Toyah Cordingley was found dead on a secluded Far North Queensland beach seven years ago. A three-week trial into her alleged murder has begun in Cairns.
10/11/2025
✈️ Why is it so expensive to fly regional?
Two new federal government inquiries are set to dig into the true cost of regional air travel - and East Air's CEO and owner, Alan Milne says it's a welcome move that will shed light on the real cost of keeping regional Australia connected.
A local airline owner backs the dual government inquiries into the state of the regional/rural airline sector and why airfares are so expensive.
09/11/2025
Are you a conflicted Far North Queensland footy fan...🤔🤔is it Broncos or Cowboys? 🏈
After a stunning double premiership winning year in the NRL and the NRLW, it was great to have former Tully Tigers player, Romy Tietzel from the Brisbane Broncos NRLW in the studio, alongside Broncos NRL legend, Petro Civonociva.
(Pictured alongside ABC Far North's Charlie McKillop).
PS the premiership trophies weigh in at 20kg!!
08/11/2025
🖼🎨 The Art of Small Things exhibition is on at the Cairns Art Society Gallery DFO until Dec 20. All works by local artists and they have created a series of small paintings for Christmas. 🌴🖼🎨
08/11/2025
Queensland Police concedes less time is being spent enforcing road safety than before the COVID pandemic, amid a rising number of traffic tragedies.
Queensland Police concedes less time is being spent enforcing road safety than before the COVID pandemic, amid a rising number of traffic tragedies.
08/11/2025
🎉🎈 Congratulations to the Yungaburra QCWA branch who celebrated 100 years today. What a wonderful turnout for the celebrations and for the open day today. 🌴🎉
07/11/2025
Two brothers in Cairns have published their own comic books. So of course they are full of fart jokes, stinky-eyed butt dragons and lots of crazy superpowers. That's why kids love them.
Storms are expected across a large part of inland Queensland, with the Darling Downs region set to cop another weekend of severe weather.
07/11/2025
The Queensland Teachers' Union says after-school rallies will be held across the state next Thursday in the wake of its rejection of a state government pay offer last month.
The Queensland Teachers' Union says after-school rallies will be held across the state next Thursday in the wake of its rejection of a state government pay offer last month.
07/11/2025
We met some creative kids at Freshwater State School's OSHC recently! 🥰
Working alongside their educators, the kids developed and designed a guide for newcomers to the school's outside school hours care.
A supreme effort and the end result is exceptional.
Well done, kids! 🫶👏
🎤Listen below to hear what happened when ABC Far North's Juanita Soper went out to meet them.
Freshwater State School OSHC have created a guide for newcomers, developed and designed by the kids and their educators.
07/11/2025
Ceramic artist, Gabrielle Cooney and urban pop artist, Jamie Cole have collaborated for the exhibition “Our Garden of Tropical Delights” which is launching tonight at the Tanks.
This tropical fusion of art will be open to the public in Tanks 4 until the 7th of December.
06/11/2025
People could be allowed to keep dingoes as pets in Queensland under proposed changes to biosecurity regulations, but experts say the native animal is fundamentally different to domestic dogs.
People could be allowed to keep dingoes as pets in Queensland under proposed changes to biosecurity regulations, but experts say the native animal is fundamentally different to domestic dogs.
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