The most widely known verse of Dorothea Mackellar’s poem My Country is no doubt being spoken across our wide brown land - at ...

After being named 2024 College Dux and receiving the prestigious Anthony Family Trophy, Douglas Shire local Tully Smith ...

Wow I was swimming there recently. It's not a shark it's a shovel nose stingray they hunt crabs in the shallow water, no ...

After a short break, the Yachty is back with new leadership, fresh upgrades, a bold menu, and a packed calendar ...

A man who had travelled down from Aurukun has been arrested for walking the Cairns CBD streets brandishing a pair of scissors. The 26-year-old Aurukun man, who had a warrant out on him at the time, ...

Picture: Jamie Jansen In our latest monthly photo gallery, we have selected some of the best photos taken across the district for the month of March.

A Port Douglas paramedic has taken stunning drone footage of a 2m reef shark trapped in the Four Mile Beach swimming ...

Regional councils and developers can this month apply for a share of $1 billion in State Government grants to help kickstart the building of more houses. The first stage of the fo ...

A parliamentary committee is preparing a report on possible changes to Queensland crocodile laws. Submissions have closed for tourism operators, other business owners, councils and the general public ...

Tracey/Phil Ryan A 2m reef shark is trapped in the Four Mile Beach swimming enclosure at Port Douglas while authorities try ...

More than $700,000 has been spent replacing about 1.3km of ageing pipework at Miallo and Rocky Point. The water-main upgrade, which saw ageing asbestos cement pipe replaced with a ...