The Latest Breaking News from Cairns

Coach's spray helps 36ers to NBL win

The Adelaide 36ers overcame a poor start to beat the Cairns Taipans 82-71 in their NBL clash in Adelaide.

AAP · Feb 20, 2022

Hawks blow away struggling Taipans in NBL

Illawarra's second half defensive masterclass has seen the Hawks blowout Cairns by 25 points and record yet another win at home over the Taipans.

AAP · Feb 18, 2022

Boy, 14, charged with manslaughter over fatal car crash in Cairns

Police charge a 14-year-old boy with a range of offences, including manslaughter, after a fatal car crash in a suburb in Cairns in Far North Queensland.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2022

Turtle's U-turn days before Tongan volcanic eruption captured by satellite imagery

A turtle released after nearly three years of rehabilitation has another lucky escape — performing a giant U-turn just before a deadly volcanic eruption in Tonga.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2022

Magnitude 3.9 earthquake strikes off Cairns, Bureau of Meteorology says there is no tsunami threat

Geoscience Australia reports a magnitude 3.9 earthquake off the coast of Cairns in Far North Queensland.

ABC News · Feb 6, 2022

Qld says using ADF to evacuate aged care facilities ‘a last resort’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2022

Murder charge over north Qld baby death

A Cairns man has been charged with murder following the death of a two-month-old boy in June last year.

AAP · Jan 31, 2022

Most beautiful mammal? Tailing tree-kangaroos in Queensland’s Atherton Tablelands

An evolutionary marvel, tree-roos can be elusive. But seeking them out will put you in the way of rainforests, waterfalls, cathedral-like trees and remarkable beauty

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2022

At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022

9,000 tourism jobs lost in Cairns as pandemic continues to cripple once-thriving industry

More than half of all tourism jobs in Far North Queensland have been lost as international border closures continue to cripple the industry.

ABC News · Jan 24, 2022