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WITH Easter approaching one of the first items on the menu will always be the obligatory chocolate bunny or bilby. This year, North Queenslanders are encouraged to add to the top of their list, fresh locally sourced seafood.

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Unfair government legislation based on mistruths PETER MCCULLAGH THE Queensland Government is set to change the laws regarding government advertising this week, a move reported to save them thousands, however, restricting access and community debate regarding vital government announcements.

The move as reported this week, revealed that Queensland Treasurer, Cameron Dick will introduce the proposed legislation citing erroneous facts as justification for the change.

He is reported as stating, “for some years now, the overwhelming majority of Queenslanders have sourced most of their information from online publications,” he said.

“Queenslanders should have the same access to information wherever they live, and many regional communities are no longer serviced by regular print publications.

“At a time when every taxpayer dollar counts, this change will allow savings to be made without compromising access to important information.”

In 2020 News Corp, owner of virtually every regional paper in Queensland closed and moved their publications “on-line”. This is what Minister Dick is referring to, when he is reported as saying ‘many regional communities are no longer serviced by regular print publications.’

However, he fails to acknowledge the vacuum created by the closure of regional papers by News Corp has been rapidly filled by independent papers, committed to their communities, investing and employing local workers and returning news to their local-

communities.

In this region, four newspapers were closed. In place of the four closed papers, one existing independent has expanded their distribution, this publication, Cairns Local News was established to cover from Cooktown to Cassowary Coast and another independent newspaper based south of Cairns rebranded to cover a news vacuum created with the closure of the Herbert River Express.

Under the draft laws, government agencies would have to apply for special permission for compulsory advertisements to be published in newspapers, with exemptions for public health and safety matters, firearms amnesties and matters relating to specific locations or people.

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President of the Queensland Country Press Association, Phill Le Petit scrutiny of government and private development projects,” added Mr Le Petit.

“Development applications regularly generate considerable community debate and it will certainly not be in the public’s best interest or help to achieve practical consultation and beneficial outcomes for communities if the requirement for publicly notifying the general community is removed from public gaze.”

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“This is totally incorrect and

bordering on embarrassing from the Treasurer,” However, advertising covering mining leases or amendments to a land use plan in newspapers will be changed so they can instead be uploaded to the department’s own website or through online paywall protected subscriber news sites.

President of the Queensland Country Press Association, Phill Le Petit, of Noosa Today, said that instead of being made aware of local developments through their local newspaper, regional communities will be in the dark about what is going on in their area.

“By taking these development notices out of the public eye, there will be much less

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Cameron Dick said many regional communities are no longer serviced by regular print publications.

“This is totally incorrect and bordering on embarrassing from the Treasurer,” added Mr Le Petit.

“The Queensland Country Press Association represents 46 newspapers across the state and that number is growing, with 22 new publications joining as members in past 12 months. The combined monthly audience across these member newspapers totals 1,336,953 and that does not include figures for state and national newspapers bought and read in Queensland.”

Mr Le Petit said the Treasurer’s comments about the overwhelming majority of Queenslanders sourcing most of their information from online publications is a false comparison.

“When it comes to Queenslanders getting their news, the overwhelming majority get their local information from newspapers or from news that is sourced from newspapers.

“Instead of supporting local businesses who employ thousands of Queenslanders, the government has struck another blow, in what can only be seen as an attempt to avoid scrutiny.”

The Treasurer said this ‘shake-up” of advertising rules was a way for the government to rein in its spending and ballooning debt. Changes will allow statutory public notices to be advertised on the Department’s website or online news sites.

State government advertising in regional newspapers has been virtually non-existent across QCPA member newspapers, compared to what the Victorian and federal governments has done.

The Victorian Government, instead of shrinking their advertising through tough times in the media industry, pledged to spend an extra $4.5 million on advertising in regional newspapers.

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ran many advertisements throughout the last year, which, no doubt would have helped keep many newspapers afloat.

“For the health of our democracy and the viability of local businesses, we urge the Treasurer to reconsider this decision, added Mr Le Petit.

The four ALP sitting members were all asked if they supported the changing of the advertising rules and if they would support a local newspaper model that represented significant savings over their current model.

Two MPs replied, Michael Healy and Craig Crawford’s office toed the Treasurers line.”

Queenslanders should have the same access to information wherever they live, and many regional communities are no longer serviced by regular print publications”.

“At a time when every taxpayer dollar counts, this change will allow savings to be made without compromising access to important information.”

Cynthi Lui has not replied at the time of publication and Speaker, Curtis Pit replied ““As a local MP I have no direct role as to the placement or budget of government advertising.

As Speaker, I can advise that on an ‘as required’ basis, the Parliament advertises in regional media for regional committee hearings.”

THE COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Cairns’ Hinterland, with Atherton the first rural site to start vaccinating its frontline health workers.

Just three weeks after Cairns Hospital started vaccinating staff with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Atherton Hospital began rolling out the AstraZeneca vaccine earlier today.

