The driver of my bus home from work just rung a bell and said ‘Ho ho ho, we’re off! Good afternoon everybody!’ while leaving Queen Street Bus Station in a full Santa get up 🤣🙌🏼 @TransLinkSEQ#P176#QldBusDriveroftheYear 🎅🏼🎄
BREAKING: @jcu and Queensland Health will work together to deliver a tertiary hospital for Cairns.
We're investing $52.9m in the first stage of the transition, which includes major Cairns Hospital upgrades.
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A homocide investigation is underway following the discovery of a body in a #Cairns apartment, believed to be missing 52-year-old businessman Anthony Brady. Mr Brady was reported missing after he failed to board a flight home to Brisbane on Thursday. @WINNews_CNS
#BREAKING: Emergency services are attending a crash at #KewarraBeach where one person has reportedly died. The Captain Cook Highway is down to one lane each way, just south of Poolwood Road. @WINNews_CNS
#KewarraBeach - a serious traffic crash has occurred on the Captain Cook Highway and Poolwood Road at 3.15pm. Delays to be expected, please avoid the area.
WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT | More than 70 people, including an Australian, have been killed in a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital #Beirut. Video footage shows a large cloud of smoke emerging over the port area, before a second blast rocks the city. #Lebanon
TONIGHT: Mareeba State School’s Signing Choir is inspiring others to take up Auslan and make music more accessible to people of mixed hearing abilities. ‘Climb Every Mountain’ will be featured on @Channel10AU’s Creative Generations in September. Report @WINNews_CNS 6pm.
Could Far North QLD be the new Bali for schoolies grounded by #COVID19? It's a market the local tourism industry is keen to tap into. @AnnaEyears has the story @WINNews_CNS 6pm
#Update - A female patient in her 20s has been airlifted to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition with significant leg injuries following a shark bite off Fitzroy Island. QAS were notified at 12.08pm and first-aid was applied at the scene from bystanders.
#FitzroyIsland - paramedics and the rescue helicopter is responding to a reported shark bite at Fitzroy Island at 12.08pm. A patient is reported to have suffered leg injuries. More information to come.
Queensland’s state borders will reopen to every state and territory EXCEPT Victoria from midday July 10. Anyone travelling from Victoria after midday July 3 will be prevented from entering the state OR will be quarantined at a hotel for 14 days at their own expense. @WINNews_CNS
Marlee the golden retriever is a trooper! After wandering away from home, her owner found her with a gun shot wound to her leg, seemingly shot at close range. She’s expected to make a full recovery following successful surgery overnight. @WINNews_CNS
Labelled the ‘Rodeo Drive’ of #FNQ. Proposed plans for a CBD makeover could see Abbott Street transformed into a luxury entertainment and retail precinct. Details at 6. @WINNews_CNS
UPDATE: A 43-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of a woman in Woree yesterday. He is scheduled to appear before the Cairns Magistrates Court today. @WINNews_CNS
An investigation is underway following the suspicious death of a 76-year-old #Woree woman overnight. Police declared a crime scene at the residence around 6:30am this morning. A 43-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries. @WINNews_CNS#winnews6pm
Premier @AnnastaciaMP fronts media for the first time after a coroner’s report revealed Blackwater man Nathan Turner - who was believed to be Australia’s youngest COVID-19 victim - did NOT have the virus when he died: “We are sorry for the distress the family is going through”
A 12 year old boy has died in hospital following an altercation with three other boys at Shang Park, Mooroobool. Police are investigating. Full story tonight @WINNews_CNS at 6.
@Headspace Cairns is completing day 19 of the Push-Up Challenge (some better than others!) 💪🏼 It’s all in an effort to raise awareness around mental health and the 3046 Australians who lost their lives to suicide in 2018. @WINNews_CNS#winnews6pm