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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.

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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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From Cairns to Canberra: Scott's family visits new school bearing her name

Family members of Dr Evelyn Scott say it's an honour for a Canberra school to be named after the Indigenous activist.

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Ipswich, Boonah, and Cairns remain the last towns and cities fielding vigoro teams in Australia, and possibly the world. Here's why it's a fun new hobby to try.

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Inquest into baby James' 2013 death hears from mother on final day in Cairns court

The mother of a six-month-old boy found limp and unresponsive in his grandmother's home in southern Cairns has given emotional testimony at the inquest into his death.

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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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