A family desperate for information about the whereabouts of their sister, Australian traveller Maisie Hurst (Maze), has turned to the Port Douglas Backpackers page, along with doz ...

With the help of generous locals, The Hungry Pug cafe in Mareeba has made a huge difference by raising enough money to donate about 40 mobile phones to charity. The phones, to be ...

New Fair Work laws are bringing big changes for businesses, including rules around mental health, work hours, and employee contracts.

At first, seeing my cafe full of cycling types, I assumed that while the road was closed for a day, it would be offset by ...

My husband and I own the Coral Beach Lodge and we are very well aware of the crisis ahead of Dougie’s closure. We (as mentioned in article) have been approved to build an extension of our lodge ...

Sailaway owner Steve Edmondson with the newest addition to the fleet, the electric tender EV Explorer, pictured at Mackay Coral Cay. Picture: Sailaway Port Douglas Eco-tourism often brings to mind ...

On November 28, 1961, a Kuku Yalanji couple from Mossman, and three of their six children, received a letter from the Queensland Director of Native Affairs granting them an exemption from the ...

Plenty of local characters feature in Newsport’s gallery of the best May photos. If you have a great photo taken in June which you want included, send it through to [email protected].

Douglas Shire’s peak tourism body will closely examine this Sunday’s Ironman Cairns event to see how improvements can be made for locals and tourists, but the council will not ...

A Cooktown man has been charged with multiple offences after a white MG was rented in North Cairns and then disappeared. The MG3 was due to be returned to the car-hire business on Wednesday, May 28, ...