Cairns, Australia News

AN Australian wrongly spent more than two years in jail for child rape after the Australian Federal Police and the federal prosecutor denied the existence of crucial documents that would have exonerated him.

The Court of Appeal in Brisbane has set aside the conviction of a pilot from far north Queensland jailed on child sex charges.

One of the world's slowest moving creatures has been named in honour of the late crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin.

A Cairns-based solo yachtsman has been rescued off Darwin after spending six weeks in heavy weather on a journey from Malaysia.

A NEW outbreak of dengue fever has hit north Queensland just two months after the state was declared free of the virus.

As outrage mounts over a judge's decision not to jail nine Aboriginal men who gang-raped a 10-year-old, a shocking picture has emerged of how the girl was neglected by officialdom.

NORTH Queensland businesses have been thrown into chaos by a Telstra outage which has affected telephones, internet and EFTPOS transactions.

The Cairns woman accused of murdering and dismembering a newborn baby 13 years ago has been committed to stand trial.

Cairns golfer Frank Power is living a dream. The Cairns Golf Centre professional is thrilled to have been called up for this week's "Tiger Woods show", the Australian Masters.

Former Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch has announced his return to politics, contending for LNP pre-selection for his old seat.

An Australian chef's stocks are rising - on battered Wall Street, no less, writes Greg Truman.

SEVERE turbulence was the probable force that ripped the wings off a light plane before it plummeted to earth near Clonbinane in Victoria, killing the pilot and the aircraft's owner in 2007, air safety investigators have concluded.

Hawkins was the public face of the Myer float, and there were no less than seven pictures of her in the prospectus.

Sky's the limit: Far North Queensland is gearing up for the 2012 eclipse, when a marathon will be held in Port Douglas.

DIRECTORS of collapsed construction company CMC are continuing to finish building developments through other company names, despite owing about $100 million.

STEVE Isles, the son of missing North Queensland police officer Sen-Sgt Mick Isles, has turned to Cairns for help to mount legal action against the State Government over the treatment of his father.

TWO men injured in a single-vehicle rollover at Daintree, north of Cairns, have been winched to a rescue helicopter and transported to hospital.

THE standard of Queensland's taxi drivers is again under scrutiny as a major tourism industry groups says poor service is extending into the state's regional areas.

A FORECAST lift in sugar production could trigger a shopping spree for cane farms in the coming months, according to some industry experts.