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St Andrew’s Catholic College has been nationally recognised by Cricket Australia for its outstanding school cricket program.
Caitlyn, a Year 10 student at Mossman State High School and a proud member of Douglas Athletics, balances her academic life with a committed training regime. She trains two to three times a week in ...
A Rocky Point couple and long-time Douglas Shire residents have exposed the critical lack of disability access throughout key tourist sites and public facilities in the region, pu ...
A man who famously escaped from Lotus Glen prison on a red tractor about a month ago has been captured in Cow Bay. Michael ...
The scheme underpinned by the tax system has built up a massive ($4.1 trillion) investment portfolio. It should reduce the taxpayers’ burden on providing retirement income. The Pharmaceutical Benefits ...
Council rates for many Douglas Shire homeowners will be going up by about $130 on average in the 2025/26 financial year, but that figure will vary greatly between different homes ...
Cook MP David Kempton has welcomed the Crisafulli Government’s 2025-26 budget and is pleased to advise all his electoral commitments have been met in full and more than $340m in funding across the ...
Far North Queensland can proudly boast of having its very own state lawn bowls representative, with Mossman’s Malachy McTaggart making the Queensland Under-25 squad. McTaggart, ...
Slope stabilisation works have started on the Mossman-Mount Molloy Road. The landslip site being repaired is about 1.5km from the Mossman-Mount Molloy Road Lookout towards Mossman, according to the ...
Byron Filmer Our regional winners have been announced in a national primary school competition to find creative designs relating to climate change and other ideas on how to help the environment. The ...
The Port Douglas boatramp upgrade is complete – just in time for the school holidays. Picture: Supplied The Port Douglas boat ramp upgrade is expected to be completed this week - the first week of ...