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Your daily local news briefing // Thursday 27 April 2017
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Debate is raging over the best way to lower insurance premiums in Northern Australia. Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch wants the Turnbull Government to help underwrite a new insurance mutual company owned by local policyholders. But Cairns insurance ...

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Westcourt man in Cairns Magistrates Court on 26 charges
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A WESTCOURT man facing 26 charges over alleged property and dishonesty offences has been remanded in custody. Thomas John Miller appeared in the Cairns Magistrates Court yesterday morning on 23 counts of entering a premises and committing an ...

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The downsized Aquis resort remains a possibility for Cairns
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THE downsized Aquis resort remains a possibility for Cairns, but State Treasurer Curtis Pitt (right) says he hasn't officially heard from the company since last year. There have been doubts over whether the Yorkeys Knob resort will ever go ahead in any ...

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Spat over Gordonvale police station location
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CAIRNS councillors are having another crack at convincing the State Government the planned $4.5 million Gordonvale police station should be located in the small town's CBD and not its western outskirts. But the renewed push has already be shot down by ...

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New biosecurity lab to tackle animal diseases proposed for Cairns
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CAIRNS has been proposed as the site of a new high level biosecurity laboratory to help prevent the spread of exotic diseases such as hendra virus. The Palaszczuk Government has supported, in principle, a recommendation from the recent inquiry into ...

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National framework will compare data from cities across Australia
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CAIRNS leaders are eager to get their hands on a new federal government tool that will compare Australia's 22 biggest cities on key areas including employment, housing affordability and infrastructure spending. The Federal Government is building a ...

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Lawyers set to sum up cases in Cairns court over alleged death of New Zealand chef
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LEGAL teams are set to make their final cases to the jury this morning in the alleged murder of a New Zealand chef on a Cairns street. Jake Desmond Livingstone, 22, is accused of punching and strangling 27-year-old Philip Quayle in a random attack on a ...

The Cairns Post
basketballers score stadium funding
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YOUNG people will soon be able to shoot hoops at midnight thanks to a multimillion-dollar upgrade of Cairns' basketball stadium. Players have scored a funding slam dunk, with the government signing off on the first $1.5 million of the $3 million ...and more »

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Cairns council drives bus bid
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FULLY automated driverless buses have been touted as a potential solution to end the city's CBD parking woes. The council hopes a city loop bus service – driverless or otherwise – will help close gaps in the public transport network while also ...and more »

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Cairns girl targets plastic straws in clean-up campaign
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A NINE-year-old Cairns girl is waging war against plastic straws to stop them trashing Far North waterways and killing wildlife. After learning about the destruction single-use plastic straws do to the oceans and marine life, Molly Steer is making ...

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Tevin Jackson wants to make a NBL roster next season
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Not content with being a development player in the NBL, the athletic power forward will use the 2017 Queensland Basketball League season to push his case to make a NBL roster. The West Australian has spent time with the Perth Wildcats and Cairns ...

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Scheduling two games back to back would give the sport in Cairns a ...
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Earlier this year, league headquarters unveiled a progressive draw for 2017, shifting away from the traditional 3pm Saturday timeslot, with more Sunday fixtures, ...and more »

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Loop bus flagged to ease Cairns parking pressures
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Artist's impression of what a Cairns city loop bus might look like. Design: Aaron Coshaw. Cairns CBD parking woes could be a thing of the past if a new plan for a loop bus service comes to fruition. Cairns Regional Council announced today it would ...

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Cairns police arrest man during Anzac Day Esplanade parade ...
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UPDATE: A man decked out in camouflage arrested during the Cairns Anzac Day parade after police realised he was a wanted man has been granted bail.and more »

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Minister's awkward encounter with anti-Adani coal mine campaigner ...
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Environment Minister Steven Miles had an awkward encounter with an anti-coal protester when his press conference in Cairns was scheduled at the same time ...and more »

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Clubs line up in bid for Davey | Cairns Post
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The former Melbourne star is planning to move to the Far North at the end of the 2017 season to be closer to his family and is sure to attract interest from every ...and more »