• Two men hold up Cairns supermarket with knives - The Cairns Post

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    Two men hold up Cairns supermarket with knives
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    POLICE are hunting two men who held up a Cairns North grocery store with knives overnight. It is believed the pair entered the Sheridan St business around 10pm last night and demanded cash and cigarettes. A 50-year-old female staff member complied ...
  • Man abducted, bashed, left for dead in bush near Cairns - Brisbane Times

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    Man abducted, bashed, left for dead in bush near Cairns
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    Police are investigating an alleged abduction in Far North Queensland, in which a man wandered out of bushland claiming he had been kidnapped, tortured, tied to a tree and left for dead. The 24-year-old walked into tourist operator Hartley's Crocodile ...
    Cairns trio charged after man 'abducted, tortured and tied to a tree'ABC Online
    Man 'tied up and assaulted' in bushland north of Cairns9news.com.auall 1
  • Cairns woman wins lotto twice in same prize pool - The Cairns Post

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    Cairns woman wins lotto twice in same prize pool
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    A Cairns woman's two Gold Lotto entries in the weekend's draw scored a division 1 prize of more than $674,000 each. FEBRUARY 29 was a leap day, but a Cairns woman was leaping even higher than most yesterday after winning the lottery twice in the ...
  • Cairns school could get anti-ant barrier to protect it - The Cairns Post

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    Cairns school could get anti-ant barrier to protect it
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    The Wet Tropics Management Authority has begun to resurvey rainforest at Edmonton, to help track the spread of Yellow Crazy Ants. Brad Eberett sets up a lure station, watched by representatives from the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Wet ...
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  • Tourist dead and another still critical after Cairns hotel pool drowning - The Cairns Post

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    Tourist dead and another still critical after Cairns hotel pool drowning
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    A woman has died and another is still in a critical condition after an incident at a Cairns hotel pool. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS. ONE of two women found unconscious in a Cairns hotel pool has died in hospital while the other is continuing to fight for her ...
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  • Cairns warm-up for Rio-bound Aussie athletes - The Cairns Post

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    Cairns warm-up for Rio-bound Aussie athletes
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    WARM UP: The Far North may host some of Australia's Rio-bound athletes later this year. CAIRNS is bound for Olympic-plated recognition, as Barlow Park gets set to host some of Australia's Rio-bound athletics stars later this year. The Cairns Post can ...
  • Man comes out of bushes north of Cairns with stab wounds and rope burns - The Cairns Post

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    Man comes out of bushes north of Cairns with stab wounds and rope burns
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    A man with stab wounds and rope burns arrives at the Cairns Hospital by ambulance under police escort. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE. A MAN has been taken to hospital after appearing from bushland at Wangetti injured and dehydrated. The 25-year-old ...
  • Cairns' Mercy Place nursing home flu outbreak claims three lives - Brisbane Times

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    Cairns' Mercy Place nursing home flu outbreak claims three lives
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    A flu outbreak at a Queensland nursing home is believed to be behind the deaths of three elderly residents and 60 residents and staff falling sick. Mercy Place in the inner Cairns suburb of Westcourt is in lockdown, as authorities work to contain the ...
    Three dead, 60 ill in flu outbreak at Cairns aged care facilityABC Online
    Fourth resident dies amid flu outbreak at Cairns nursing home9news.com.au
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  • Rare Disease Day: Hundreds gather for annual fundraising event in Cairns - ABC Online

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    Rare Disease Day: Hundreds gather for annual fundraising event in Cairns
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    In a show of support for those living with rare diseases, hundreds of people gathered in Cairns over the weekend to take part in the annual Rare Disease Fun Run fundraising event. More than two million Australians are thought to be affected by rare ...
  • Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Taimane headlining Cairns festival - The Cairns Post

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    Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Taimane headlining Cairns festival
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    Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Taimane Gardner will be headlining the Cairns Ukulele Festival in August. PICTURE: AMBER GRAGO. A HAWAIIAN ukulele virtuoso who will headline the Cairns Ukulele Festival later this year is preparing to “blow the socks off” Far ...
  • Three dead, 60 ill in flu outbreak at Cairns aged care facility - ABC Online

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    Three dead, 60 ill in flu outbreak at Cairns aged care facility
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    Three residents in a far north Queensland aged care facility have died during a flu outbreak. Another 36 residents and 24 staff at Mercy Place in the Cairns suburb of Westcourt have fallen ill with respiratory symptoms since February 14. Mercy Health ...
    Cairns' Mercy Place nursing home flu outbreak claims three livesBrisbane Times
    41 confirmed flu cases in one week in CairnsThe Cairns Post
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