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18th January 2025

PM Edition

24-hours in Hong Kong: Whirlwind tour takes in island city’s must-do experiences

In less than eight hours from Cairns, travellers can experience a shopaholic’s delight known for breathtaking skylines, amazing food, rich history and spellbinding natural beauty.

Aussie-first coral IVF program takes place on Great Barrier Reef

An Australian-first program to help regenerate coral reefs has launched in Far North Queensland. How it works.

‘Its cliff of rubbish’: Regulator cracks down Kamerunga eyesore

Despite an approved increase to waste stockpiles a stone’s throw from a Kamerunga school, a Cairns garbage processor has been slapped with enforcement orders after allowing a huge ...

Thursday Island man tried to push woman off balcony, court hears

A 46-year-old Thursday Island man, with a history of domestic violence, has been sentenced after he attempted to push a woman off a balcony and spat on her.

New villas and glitter strip nightclub proposed for tourist town

A gated community has been proposed for the few remaining vacant blocks in the heart of Port Douglas while a separate plan for a new nightclub on the town’s glitter strip has been ...

Felicity Jones: from Neighbours fan to Oscars contender

Why Neighbours fan Felicity Jones jumped at the chance to work with Guy Pearce again on Oscars-frontrunner The Brutalist, even if his “despicable” role messed with her head.

Tammin: ‘I didn’t know I was part of the cult’

As she reveals her ‘brutal’ entry to Hollywood, Australian actor Tammin Sursok explains how she found her place – and why she no longer ‘fakes it’.

Why star hated ‘ingenue’ roles

Ahead of the new season of Severance, Patricia Arquette reflects on why she is playing ‘this shadow side of a lot of women that you don’t get to explore when you’re younger’.