The Latest Breaking News from Far North Queensland

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.

ABC News · May 11, 2022

COVID distraction considered as possible cause of road toll's highest climb in years

Researchers suggest drivers are being distracted by the pandemic and everything else going on in the world rather than road rules as most countries — including AUstralia — record stable or increased fatalities.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2022

Fisherman accused of making deckhand swim across crocodile-inhabited river walks free

It took the jury less than half a day to find fisherman Yarn Garrick Ward not guilty, after the Far North Queensland court heard several allegations of torture. Mr Ward suggested his accuser had been under the influence of drugs.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Fugitive Graham Potter arrested after hiding in Far North Queensland for 12 years, police say

Police in Far North Queensland say officers had been working with Victorian authorities for several years, investigating a number of sightings of Graham Potter across the region.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2022

Fugitive Graham Potter arrested in Ravenshoe, Far North Queensland, after a decade on the run

Potter has been wanted by police since February 2010, when he failed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court to front conspiracy to murder charges.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2022

Fugitive killer arrested in Queensland

Fugitive killer Graham Gene Potter has been arrested in Far North Queensland after being on the run from Victorian police for 12 years.

AAP · Feb 21, 2022

Man charged with murder over gruesome death in Fitzgerald Park, Innisfail

A 36-year-old Innisfail man is charged with murder after the death of a 66-year-old man in a park in Far North Queensland.

ABC News · Feb 19, 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

Extra funds for first wallaby relocation project following success in the Far North

A stress injection, a sack and being dropped off in bushland might not seem like the ideal way to move home, but for some wallabies in Far North Queensland, it's worked out pretty well.

ABC News · Feb 9, 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