Cairns, Australia News

A COOKTOWN family who watched a python eat a young wallaby in their backyard says public backlash for not helping the joey is "water off a duck's back".

POLICE say a day-long search for a man, reported missing in crocodile-infested Thomatis Creek when he was actually alive and well in the Cairns CBD, was justified.

A BRAWL involving 50 New Year's revellers has left one woman injured and marred the region's New Year's Eve festivities.

GREEN frogs are a regular sight in Far North Queensland - but rarely making a meal of a snake.

New Year's Eve crowd numbers were down in Brisbane but police say arrest figures were up on last year.

PORT MORESBY: Six people, including two children, are dead and an Australian pilot is seriously injured after a light plane crashed in Papua New Guinea, an official said on Thursday.

Pacific Blue is to take on Air New Zealand on the Auckland to Cairns route. The New Zealand arm of Virgin Blue announced that it would start twice-weekly return flights, on Tuesday and Saturday, from March 23.

In this April 18, 2002 file photo taken at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, a tiny but fully grown deadly Irukandji jellyfish lies next to match sticks for size comparison.

Virgin Blue has announced it will begin direct flights from Cairns to Auckland.

A COOKTOWN family watched in horror as a python living in their backyard ate a young wallaby while its mum kicked and scratched the snake in vain to save the joey.

QUEENSLAND'S peak motoring body has warned Far Northern motorists to expect a petrol price rise by the weekend, albeit smaller than the rest of the state.

VANDALS armed with spray cans have smeared racist taunts and profanity across a Christian school in Cairns.

A MOSQUE being built in Cairns has been vandalised just months after local Islamic leaders received hate mail depicting Muslims as terrorists.

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EMERGENCY flares have rocketed into a Cairns suburb, melting through skylights, scorching roofs and burning backyard property.

TWO "huge" box jellyfish, capable of killing a human in less than two minutes, have washed up on two of the Far North's most popular swimming beaches.

DRUNKS seeking medical treatment are being breath tested and kept waiting in the Cairns Base Hospital emergency department until they sober up.

CAIRNS residents are giving each other water filters as Christmas presents in a rush before the Far North's water supply is permanently fluoridated.

A CAIRNS Taipans membership drive has fallen short of its target but president Denis Donaghy has vowed to continue fighting to keep the club in the NBL next season.