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2 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Christopher Testa |Charlie McKillop
Retirement village residents in Cairns are opposed to a council plan to charge them more in rates from next financial year. Cairns' mayor said she had "conducted social enquiry checks online" into some of those opposed to the policy. Cairns Regional Council is due to vote on the rates policy in late June.
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2 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Charlie McKillop
The Far North's famous CREB track is back in business and open for adventurous visitors looking to put themselves and their vehicles to the ultimate test. To celebrate, the Daintree Village is throwing a party on Sunday and inviting everyone to come along.
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3 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Charlie McKillop
Remember when you were younger, sharing a house was just part of life. Whether you were leaving home, starting university, or beginning a new job, it was normal to move in with others - often complete strangers, and split the costs of living. So why, 30, 40, or even 50 years later, does the idea of communal living feel so unfamiliar?
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3 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Mcmanus |Charlie McKillop
A father who survived an attack by a 4.5-metre saltwater crocodile is among hundreds of Queenslanders calling for the reptiles to be removed or culled from a Far North river. Marco Tiraboschi was fishing on the bank of the McIvor River, 300 kilometres north of Cairns on the Cape York Peninsula, when the crocodile lunged at him and pulled him under the water. "Both he and I were breathing heavy, with my foot in his mouth," he said of the November 2021 attack.
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5 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Charlie McKillop
Farmers and landholders in the Mareeba district, inland of Cairns, say they are fearful of swimming or wading in rivers and dams despite growing up in an area regarded as being free of saltwater crocodiles. Mr Adil has lived and farmed all of his life on the Barron River, at Biboohra, and has been told he should carry a shotgun while checking his irrigation pumps. Under the Queensland Crocodile Management Plan, the Two Mile Creek area at Biboohra is in Zone F (Atypical Habitat Zone).
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Charlie McKillop
Being asked to describe your pain and identify where it is coming from may seem a pretty standard question to ask a person presenting with a potential serious injury. But for Zac Tuari, it's not only an 'unreasonable' question, it also demonstrates a lack of knowledge and understanding of his medical situation. That's because Mr Tuari has been a paraplegic since a motorcycle accident 33 years ago.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Charlie McKillop
It's been a decade since Cape York graziers Steven Struber and Dianne Wilson were jailed for life for the murder of gold prospector Bruce Schuler. A decade later, Sharon Ferguson wants a coronial inquest to re-examine evidence and new information which was not presented to the jury which convicted her sister, Dianne.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Charlie McKillop
Vanessa Spiller considers herself to be one of the 'lucky ones'. When she and her partner took Dylan into foster care, the two-year-old had already been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, or FASD. Dr Spiller, a clinical psychologist, says it was 'unusual' 20 years ago - and still is - for symptoms to be recognised in early childhood due to a lack of awareness, education and testing.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Brendan Mounter |Charlie McKillop
The tragedy and loss of the Keid family during World War I resembles that of an Oscar-winning Hollywood drama. When six brothers from a tiny, Far North Queensland farming town went off to war, only two made it home — one in circumstances not unlike the 1998 award-winning film Saving Private Ryan. In 1915, Bill, Guy, Ted, and Harry Keid had staggered arrivals at Gallipoli, while Walter and Len were posted to France.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Charlie McKillop
Brian White never missed a day of riding his bicycle. Even after he was critically injured 15 years ago while commuting to work on his bike, it wasn't long before he was back in the saddle. But now Mr White is facing a battle of a different kind, one he believes is inextricably linked to the serious head injury he sustained all those years ago. Parkinson's disease.
