Many councils across Australia have a three-bin system, with the green one used for organic waste. A staggering 70 per cent of garbage thrown into Douglas Shire’s household bins does not need to go in ...

Calls by Mareeba farmers to remove crocodiles from the upper parts of the Mitchell and Barron Rivers have been backed by Cook MP David Kempton. Farmer George Adil earlier this mon ...

No night closures of the Captain Cook Highway between Cairns and Port Douglas are planned in June and July, the State Government Transport and Main Roads Department (TMR) has announced. TMR issued the ...

Maybe Medicare payments should cut out altogether when specialists’ gap fees rise too much – certainly if they are more than the scheduled fee itself.” Last week the independent think tank the Grattan ...