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Fashion and fundraising meet at Your Wardrobe Cairns on Sunday
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THE quest to raise funds for the Cairns community has never been quite so stylish. Tomorrow's Your Wardrobe Cairns event will bring preloved fashion to the Cairns Showground in the city's largest pop-up recycled fashion event. Organiser Kay Judd said ...and more »

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Farmers reject Pitt plan for state development area south of Cairns ...
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CANE growers say they will make a stand to protect their homes and livelihoods from a State Government plan to turn their farms into an industrial park.and more »

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Countdown to Cairns Amateurs racing carnival is on | Cairns Post
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THREE Cairns transport operators have joined forces to raise funds for the Claire Tucker Go Fund Me page over the Amateurs weekend.and more »

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Heritage listing wrecks affordable housing plan | Cairns Post
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MAYOR Bob Manning has denounced a mystery letter writer whose appeal to the Queensland Heritage Council scuttled plans to build a new affordable housing ...and more »

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Cairns Festival to be enjoyed by record number of attendees
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More than 3200 people will parade down the street with 87 groups for the Cairns Festival's biggest event, the Grand Parade. Councillor Linda Cooper said the crowd tonight would be one to remember. “We are heading towards large float numbers. We have ...and more »

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Victors must still win places
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DESPITE trouncing their opposition at the inaugural FIBA Asia Cup, coach Andrej Lemanis has not guaranteed any of the NBL-based Australian Boomers squad a spot in the November World Cup Qualifiers team. Lemanis, who also doubles as the Brisbane ...and more »

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Scarred hoop gives Cairns another shot
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VICTORIAN jockey Mark Pegus is hoping for better luck than his “disaster” of a trip to Cairns three years ago. The Group 1-winning hoop will be back in the Far North this week for riding engagements on the Friday of the Cairns Amateurs Racing Carnival.and more »

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Alick calls time in fine style | Cairns Post
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IT WILL be a fitting end to the sparkling AFL Cairns career of veteran William Alick at Watsons Oval this afternoon. The clever forward has spent his time in the ...and more »

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Cairns claims busking fame after world record attempt on the ...
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IN A celebration of artistic talent in the Cairns region hundreds of buskers gathered at the Esplanade with just one aim — to break a world record.and more »

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Facebook post claims Christmas lights banned in Cairns this year ...
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WERE still four months away from Christmas, but social media is already abuzz with the everlasting rumour that Christmas lights are banned this year.and more »

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Cairns jobless rates decrease by 0.7pc from June to July
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PROMISING employment statistics show Cairns now has its lowest unemployment rate in almost nine years. New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows unemployment has decreased from 6.6 per cent to 5.9 per cent in Cairns from June to ...