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Bodies piling up as PNG struggles with a third wave of COVID-19

22 Oct 2021, 15:56

Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, is once again in a COVID-19 crisis, with bodies being piled up in hospital morgues.

PNG maternity unit to be built in honour of late Cairns lawyer and charity champion

30 Sep 2021, 16:08

…A labour ward and waiting house will be built on an island in Papua New Guinea in the name of Melissa Nielsen, who…

Cairns pharmacies to start offering COVID-19 vaccines to anyone over 18

30 Jul 2021, 08:30

Pharmacies across Far North Queensland have started offering the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine to anyone over the age of 18.

New cafes, bars, restaurants popping up in Cairns

04 Jun 2021, 17:00

Good news: it's Friday. Better news: The Tropic team has rounded together a list of new bars, restaurants and cafes, as well as a new distillery in Cairns.

Cairns Taipans to wear new jersey for Indigenous round

26 May 2021, 10:00

Cairns Taipans will mark the last home game – and final run in the Snag Pit – against the Brisbane Bullets tonight by sporting new jerseys and shorts.

Seven-day search ends for missing Yarrabah fishermen

03 Feb 2021, 14:15

Police have today ended their search for three Yarrabah men who failed to return from a fishing trip to Cape Tribulation last Tuesday.

Tropical Cyclone Kimi brewing northeast of Cairns

17 Jan 2021, 18:00

TCK is currently moving slowly south off the Tropical North Queensland coast but is expected to turn southwest and hit land on Monday afternoon.

Torres Strait rescue: Two men found clinging to timber

03 Dec 2020, 14:00

Two men have survived an extraordinary overnight ordeal in a Torres Strait shipping channel, after their wooden fishing boat sank yesterday afternoon.