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Cairns ‘Third world’: Farcical back-up route slammed. Truckies were being told to travel a 26-hour, 2300km route to get goods from Mackay to Cairns following wild weather as leaders call for a ...

News 29 minutes ago Dutton’s $1.6bn ‘bosses lunch’ policy slammed. Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s proposed tax cut plan could cost Australians more than $10 billion dollars a year.

1 day ago · Food drops and trucks arrive to restock bare grocery shelves. For days the independent grocery stores keeping shelves filled while supermarket giants were unable to restock has brought supply ...

‘It came up five stairs’: Inside flood-ravaged town. Unsecured gas bottles and floating debris surrounds inundated homes; inside, floating fridges and furniture bounce around darkened properties.

3 days ago · Far North weather: Road closures and flood risks impact Cairns region. Cairns streets have turned to torrents of brown water after a short sharp deluge pummeled the city, causing event ...

5 days ago · The Bureau of Meteorology’s Severe Weather Warning at 7.35am on Sunday had moved the warning area further south, covering localities between Tully and Ayr, south of Townsville.

Jan 16, 2025 · Cairns' Division 2 Councillor Matthew Tickner posted this photo, taken by his uncle Mark Sheppeard, from the CBD, looking back on the storm coming through the southern suburbs.

Jan 12, 2025 · At 2.10pm Queensland Police Service and paramedics were called to the jungle pool south of Cairns following reports a 32-year-old man was unconscious and in need of medical attention.

As social media lit up over the past 48 hours with reports of stolen cars, burglaries and attempted break-ins, one Parramatta Park woman suffered a terrifying ordeal while riding home from work.