The AstraZeneca vaccine is much easier to implement more broadly for Queenslanders and can move beyond Cairns as it is not required to be stored in a specialised deep freezer.

Among the first people to be vaccinated were Atherton Hospital clinical nurse consultant Rachel Bernays and medical superintendent Dr Craig Fairley.

Tracey Morgan, Executive Director Rural and Remote Services, said the vaccine would be rolled out to frontline health workers in Innisfail Hospital next week, and then Mossman and Mareeba hospitals over the next few weeks.

“Throughout the vaccination rollout, we will be offering vaccination to both health care staff and community members at each remote location,” Ms Morgan said.

“We’ve got our processes and systems ready for this vaccine, and our staff will be lining up for the vaccination and showing leadership for their communities to follow suit.’’

She said the vaccine would be delivered by trained immunisation teams at each site.

Atherton Hospital Acting Director of Nursing, Kelly Pollock said she was proud to be able to stand up the facility as the first in the Cairns and Hinterland region to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

“Worldwide, we have seen first-hand how much of a difference vaccination against infectious diseases can make to keeping people safe and healthy,’’ she said.

“The COVID-19 vaccine is free, safe, effective and is an important step to take to reduce the serious effects of COVID-19 in people who become infected with the virus.

“Immunisation not only protects your own family, but also others by helping to control serious diseases in our community.

“This vaccine effort is the greatest in global history and we only need to look overseas to see the impact COVID-19 is having.

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Port Douglas ANZAC Day AFTER reduced services last year due to COVID, Douglas Shire is now preparing to remember the fallen at traditional ANZAC Day services on Sunday 25 April.

The 106th Anniversary of Anzac Day will start with a dawn service at the Mossman Cenotaph on Front St at 5.15am, with official proceedings from 5.25am.

In Port Douglas, people will gather at Port Village in Macrossan Street from 10am and begin the march towards the cenotaph at 10:15 am.

Official proceedings begin at the cenotaph at 10:30 am.

Douglas Shire Mayor Michael Kerr said he was looking forward to seeing a strong attendance at Anzac Day activities this year.

“Given everything that has happened in the past 12 months, I think the commemorations next month will be extra special for our community,” he said.

Dignitaries from the Mossman RSL, the clergy and Douglas Shire Council will be present.

School groups, community groups and sporting clubs are welcome to attend but we request that you be mindful of space at the cenotaph and the space required for each group.

Veterans made to feel ‘expendable’ TANYA MURPHY MEASURES assisting military personnel with injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to stay within the military, or transition out gradually, would help to address the unacceptably high levels of veteran suicide, according to a local veteran.

Returned Services League (RSL) Gordonvale sub-branch member Attilla Feher-Holan served in the air force from 2000 to 2008 and said he had seen many colleagues take their lives over the years.

Mr Feher-Holan said after dedicating their whole adult life to serving their country, Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel who sustained injuries or admitted to depression or PTSD were “ostracised,” and “cast aside.”

“Defence members currently feel that when they leave the force, it’s a case of ‘don’t let the door hit you on the way out.’ It’s like being disowned by your family,” he said.

“It’s an absolute disgrace that they treat veterans as expendable.

“These guys don’t want to leave the defence force, they

know they’re fixable, they know they can find a way through it.

“But if they mention that they’re having issues, they straight away get taken out of the system and set aside, which just causes them to suffer more issues - it’s a snowball effect.”

His comments come after the federal government passed a motion on Monday to instigate a Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide.

Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch and Member for Kennedy Bob Katter both spoke in support of the Royal Commission.

From 2001 to 2017, there were 419 suicides in serving, reserve and ex-serving ADF personnel who have served since 2001.

A study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the suicide rate for male ADF personnel was half that of other Australians while serving, but 18 per cent higher once they left the forces. For women the suicide rate was also higher after leaving the ADF. “It’s hard for a civilian to understand, but transition from military to civilian life is a very

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Attilla Feher-Holan in the air force in 2000, and today.

traumatic experience,” said Mr Feher-Holan.

“I chose to leave the military, and it was hard for me, but for those who don’t get a choice and have to leave due to injury or illness, it’s even harder.

“Most join when they’re 17 or 18, and the military life is all they know, then they come out into a civilian world that’s very foreign to them.

“Your military brothers are your support network, and suddenly you are cut off from

them.

“For these guys it is a real emotional strain and some of them have already got emotional baggage from conflicts.

“To be thrown out into the civilian world and forgotten is just an abomination.”

Mr Feher-Holan is in the process of drawing up a program which he hopes the government will adopt to help veterans transition to civilian life.

“There are ways to mitigate the problem, which would cost the government very little,

which would go a long way to giving veterans an opportunity to transition easily from military to civilian life, and give access to the support they need,” he said.

“The systems and services are already in place for these guys. It’s just a matter of giving them the opportunity to move from military to civilian life at a pace that suits them, while still having that contact and bond with their brothers until they can develop a new family in the civilian world.”

