Joe Vella has reservations about the Federal Government's reinsurance pool and would prefer insurance tax cuts.

One of North Queensland's most spectacular destinations and a site long-treasured by Ewamian people is set to open this weekend, Saturday 26 June.

Cairns Regional Council has submitted a recommendation to the State Government to undertake the legislative change necessary to implement a tourism tax.

One of the Daintree’s celebrity crocs has been lucky enough to cough up a crab pot after it was lodged in the animal’s mouth for more than a week.

UNESCO has cited the impact of global warming and successive reef bleaching events, urging Australia to take “accelerated action" at all possible levels.

Following the huge Archibald Prize exhibition, Cairns Art Gallery is returning to its roots to celebrate the region’s best art, textiles and traditions.

700 jabs per day will be administered at a new COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Cairns South Health Facility in Edmonton.

A unique project to cultivate seed banks of plants, found only on mountain-tops in the Wet Tropics, has been recognised in local conservation awards.

A Cairns shop assistant who confronted an alleged thief is among three victims of weekend punching attacks, with two police officers also assaulted.

A 29 year-old Victorian man has been taken to hospital after falling while trying to breach hotel quarantine at the Pacific Hotel in Cairns.

A 55-year-old man is accused of a string of offences, including spray-painting a lizard and a horse, throwing rocks at cars and supergluing padlocks.

This weekend brings the Cooktown & Cape York Expo, Fred Brophy's Boxing Troupe and a few fun local events and things to try in Cairns and the Far North.