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Double Tree by Hilton Cairns general manager Sooraj Makhija is proud of The Vine Room, a new hospitality venue and cocktails galore. Pictures: Frontrow Foto.

New venue utterly di-Vine

THE next stage of the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of the Double Tree by Hilton Cairns has opened.

28 October, 2025

Young creative Jacques Baruani at the 2025 FLAME Visual exhibition launch, in front of his artworks ‘Back Home’. Picture: Romy Photography.

FLAME ignites passion

Member for Barron River Bree James with Suburban Cairns Liquor Accord president Matthew Cork announcing the move to ban cheap cask wine before 4pm across all of Cairns. Picture: Supplied

Booze ban across city

Mandingalbay Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation staff (from left) Mundi, Utah, Marshall, Tess, Brenda, Leann and Tamara (surnames not provided) with chairman Issac Mundraby celebrate their award. Picture: Front Row Foto

Simply best in business celebrate accolades

Nicole Nighthawk has released her latest single’ Written in the Stars’. Pictures: Supplied

It’s written in Nicole’s stars

Actors (front, from left) Matt Raleigh Holmes, Grace Meyers, Amy Jones and Kimberley Greaves and (back, from left) Logan So (actor) and Kirtley Leigh (playwright). Picture: Paul Furse

Breaking new ground

Local pop artist Abi Muir is set to open Be Social Fest this Saturday, debuting her new single ‘C.O.N (Crazy Obsessively Needy)’ on the main stage. Picture: Ebony Shulte

Abi will be ‘crazy, obsessively, needy’ this weekend

Iris Capital Group is close to taking over The Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns. Picture: Nick Dalton

New owner closes in

New data suggests Cairns is Queensland’s mouldiest city. Picture: iStock

Most mouldy hotspot

The new Cairns Youth Council (back row, from left): Chad Rutten, Tara Tamang, Poppy Pacey, Noah Solomon, Dean Coombs. Ari Kohn. (Front row, from left): Anja Dimitrijevic, Aryan Jain, Samuel Chesters, Hamish Mead. Absent: Claudia Kurowski, Parker Scott. Picture: Cairns Regional Council

Region’s future leaders

The 2025 Australia Day Award recipients (from left) Annette Jarrett (Citizen of the Year), Kaylea Canton (Young Citizen of the Year), and Claudio Di Bartolomeo (Volunteer of the Year) celebrated their achievements with Mayor Amy Eden earlier this year. Picture: Cairns Regional Council

Nominate our best citizens

Mount Sheridan resident Bee Jackley, 80, with her toy poodle, Grace, required surgery after being attacked by two dogs. She broke her hip. Picture: Supplied

Traumatic dog attacks

Cairns Art Gallery is inviting young artists of all ages to explore their creativity this term 4. Picture: Supplied

Children’s art workshops

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