THE Year of the Dragon has continued to bring good fortune to Chinese New Year celebrations in Cairns, with Asian food to be the focus of this weekend’s festivities.
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Rough seas are slowing rescue efforts for as many as 130 people missing after the ferry MV Rabaul Queen sank off the east coast of Papua New Guinea yesterday.
CYCLONE Yasi victims were told they have become national role models for people experiencing adversity during a commemorative service yesterday at Tully to mark a year since the disaster. Plus read full text of Premier’s speech.
INSPIRED by the skills and athleticism of the game’s elite players, many juniors are signing up for tennis lessons across Cairns.
TOUR boat operators struggling with the cost of doing business on the Great Barrier Reef say their pleas have been answered by the Federal Government, which yesterday slashed one of the industry’s dearest levies.
PASSENGERS and crew aboard a Port Douglas reef cruise had front-row seats to a spectacular marine show when they came up close to endangered and rare sea creatures.
A TOURISM levy to market the Far North is officially off the agenda.
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says there is likely to be a very high death toll from a ferry sinking between Lae and Kimbe West in Papua New Guinea.
THE Cairns Papuan community remain concerned but hopeful as they wait for more news of survivors aboard the MV Rabaul Queen, that sank about 16km off Finschhafen today.
FROM bikie warlord to a preacher and saviour of thousands in Africa, Sam Childers is battling for children in the name of God.