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Warren Entsch: Press gallery thought I was gay | Cairns Post
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WARREN Entsch's advocacy for gay marriage was once such a foreign political concept that reporters were shuttled up to Cairns to try to catch him wearing a miniskirt and lippy. The Leichhardt MP was in a talkative mood back at his electorate office ...and more »

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Cairns Private Hospital performs first hysterectomy via robot | Cairns ...
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CAIRNS Private Hospital's $3.5 million new surgical robot has clocked up another milestone, completing the gynaecological department's first robotic hysterectomy. The da Vinci Xi surgical robot system was first used in a prostate procedures last month ...and more »

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Cairns lawyer to front Cairns Magistrates Court over fraud ...
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A PROMINENT Cairns barrister has been charged with two counts of fraud totalling 470000 over allegations he took advantage of a client.and more »

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Physical Taipans have United changing game plan
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MELBOURNE United will be prepared for a physical basketball war in the Far North tonight with coach Dean Vickerman admitting they were lacking in that department during their last trip to Cairns. Vickerman, an NBL championship winner with the New ...and more »

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Mechanical fault of chopper ruled out in inquest
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A CORONER has ruled out mechanical failure as the cause of a fatal helicopter crash at Shoalwater Bay in 2011. Coroner Michael O'Donnell handed down his findings yesterday after a two-day inquest in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court into the Heli ...and more »

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It's a bumper holiday season for the Cairns Taipans in the NBL
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Christmas means holidays, and these holidays are filled with a bunch of Taipans home games. Including last Saturday, we have a total of four big games at the Cairns Convention Center during the final month of the year, and it's come at a time when ...and more »

Cairns overnight media wrap, Friday December 8
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Fraud charges, Smithfield: A 43-year-old Kuranda man was charged yesterday following a 16-month investigation into a number of fraud related complaints. It will be alleged the man was a director of a Smithfield based development company from which he ...

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Cairns North crash causing delays on Captain Cook Highway
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UPDATE: BOTH lanes on the Captain Cook Highway have reopened to traffic following two separate traffic crashes this morning. Motorists experienced lengthy delays from about 7am, when a four vehicle traffic crash occurred near the General Aviation turn ...and more »