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20th October 2024

AM Edition

‘It was a spectacular night’: Cairns BEX award winners revealed

It’s been a tough year marred by natural disaster for many Cairns businesses, but despite adversity the cream of the Far North crop was crowned at the annual BEX awards on Friday.

‘Troubling and bizarre’: LNP candidate slammed over post

A Queensland LNP candidate has apologised for comments she made alongside a picture of herself defaced to resemble Adolf Hitler. But it’s not the first time her judgment has been q...

Photo gallery: Cairns business excellence celebrated

Cairns’ businessmen and women sure dressed to impress at the 2024 Business Excellence Awards (BEX) gala ball on Friday night. All the photos from the event.

Emergency services called to spate of Far North incidents

Emergency services have been called to spate of incidents in the past 24-hours including a ute into a hotel on the Tablelands, a car into the ocean and multiple road crashes on Sat...

Man goes on axe rampage in Qld country town

Police allege the Qld man, 44, set fire to a unit complex before going on a rampage with an axe, assaulting people, breaking into stores and driving into a pedestrian. SEE THE VIDE...

Long-delayed Cairns mental health unit will improve worker safety: Premier

Premier Steven Miles has failed to back calls to build a dedicated mental health unit for prisoners and high needs patients in the Far North, arguing that an overdue $70m ward will...

JCU to axe more jobs in response to major ‘financial challenges’

A north Queensland university acting on major financial challenges has moved to cut costs by axing more positions across three campuses at Cairns, Townsville and Singapore.