New retail trainees in the Torres Strait FOUR Torres Strait Islander workers are the latest recruits to remote store operator Community Enterprise Queensland (CEQ)’s innovative retail trainee program.

The participants are aiming to gain a Certificate I in Retail Work Skills by the end of their six-month traineeships, which are funded through the Queensland Government Department of Employment, Small Business and Training’s Skilling Queenslanders for Work (SQW) initiative.

The four trainees are hosted at three CEQ locations, with two participants at Thursday Island Mitre 10,

one at Col Jones on Thursday Island, and the other at IBIS Horn Island supermarket.

The latest trainees are: • Elisa Miskin (IBIS supermarket, Horn Island) • Tomken Savage (Col Jones Homewares, Thursday Island) • Aaron Guligo (Mitre 10, Thursday Island) • Joshua Yamashita (Mitre 10, Thursday Island).

Having completed their first unit in work safety on Thursday Island, the participants will now undertake online training through the National Retail Association, with trainer support readily available throughout

the units.

The nationally-recognised qualification provides a pathway to work in a diverse range of retail settings including supermarkets, specialty retailers, department stores, and quick service restaurants.

CEQ Chief Executive Officer Ian Copeland said CEQ was passionate about providing training opportunities for its employees, the majority of which are Torres Strait Islander or Aboriginal people.

“We have a real desire to establish local people in local jobs, and we can help achieve this by investing in the future, as shown throughout all our stores,” said Mr Copeland.

“All four trainees are an absolute credit to CEQ, themselves, their families, and their communities in general.

“To undergo their retail traineeship, they’ll have to show outstanding dedication and expertise in their work.

“We’re proud to have Elisa, Tomken, Aaron, and Joshua on board as CEQ trainees to help develop their careers in retail.”

Mr Copeland said CEQ has a proud history of working closely with remote communities across northern Australia.

“CEQ always plays an active role in the communities where we operate,” he said.

“These trainees are just another example of the opportu-

nities CEQ creates for Indigenous people across Far North Queensland.”

CEQ is a not-for-profit organisation responsible for providing goods and essential services to the Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area (NPA), and mainland Aboriginal remote communities through its 28 stores.

CEQ’s Corporate Office is based in Cairns, and manages Islanders Board of Industry and Service (IBIS) and Aboriginal Business, Industry and Service (ABIS) remote stores, as well as other stores including Col Jones and Mitre 10 on Thursday Island.

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FR0M PAGE 1 PETER MCCULLAGH WITH Easter approaching one of the first items on the menu will always be the obligatory chocolate bunny or bilby. This year, North Queenslanders are encouraged to add to the top of their list, fresh locally sourced seafood.

Sean Koch, Manager of Cairns Ocean Products believes there is nothing better for taste and quality than fresh local seafood as well as variety.

“We take pride supporting the local seafood industry. We source our fresh seafood locally from Mourilyan to Cooktown. The industry has taken a beating with COVID, however it means we have great local stock and some of the best seafood for our locals.

“White flesh fish will be on the menu this Easter. Barramundi, coral trout, red emperor and King Threadfin are in good supply and offer best eating in addition to great recipes,” he said.

Seafood from this region is highly prized. The combination of clean, clear water and sustainable fishing practices leads to a high-quality fish desired by restaurants locally and nationally. With good supplies available, consumers can enjoy a seafood culinary extravaganza this Easter.

Beautiful fresh FNQ fish and prawns, ideal for the barbecue or your choice of recipe. There are many ways you can buy your fish, frozen, whole of filleted, whatever best suits your needs would be the guide.

Mr Koch feels that with the abundance in high quality fresh seafood in Cairns, fresh is best.

“When buying fish from a counter, if you see a sign that advises you the fish has been thawed, obviously it has been frozen, and it is not recommended that you refreeze the fillet.

“Cook within a couple of days would be best. Fresh fillets can last up to 5 days if stored correctly and whole fresh fish longer.

“Considering the high quality of our seafood in the north, there’s no reason why your family cannot have a fresh seafood banquet every week, and Easter is the right time to enjoy our beautiful seafood,” he added.

Many of the quality local seafood outlets in town will sell whole fish, cleaned and descaled, allowing you to play with cooking methods and recipes, with the luxury of time at Easter now could the opportunity to

become the seafood master chef.

With travel still not high on the agenda and getting away for Easter, locals can expect demand to be high for the best seafood.

Cairns Ocean Products has good stock levels, but don’t wait until Thursday to pick up your seafood, get in early and reel in the best catch, Mr Koch said.

“Spending Easter with family and friends, enjoying some great seafood, that would have to be a typical North Queensland Easter break, with hopefully some pretty good weather.”

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NICOLE GIBSON LOCAL company World Trail have been awarded the contract to build Europe’s largest mountain bike trail in Norway valued at around $15 million.

