News from Cairns
Prominent Brisbane criminal lawyer Michael Bosscher, a Bosscher Lawyers solicitor and a law clerk, the son of a Queensland magistrate, have each been charged with aggravated fraud. Mr Bosscher, 48,… Continue reading Brisbane legal figures facing fraud charges in CCC probe
Murderer and rapist Adrian Bayley has been attacked inside Barwon Prison, with sources confirming that the notorious killer of Jill Meagher was stabbed by another inmate on Thursday. Bayley is understood… Continue reading Murderer and rapist Adrian Bayley stabbed with ‘fork’ inside Barwon Prison
MINING is back! The number of job openings across the mining sector are increasing fast right now. While the wages across sectors are at their slowest pace, there’s some good… Continue reading Mining is back, with jobs!
Online news is the new king! As per ACMA’s report on “Local content in regional Australia—2017” 86 per cent of regional residents believe local news is important and 87 per cent are… Continue reading As per ACMA, Online news is the new king in regional Australia!
Australia Budget 2017 Following our earlier budget news, some of the recent budget news coming from the Parliament are: First home buyers can salary-sacrifice, diverting up to $30K into their… Continue reading Australia Budget 2017
A spike in criminal cases in Queensland has prompted the state’s top judges to plead for urgent government funding, saying they will be unable to cope with the criminal backlog.… Continue reading Courts seek funds to cope with rise in criminal cases
Households will pocket $3 billion in power-price subsidies over the next four years, with the Queensland Government’s coffers flush with a windfall from coal royalties. The extra cash from coal… Continue reading Power bills cut for Queensland’s low-income earners using coal cash
A Paramedic attacked by a drunk French backpacker she was trying to treat has read a powerful victim impact statement to the court telling of her ongoing physical and mental… Continue reading French backpacker sentenced for assaulting Far North paramedic
A Cairns tourist operator has dismissed speculation tiny marine stingers could have caused the deaths of two French tourists, maintaining their deaths were a “one-in-a-million” coincidence. Danielle Franck, 74, and… Continue reading French tourists deaths not caused by Irukandji jellyfish stings, Cairns tourist operator says
The staff of a Great Barrier Reef tour operator did all they could to save two French tourists who died after suffering heart attacks while snorkelling together at Michaelmas Cay… Continue reading French tourists die after heart attacks on reef snorkelling tour off Cairns
A 31-year-old Masters employee has been rushed to Cairns Hospital after he was struck by a vehicle and pinned to a wall at the Kenny Street store. Cairns police District… Continue reading Pedestrian struck by car at Cairns Masters store
Tributes are pouring in for a young Malanda man who died in hospital three days after a car crash near Yungaburra. Dean Milligan, 24, and a friend were heading to… Continue reading Malanda man remembered after fatal car crash near Yungaburra
