainforest

The keen-eyed Maps users came across the image of a white, aircraft-shaped image among the trees in the Cardwell Range, between Townsville Range and Cairns in North-eastern Australia.

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Cairns lifeguard wins best in Queensland after long battle with rare 'sleeping beauty syndrome'

After nearly 20 years of battling deadly jellyfish while in the red and yellow, Jon Murray from Queensland's far north coast has been named the state's best lifeguard.

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Billionaire plans five-star Newcastle hotel, beach resort

The Dubai-based businessman has a history of property splurges in Cairns. Now he wants to add to his Newcastle collection.

Newcastle Herald

Homeless Cairns teenagers and baby living in Manunda bush as support service stretched thin

A pile of dirty nappies and the sound of a crying baby led to the discovery of a teenage couple and their one-year-old child living in squalor in the Cairns scrub – and they were not alone.

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Coronial inquest into three Indigenous women's deaths linked to rheumatic heart disease in Doomadgee continues in Cairns

Family members tell a coronial inquest examining the deaths of three Indigenous women in the north-western Queensland town of Doomadgee that "systematic, ingrained racism" was a contributing factor.

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‘These cows saved my life’: the Queensland farm offering healing cattle cuddles

A social enterprise outside of Cairns providing mental health therapy and giving beef cattle a second chance is set to become a part of the NDIS

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Cairns youth crime punishment warning as city endures record spate of car thefts

When Amy's 4WD was stolen amid a record surge in Far North Queensland vehicle thefts she was terrified the driver would 'kill a family'. A criminologist says new approaches are needed to reduce youth crime.

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Pete Davidson Has Opted For A Target Shopping Trip To Cure The Breakup Blues, Which Is A Choice

As you do.

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Kim Kardashian racks up $576 bill at Italian restaurant while visiting Pete in Cairns

The reality star reportedly ordered plenty of food for her entourage before flying back to the US

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Apparently Kim K Pete D Did The Ultimate Cairns Trip Yeeted Up To Australia’s Big Wet Spot

Waiting with bated breath for the influx of vaycay pics.

Newcastle Herald

Greta Stanley gets real on new album

Real Love In Real Life marks a turning point for Stanley, who grew up in the tiny town of Mena Creek near Innisfail.

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The league convert, the kick after the siren and the end of the streak — the Gold Coast Suns' Cairns comeback win over Richmond, 10 years on

Before Noah Anderson's fairytale finish for the Suns over the Tigers in the comeback at Carrara, there was Karmichael Hunt and the comeback at Cazaly's — 10 years ago today. Andrew McGarry looks back at a day of footy drama in Cairns.

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Cairns Abortion access rally protests Roe v. Wade being overturned

Medical professionals in Far North Queensland have joined a rally to call for better access to abortion in regional Australia.

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The First Nations women fighting to reclaim childbirth to improve the health of women and children

My mum's story has haunted my family, and it's helping me understand why some First Nations women avoid hospitals, writes Carly Williams.

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Burning canefields, empty highways and north Queensland feet – is that life?

Travelling 3,000km to the top of Australia by bus, then going to the airport and flying back. It was a metaphor for existence

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Cairns coroner finds mother, Synoa Tabuai, most likely inflicted fatal injuries on baby

Six-month-old baby James was found to have died from a severe and forcible blunt impact, and had sustained multiple other injuries in the weeks and months preceding his death

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I thought no one smoked any more – the 13-hour leg of my bus trip through leisure country

Sydney to Cairns takes 47 hours nonstop. A log cabin roadhouse outside Gympie provides a rare and welcome treat – actual rest

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Rangers, walking groups, urge public to stop making rock towers on hiking trails

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has seen an increase in the number of "unsightly and unnatural" rock cairns in recent years, warning the seemingly harmless practice can actually do a lot of environmental damage.

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