In 2019 the company were also awarded the contract to build Australia’s largest mountain bike trail in Warburton, Victoria.

The European contract has reignited questions over why they were overlooked to build the Wangetti Trail which was awarded to Toowoomba based Wagners Composite Fiber Technologies in September of last year.

The newly awarded contract will see World Trail send a team of 10 all-Australian trail builders, machine operators and designers to Høgevarde in Norway to build a destination mountain bike trail, 85 kilometres long, making it Europe’s largest.

The contract is set commence in June after its Norwegian proponents visited one of World Trail’s biggest Australian trails in Derby, Tasmania.

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World Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee Glen Jacobs said the proponents had originally intended to build a much smaller trail but changed their mind after their visit.

“We’re really lucky in Australia that our governments’ over time, have been very proactive towards outdoor adventure and mountain bike trails with destinations being funded everywhere, so (we’ve seen) our client come from Norway to ride the trails and go this is what we want,” Mr Jacobs said.

While the contract is a coup for the local company, who have undertaken 450 projects in 20 countries around the world, questions are still being asked as to why they didn’t get the Wangetti Trail contract.

Destination Cairns Marketing Managing Director Denis Donaghy said he was gobsmacked to learn the Wangetti contract had been awarded to a company that had never built a trail before.

“I was gobsmacked World Trail didn’t get the contract, not just the fact that it has been Glen’s baby all the way through

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World Trail Director and World Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee Glen Jacobs – that shouldn’t justify getting the job, but the fact they’ve built mountain bike tracks all over the planet, and particularly in this area and for the Sydney Olympics, it was really a shock to find out that they didn’t get the work and that it went to organisation that had never built a mountain bike track,” Mr Donaghy said.

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and hiking trail from Palm Cove to Port Douglas isn’t like building a footpath, there’s an art to it.”

Mr Donaghy said how well a trail is built had the potential to impact tourism numbers to a destination.

“If it’s a good walking trail that will positively impact tourist numbers, but not as much as if it’s a world class mountain bike

trail as well and you need to reference what’s happened in Derby to know that when you build the mountain bike trail properly people come in big numbers,” he said.

“The people who come are usually fairly well heeled, riding very expensive bikes and leaving a lot of money in town.”

Mr Donaghy said he be-

lieved price was a factor in the decision.

Cairns Local News contacted the Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport for clarification on the Wangetti decision however they had not responded at the time of publication.

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Jeff’s back with Rotary snacks TANYA MURPHY

AFTER being made redundant before the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Cairns locals Jeff and Makoto Haynes came up with a volunteer project to keep busy and get out of the house, while giving back to the community.

Makoto worked in tourism for the last 15 years and Jeff was a local Strata Manager, but both lost their jobs, and decided to start the ‘Snack-Away’ project.

They deliver weekly trays of snacks to local businesses, which staff and customers can purchase by putting money in an honesty box, with all proceeds going to Rotary.

Each tray has a wide variety of sweet and savoury snacks, each costing $2.

Mr and Mrs Haynes spend hours every week re-stocking the trays at more than 50 participating local businesses, and have sold 500 snacks and raised $1000 in six months so far.

Mr Haynes has a long history of community work in Cairns, including volunteering for the Cairns Base Hospital Fundraising Association (CBHFA), Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, the inaugural “Relay for Life,” “Funin-the-Sun,” “Carley’s Rally for Kids,” Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, and more.

He originally came up with

the Snack-Away concept in 1997, but after a short time ‘snoozed’ the idea until reviving it last year.

He joined the Rotary Club’s Trinity branch in 2002 where he met his now wife Makoto that same year.

“Rotary membership is a great way to combine community volunteering, fundraising, personal development, friendship and fun, with other like-minded people to give back to the community and people less fortunate,” said Mr Haynes.

In 2006, the couple were honoured within Rotary for their commitment and contributions.

Nearly 20 years later they are still passionately involved in Rotary as members of the Cairns West branch.

“I’ve made many new and amazing friends through community work and Rotary, with many worldwide and lifelong friendships. In Rotary, we are pleased to be able to join with others, having fun and fundraising for the local community, and Rotary worldwide health and peace programs,” said Mrs Haynes.

Any businesses wishing to support the fundraising efforts and have reasonably priced snacks delivered to the workplace every week, can sign up by contacting Snack-away@ bigpond.com or leaving a message on 0417 756 859.

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As part of its ongoing support for innovation and entrepreneurship, Council will provide $30,000 of funding support to YEP Entrepreneurship Facilitators for the TNQ Innovation Festival.

The five-day festival, to be held from 7 June to 11 June, will be the first of its scale and focus outside a major centre in Australia.

The event hopes to attract 350 participants, with 70 outside the region, and aims to highlight and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Far North.

It has been timed to follow Cairns Ironman 2021 with the intention this could attract investors and entrepreneurs from southern states during winter, particularly those who may be involved in the ironman event.

