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State's Information Commissioner to investigate Cairns council RTI refusal
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THE Cairns Post has launched a legal appeal against a Cairns Regional Council decision to withhold information about a botched computer system upgrade that has cost ratepayers millions of dollars. Chief executive officer Peter Tabulo has rejected a ...

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Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch praises PM Malcolm Turnbull on win
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pulled the government from the brink of “absolute oblivion” as the LNP looks set to win a majority of lower house seats. Labor leader Bill Shorten conceded defeat yesterday afternoon although counting in close seats ...

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Four-month-old Beau Quinlan born into digital hospital system
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AUSTRALIA's first “digital baby” was all smiles about the stir he caused at Cairns Hospital on Saturday. Four-month-old Beau Quinlan was born on March 4 at 10.56am just after the maternity ward went “live” with Australia's new Digital Hospital System ...

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Face of Cairns Central crowns Jarron Andy and Lily Rose winners
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A CHEERING crowd greeted the 30 minnie, junior and senior finalists of the Face of Cairns Central competition. Lily Violet Rose, 15, and Jarron Andy, 23, impressed the judges during the grand final on Saturday at Cairns Central winning the senior Face ...

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Edmonton businessman Lou Piccone honoured by the Lou Piccone park
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BEFORE Lou Piccone spoke about the park that had been named in his honour, he told everyone in the hundred-strong crowd “to hug the person next to them”. His request was met with a lot of laughs, followed by everyone embracing. “Now didn't that feel ...

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Cairns to Canberra “home stretch” for wandering wonder
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Terra Lalirra has battled through the darkest depths of depression, dodged crazed truckies hellbent on running her over, and is now preparing to walk from Cairns to Canberra wearing a rainbow cape. This morning, “The Happy Walker” will leave Cairns on ...

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Cairns sufferers take to streets in fight against diabetes
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DOZENS of Cairns locals have hit the street to raise awareness and money in the fight against an illness they say is poorly understood by the public. Yesterday, more than 60 type 1 diabetes sufferers, and their friends and family, marched as one along ...and more »