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RSL Queensland vice-president Brigadier Arran Hassall. Picture: RSLQ

Never forgetting our war heroes

EVERY year at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, people in Australia and around the world pause for a minute of silent reflection in memory of those who died while

7 November, 2026

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Lake Morris as it is today. Pictures: Cairns Historical Society and Museum

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Dam is scenic and practical

Tropical North Queensland chairman Bob East (right). Picture: Supplied

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Luring more key visitors

The Salvation Army is asking people to dig deep for their Christmas appeal. Picture: Salvation Army

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Salvos launch Christmas appeal

Bev’s Babinda Dancers helped entertain patrons. Picture: Lenore Howard

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Garra hall music revival

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Former Woree House tenant and now Mission Australia peer support worker Jasmen Sivyer at the supported accommodation service, which has recorded 203 tenancies since opening in 2016. Picture: Hugh Bohane

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Homelessness searches put human stories in focus

A Far North working group industry delegation travelled to Parliament House last week to discuss working holiday visas on the back of Labor's proposed backpacker number cuts. From left, Gareth Phillips, chief executive of the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators, Leichhardt MP Matt Smith, Cairns Chamber of Commerce president Roderic Rees and Tourism Tropical North Queensland chief executive Mark Olsen. Picture: Supplied

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Backpacker visa talks

From fairy to author – Chantal Munro with some of her books. Pictures: Supplied

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Chantal’s real-life fairy tale

Holloways Beach was spilt in two after the flooding events post-Cyclone Jasper. Picture: Cairns Regional Council

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Disaster grants backflip

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Cairns Aquarium boss Daniel Leipnik, showing visitors around the tourist attraction, says he needs working holiday-makers to staff the CBD premises. Picture: CLN

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Tourism staffing crisis

Opposing the working holiday visa changes are (from left) Cairns Mayor Amy Eden, Crystalbrook Collection Hotels & Resorts CEO Geoff York, FNQ Growers Association Chairman Joe Moro, Assistant Tourism Minister Bree James, Tourism Tropical North Queensland CEO Mark Olsen, Cairns Chamber of Commerce CEO Patricia O’Neill, Regional Development Australia Tropical North CEO Lainie Poon and Advance Cairns Operations Manager Frankie Opie. Picture: Hugh Bohane

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Working visa ‘concerns’

An artist’s impression of the administration building as part of a waste plant proposed on the Barron River delta. Picture: Peddle Thorp International.

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Waste plant objection

The late Peter Blundell, a supporter of emerging talent and the founder of Country on Keppel, which previously brought live country music to the Great Keppel Island Hideaway. Picture: Supplied

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Talent search opens

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