MUSIC FESTIVAL TO RETURN Music lovers will rejoice at the news the Grass is Greener and Scene and Heard are set to make their return to Cairns this year.

Council will amend the current agreement with the event organisers to support the staging of these two popular music events this year and again in 2022.

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The chip debate, soggy is best G’DAY Tropicairnsians, For some reason everyone I spoke to this week wants to discuss the mind-dumbing topic of deep-fried chips.

Now for a humble lad like myself, I was amazed at the level of passion and the variety of opinion this topic generated.

Now hot chips are a universal favourite throughout Australia, especially with fish, fried chicken or a parmie. But there is an underling argument regarding the finished, served up product.

Should it be served soggy or crunchy chippees and to make matters even worse there is also now a new cooking method - the air fryer?

I grew up in Vicoldia where when you bought your Friday night fish & chips for the fam-

ily they were served wrapped up on newspaper, big pieces of battered fish with soggy soft chips covered in salt and heaps of vinegar which was delish.

Another must-have addition to our Friday Family Banquet was the great steamed dimsims soaked in soy sauce, mmm yummy. (A taste tempting mystery parcel filled with a more secret herbs, spices and meats that the Colonel could cope with.)

At the age of 10 I even managed to score a child slavery job at our local fish and chip shop peeling and cutting potatoes for chips and potato cakes or scallops depending on where you are from, the south or north.

I never understood what the go was with people and soggy fries, they’re delicious.

Don’t get me wrong I don’t want any undercooked fries but the ones that are soggy are hidden gems and even taste saltier.

Forward two hundred years, now not only have our favourite staple foods been dramatically changed but we have also been flooded in with things like

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NEW ROUNDABOUT A NEW roundabout at a busy four-way intersection along Trinity Beach will improve traffic flow and safety.

Council today endorsed a $1.8 million project to replace the Trinity Beach Rd/Rabaul St/Periwinkle Ave intersection with a roundabout to improve safety for motorists, cyclists and pedestrian.

Intersection lighting will also be upgraded.

The project is fully funded through the Commonwealth Government Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program Round 2 Grant.

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chicken chippees, sweet potato chips, wedges of all types and of course the yankie fries.

Even my taste buds have done the big 180-degree rotation to the tune of comparing hot pommy beer to a ice cold aussie lager, (yeah I know a bad comparison) because my

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new preference is crunchy chippees.

Oh yes you heard right, hot well-cooked crunchy chips covered in chicken salt not ordinary salt – beautiful.

Picture this my fellow chip cognisors, Friday night sitting in front of the telly with a cold

beer on the side and in front on coffee table a plate full of hot crunchy chips with a bowl of gravy beside them.

Heavenly Friday night wind downs.

Wayne

COUNCIL has endorsed a contribution of up to $75,000 and an agreement with Tourism and Events Queensland, Tourism Tropical North Queensland, Australian Football League and Saint Kilda Football Club to secure an AFL Premiership fixture in Cairns this year.

The Round 13 fixture is to be played at Cazaly’s Stadium in June and feature the St Kilda Saints and the Adelaide Crows.

The fixture is expected to generate over $3 million in economic impact to the region.

In addition, the Saints will deliver various community programs that aim to activate and promote AFL sport in the Cairns region.

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CLIMATE CHANGE - THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW The alternate view on climate change written by Joseph from Mr. Sheridan and presented in the paper here on 12th March does need great consideration.

Congratulations Joseph and the Editor for having the courage to present those thoughts that are now being voiced worldwide by an increasing number of true scientific experts and organisations.

Yes- climate change is real, the climate from the beginning of time has constantly changed which is evidenced in ice core samples and rocks undisputed by scientists.

Our world has been through ice ages and incredibly hot cycles far greater than presently even predicted by the scaremongers.

Our atmosphere likewise has been continually changing in relation to the climate variability.

That much mal-aligned atmospheric gas, Carbon Dioxide on which all life depends has been found in those samples to have been far greater or far less than present or predicted during those historical stages of climate variability.

Those are the facts with proven evidence.

Yes, no body but nobody, scientific or within the worldwide community disputes the naturally occurring variations of a changing climate as our world continues its non-perfect circular rotation of the sun that is the controller of all life in our universe.

Again, it seems a scientific fact that presently in our atmosphere, over the last century there has been a very slight increase in CO2, and a possible small temperature increase but is that such a bad thing.

There appears to be no evidence to support that to be harmful, but to the contrary. Undisturbed forests and vegetation have flourished, farmed crop yields have improved as are necessary for the worlds growing population especially where the extreme cold has destroyed food crops in the northern hemisphere.

Here in our area, we witness and have evidence of improvement to the environment as seen on our 110ha property over the past 52 years.

Our undisturbed native vegetation was officially described in the Wet Tropics Management Authority mapping as “Medium Open Eucalypt Woodland” together with neighbouring forests.

This is now becoming an increasing dense “Rainforest”.

The last wildfire through here and surrounds was in 1969 and now I doubt if a fire could take hold.

