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Meals on Wheels vollie honoured
A LONG-TIME Cairns Meals on Wheels volunteer who helped guide the organisation through major relocations and laid the groundwork for its Westcourt facility has been awarded Meals
7 September, 2026
General News
Town’s pool ‘set up to fail’
THE future of the Babinda pool remains under a dark cloud, sparking growing frustration among local residents as...
5 September, 2026
Bins back after U-turn
RECYCLING bins removed by Cairns Regional Council at Machans Beach two...
Rate debt collectors hired by council
SO-called sovereign citizens, who say there is no local government in...
For the love of reading
A CAIRNS State High School student is calling on the community to help...
Entertainment
Town’s art deco to be shown off
FROM fashion parades and murder mysteries to guided tours of the architectural beauty of Innisfail, be prepared for...
6 September, 2026
Music to pick up suburbia
ANOTHER Stratford Sounds event will wake up the sleepy suburban streets...
Global lyric tenor returns 'home'
INTERNATIONAL lyric tenor Paul Ettore Tabone, described by the BBC as...
Sister act back at Tanks
AUSTRALIAN duo Vika & Linda will return to Cairns this month, bringing...
Community
A mother’s plea
A FAR North Queensland mother is preparing to challenge a tribunal decision that placed key decisions about her adult...
4 September, 2026
Alan turns 90 in fine fettle
VERY rarely do I write the ‘Goss’ with a story of a personal note, but...
Students ‘rock the chop’
MORE than half of the Trinity Anglican School (TAS) Year 12 cohort got...
Memorial to dead airmen
EIGHTY-four years after a United States Army Air Forces B-17 Flying...
Business
Google review attacks
A LARGE number of local businesses and organisations, including the Douglas Shire Council, have been hit with false...
20 August, 2026
Former CEO’s casino deal
FORMER Reef Casino Trust CEO and current director Allan Tan has...
Mazda’s electric zoom-zoom
TWO of Mazda’s most important new models have been unveiled in Cairns.
Braschs – from teen employee to owner
SOME businesses simply sell products. Others become part of a city’s...
Real Estate
Investors eye off city hotel
THE Mercure Cairns, a 75-key resort hotel in the city’s tourism precinct, is on the market via an expressions of...
30 July, 2026
Housing project opens
THE White Rock Estate opens its doors to the community tomorrow...
High performer
CAIRNS’ position as one of the best performing real estate markets in...
Housing perfect for old farm site
A CAIRNS southern regional councillor is calling for ideas for the...
Sport
NRL star power for Ganyarra golf day
A CHANCE to rub shoulders with a star-studded line-up of former rugby league players, a day on the golf course and a...
7 September, 2026
Local News
Cricket legend to play Cazalys
CRICKET legend Brian Lara will head to Cairns in November to join Team...
Local News
Prelim finals bounce tonight
CROCS, Bulldogs, Tigers, Saints and Cutters in men’s and women’s prime...
Local News
Grand finals for rugby league
WHILE in soccer, four teams get ready for semi-finals across the...
