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Smoking related cancer killing more in Cairns than Brisbane
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LOWER incomes and a lack of easy access to lifesaving surgery is leaving Cairns locals more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than their inner city counterparts. Based on data from the Social Atlas of Australia 2015, Cairns Regional Council ...

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Smart city will be guiding principal for Cairns' future
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Councillors Linda Cooper, Richie Bates and Deputy Mayor Terry James at the Post-Election Meeting for Cairns Regional Council. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS. A PACKED public gallery witnessed the swearing-in of the recently-elected Cairns Regional ...and more »

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Reigning Cairns Ironman champions named ambassadors for 2016
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Liz Blatchford and Luke McKenzie have been named as this years ambassadors for the Cairns Ironman. PICTURE: MARC McCORMACK. Luke McKenzie and Liz Blatchford have been first across the Cairns Ironman finish line five times between them and ...

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New blood needed for Cairns wine and food society
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The Cairns Wine and Food Society is in danger of folding. President Lorne Clark is starting a membership drive. PICTURE: MARC McCORMACK. A GROUP devoted to fine wine and food is in danger of folding unless membership is boosted. The Cairns Wine ...

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Government refuses to quarantine Aquis licence for Cairns
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An artist's impression of the grand lobby of the Aquis casino with Aboriginal designs on the floor and an aquarium at the rear. PICTURE: SUPPLIED. THE regional casino licence earmarked for the Aquis project is not guaranteed to remain in Far North ...

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Convicted rapist pleads guilty to Cairns stabbing
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A MAN was on parole for raping a six-year-old girl when he stabbed another man four times in the torso in Cairns City. The Cairns District Court was told Daryl James George had only been back in the community for six weeks, after serving the majority ...

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Man charged with stealing car belonging to Cairns single mum
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A man has been charged over the theft of a car belonging to a Bayview Heights single mum. A MAN will appear in court this morning charged with the theft of a car belonging to a Bayview Heights single mother. It is alleged the 22-year-old Woree man ...

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Cairns fishing lobby group wants State Government to build new boat ramps
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LET'S DO IT: CAREFISH founder Paul Aubin has called for new boat ramps to be built in Trinity Inlet and just north of Palm Cove jetty. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE. A CAIRNS lobby group will pressure the State Government for new boat ramps at Palm Cove ...