Think how that has benefitted the wildlife and the increased oxygen being generated into the air we breathe.

Similarly, it can be seen on Green Hill towards Gordonvale, now tree covered, as are the western slopes behind Cairns, originally scrub and grasslands.

Over recent times, people such as Joseph and I have been jeered at as climate deniers or sceptics by those pedalling doom and gloom.

Thankfully, most of the population are waking up. We have been and are climate realists. We have based our beliefs on true scientific facts and evidence and not upon unproven, unreliable, and flawed computer modelling predictions that over the past 30 or so years have been so wrong.

Norman Whitney Glen Boughton

Friday March 26, 2021

WE NEED FARMERS Well done Cairns Local News for bringing this news to the readers of Cairns. Have not seen it reported in the multinational paper here in town.

I guess you guys are the champions of locals.

BTW the government should be ashamed for allowing yet another industry be attacked by cheap imports. Keep up the goog work to Bob Katter.

PAUL, Edmonton Time we all got serious and looked after our local stores with a door. Local businesses employ locals, buy local and invest locally.

Time to turn our backs on the international corporations like coles and woolworths and apend our money with IGA’s and local businesses like Jonssons Farm Market.

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Send a text to the Editor 0438 195 408

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COVID VACCINE I have no problem with people who refuse the jab. Like seniors during the crisis, they can go to the supermarket between 9 & 11 am on Tuesdays but don’t let them on busses, planes, taxis or trains. Or hotels, clubs or restaurants, anywhere they could jeopardise my health or safety. I will have the jab and want to be free to be around other like-minded people. Non-jabbers can have free choice, but at their expense, not the expense of my freedom.

CHRIS, Mossman ATTORNEY GENERAL I really cannot see our Attorney General ‘looking into’ the crap decision the magistrate made regarding the ‘cold case,’ as ‘rape’ is not a word he wants to think about at this time, plus that he is ‘self-isolating’ which leads me to another question, his time off, does that come off holidays? or do we the taxpayer pay? bit silly of me eh ! we all know the answer to that haha. thank u NOEL, Cairns PINEAPPLES Our prime minister, his agriculture and minister for trade, should feel totally ashamed and disgusted with themselves (as we, your humble servants) are totally disgusted with you. Why the bloody hell do you import produce that is grown on our own shores? Is it on purpose that you’re trying to bankrupt’ us? China won’t buy our products, but we still purchase all their crap; and now they won’t buy produce from Taiwan, your f...Ing attitude is: don’t worry guys, we’ll buy your shit and put our farmers out of business while we’re at it. Ya not making any friends scumo. Thank u NOEL, Cairns What a joke. Pineapples from Taiwan. Another great example of how China is screwing the world with their trade bans.

Look after our farmers first MIKE, Edgehill

Letters

Well done Jonssons, 10 years. You guys rock, and you have better fruit and veges than the big guys. Jonssons are the Big Guys for Value and Quality.

ROGER, Freshwater YOUTH CRIME How can the premier come into town, make announcements about what she will do to combat youth crime, AND then hold their inquiry, BUT you have already told us the solution you have in mind BEFORE we have had a chance to tell you what the problem really is.

Could it be that you don’t give a rats, and you really do not care.

The inquiry was window dressing and a PR stunt. Another ‘cunning stunt’ by this out of touch and out of her depth premier.

PETE, Westcourt A SECOND KICK Re Waynes World, 19th March.

It’s understandable that you would feel that child birth is not as painful as a kick in your family jewels.

I guess you have just admitted that women have a higher pain threshold., and that you are a genuine wuss.

Child birth is more painful. Perhaps if you tried to pee a watermelon out of your old fella you might understand the pain of child birth.

KAREN, Earlville Spot on Wayne. Your logic makes perfect sense to me.

I’m never going to line up and let some one have a second kick on me.

The one I copped last weekend from the misses when I agreed with your column made my eyes water and still hurts.

Keep up the good work but please choose less painful subjects, I’m running out of icepacks, and my two best mates are sheltering near my kidneys.

SORE, Mt Sheridan

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TIP OF CAPE YORK

Guess what, all the grubs I clean up after are indigenous and white people, but you can pick them a mile away or hear them.

Both black or white who cares, a grub is a grub, and we all should speak out and look after our Australia.

Up at Tinaroo I was picking up dirty nappies, beer cans, and they even left their tent after they tried burning it before they drove off in brand new land cruisers.

Rangers said there is nothing we can do; they don’t even pay to stay like everyone else does. He said it’s out of control they bring booze, dogs (chasing and killing wildlife), cutting down trees and let their kids run wild, with music bellowing to all hours, and other campers just pack up and leave.

I see 2 sides to the story but living in Cairns we have too much of a separation. I’m offended with how people are treated now

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and won’t stand for it. I was born here, and I respect people how I wish to be respected. And if we need to draw lines in the sand it’s never going to work.

