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PEOPLE with cold and flu symptoms have been warned to stay away from nursing homes, following another fatal disease outbreak at Far North Queensland aged-care facility.
Entertainment Global star for ukulele festival
A HAWAIIAN ukulele virtuoso who will headline the Cairns Ukulele Festival later this year is preparing to “blow the socks off” Far Northern festivalgoers.
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Petrol breaks $1 barrier
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Military Milestone brings city to attention
A DAY to honour the sacrifices of Far North Queensland’s own century-old Army Reserve unit has drawn large crowds wishing to pay their respects.
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Politics MPs wary over light rail
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Cairns Gone Wild Cairns golf croc pond swallows car
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Cairns Gone Wild Big shark swoops on ‘main course’
A MASSIVE barramundi met a grisly fate in front of shocked customers at a Cairns beachside bar after it was attacked by a shark.
Late vote Turnbull eyes off a later election
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Political mystery AFP dismiss MP office raid reports
THE Australian Federal Police has dismissed reports its officers have executed a search warrant at Parliament House in the past two weeks.
Strange arrest US student confesses ‘severe crimes’
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CAIRNS smokers have surprisingly backed strict new laws that will drive them from public areas.
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