I feel sorry for the indigenous people in far communities that really do need help and support and tourists’ dollars but the ones with free government land cruisers and free houses who live in the cities on hundreds of thousands a year and push this rubbish are only doing it to spite us.

Not fair, Not Australian and it only makes a bigger separation between us all. We all should be emailing Warren Entsch who is the federal member for this part of Australia. # stop the separation # keep Australia open for all Australians warren.entsch.mp@aph.gov.au JASE, Cairns

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GREEN WASTE REVIEW CALLED

It’s totally FAB in Douglas, let’s keep it that way ries to share.

If like me, you’re not a great reader of books, well here’s a good reason to start. Amy Inglis, formerly from the Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service, is now the Douglas Shire Team Leader of Libraries and with her experience, passion and fresh vision, Amy’s developing exciting activities designed to lure newbies to the libraries in Mossman and Port Douglas.

Why not check out the ‘NoFuss Book Chat’. Simply take along a book that matches the theme and join in the chat. You can catch up with the crew, the first Tuesday of every month at the Mossman library. For all the budding master chef’s out there, the first theme is Cookbooks, at 10.30am on April 6th.

The thought that anyone would spoil our paradise, especially with illegal dumping, really rips my undies. Well now there’s a chance to dob them in with the Douglas Shire’s “If You See It, Report It” campaign.

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WELL, who’d a thought it… the cockney radio geezer doing stuff in the paper!........ and you still can’t beat a real newspaper, one you can physically hold, take to the dunny and potentially blemish over breakfast with your cappuccino or eggs benny.

So, what’s Gazza’s Goss?

Basically, it’s about you… local heroes, volunteers, leaders, mentors… those making FNQ tick.

Having said that, for this first edition, here’s a bit about me. I needed three pages for this but the Editor’s facial expressions indicated that wasn’t an option.

I’ve made every mistake there is to make in business, been a marathon runner and also somehow managed 36 years in radio, covering stations from the UK to NZ and OZ. I’ve broadcast across the Cassowary Coast and Douglas Shire, plus fronted the Popular Gazza Challenge and this is how I know that you amazing people have some fabulous sto-

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Nearly 100 cases have been reported, since last July, in the Douglas Shire alone, including items like car bodies. Remember that Council has to spend YOUR money cleaning it up.

If you see a hand painted Hilux with half a million K’s on the clock, well that’s mine and it’s not dumped.

Well, that’s it for this week,

but don’t forget, wherever you may be from the Douglas Shire to Cassowary Coast, I want to share your story.

Email Gazza@CairnsLocalNews.com.au For now though, it’s Gazza signing out.

You can catch up with Gazza each afternoon on 107.1 FAB FM in Port Douglas.

DIVISION 1 Councillor Brett Moller has called for a review of Council’s green waste disposal in order to provide extra assistance for pensioners, people with disability and other vulnerable members of the community.

At today’s Ordinary Meeting, Cr Moller said weather associated with ex-Tropical Cyclone Niran had caused widespread vegetation damage and many people were not in a position to dispose of the resulting excessive green waste.

“The most vulnerable people in our community simply do not have the means or capacity to deal with green waste arising from an extreme weather event,” Cr Moller said.

“One size does not fit all and while those who have ability to deal with the own green waste should do so, there are some residents, particularly the elderly or those with a disability, who are not able to do so.

“They might not have an appropriate vehicle or trailer, or they may be socially isolated and do not have a support network to help them.”

Cr Moller said that while cleaning up after an extreme weather event was costly and often not within Council’s budget, there needed to be flexibility in helping those residents most in need.

“We need some flexibility in how we meet service needs of the vulnerable while remaining mindful or Council’s expenses,” Cr Moller said.

“Our Council teams assisted Ergon Energy in quickly actioning recovery where roads and powerlines were damaged or cut.

“Our teams immediately commenced a general clean-up of footpaths, parks and other Council controlled areas, clearing debris which is still ongoing.”

Council did extend the first of its four annual free green waste disposal periods by two weeks to assist residents in clearing debris.

More than 5300 vehicles were recorded during the initial free green period, with an additional 8233 vehicles visit transfer stations during the clean-up period.

“It shows that generally those residents who were able to, did the right thing in taking responsibility for their own green waste,” Cr Moller said.

“As always, this Council looks for continuous improvement and we must learn lessons from the recent weather event in how we can assist the most vulnerable in our community in disposing of their free waste.”

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An open letter to Premier Palaszczuk

Please don’t kill off Queensland’s independent newspaper revival.

Dear Premier Palaszczuk,

At a time when the Queensland government should be celebrating and supporting the strong revival of independent newspapers currently underway in our state, it appears you’re trying to kill it off.

There are now more independent regional newspaper publishers in Queensland than there has been in decades, with new papers emerging to fill the void left by closures made by News Corp.

But the new law proposed by your government threatens that resurgence and the greatly improved news media diversity it has brought to regional Queensland.

The Victorian government has recenty committed an extra $4.5million to an already healthy budget for regional newspaper advertising in that state, so why woud you consider passing a law that will cut even further the relatively tiny support the Queensland government provides to regional independent newspapers?

Why do you want to funnel more state government advertising away from locally owned and independent newspaper publishers providing a critical service to regional Queenslanders to digital news sites owned predominately by global news corporations.

The law would also be a massive blow to government transparency, with important notices such as mining lease approvals and amendments to land use being published on government websites away from public gaze instead of being printed in local newspapers, as currently required by law.

Premier, the resurgence of local independent regional newspapers currently underway in Queensland is a great thing for our state - please don’t kill it off.

Sincerely,

Phill Le Petit President, QCPA.

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FRIDAY Tanya Murphy – Cairns Cruising Yacht Squadron, 3:30-6:30pm Mississippi Shakedown – Trinity Beach Sports Club, 7:30pm Janna Mercedes – O’Donnell’s Irish Bar Palm Cove, 6-9pm Grand Theft Audio – PJ Obrien’s Hot Ice – Cazaly’s, 6:15pm Andrea – L’Unico, 4:30pm Eddie Skiba – Kewarra Beach Resort, 6pm Bobby Maguire - Boardwalk Social, 6pm Kim Settle & John Comrie, Innisfail Brothers Leagues Club, 7pm AfterFX – Trinity Beach Sports Club, 7pm Justin Wellington – Salt House, 9pm Silver Fox Jazz Band – Elixir Music Bar, 6pm Laney and Rob Howe – Elixir Music Bar, 9:30pm Chad Wilkins - Placid Pools, 6:30pm (ticketed).

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SATURDAY Robert Ross – Railway Halls 40 Macnamara Street, 7-10pm Grand Theft Audio – PJ Obrien’s Big Jim – Cazaly’s, 6:15pm Wasabi Barbie, Enemy of Anemone, Hard2Miss – Freshwater Tennis Club, 5-9pm Nikki Doll – The Stratford Deli, 4:30pm Eddie Skiba – Salt House, 6pm Epizo Bangoura (World/Cultural music) – Machans Beach Community Hall, 7pm The Joker Pokers – AJ Hackett Skypark, 1-4pm Justin Wellington – Central Hotel Port Douglas, 7pm Tinderbox – Elixir Music Bar, 8pm

SUNDAY Wendy and Al, O’Donnell’s Irish Bar Palm Cove, 4-7pm Grand Theft Audio – Gilligan’s Dazz & The Boyzz – Jack & Shanan’s Palm Cove, 2-5:30pm Leonora Jane – Cairns RSL, 1pm Nikki Doll – The Stratford Deli, 4:30pm Dr Elephant – Pier Bar, 7pm Fraser Yuill Scott – Surf Club Palm Cove, 1-5pm Sunday Sesh – Elixir Music Bar, 7pm

Are you a venue or an artist that wants to be listed in the Gig Guide? Please send your gigs to tanya@cairnslocalnews.com.au by Wednesday each week to be listed in Friday’s paper.

JOHN Butler fans will have the chance to finally see the acclaimed Aussie musician when he performs at Munro Martin Parklands (MMP) on Saturday 22 May. Butler returns to the Far North as part of Cairns Summer Sounds after he was forced to postpone his original performance in February due to COVID-19 restrictions in his hometown of Perth.

Cairns Summer Sounds has already welcomed the internationally admired Amy Shark and former Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning, with multi ARIA award-winner Tones And I to kick off the second half of the series with a performance on Saturday 8 May at MMP. Cairns Mayor Bob Manning said Cairns Summer Sounds had been extremely successful to date and looked forward to seeing even more visitors head to the region for the two shows in May. “At the halfway mark of Cairns Summer Sounds we’ve already had an audience of over 3,000 people come out to see Amy Shark and Bernard Fanning last month at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre.” Cr Manning said.

“Over a quarter of those who attended came from outside of the Cairns region, which has been a welcome boost for our local economy.

“Having these two upcom-

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ing performances at MMP also means there’s lots of room for people to spread out and dance, which I am sure everyone will welcome.”

Butler is acclaimed for his live performances – from busking on the streets of Fremantle to playing packed out festivals, arenas and amphitheatres across the globe, including Glastonbury, Big Day Out, Coachella, New Orleans and the Bryon Bay Bluesfest.

Notably, the Cairns show kicks off Butler’s national tour, before he heads abroad for the European leg.

Tones and I is one of the nation’s biggest talents with her breakout single Dance

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Monkey (released in May 2019) shattering Australian music records.

In November 2019, Dance Monkey became the longest-running number one song on the ARIA Singles Chart, and it has clocked-up over two billion streams.

“To have acts of this calibre in Cairns helps to reinforce the city’s growing reputation as a destination for world class entertainment,” Cr Manning said.

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Complete the next line… ‘I’m a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world’

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Complete the next line… ‘Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother’

Name the song this line is from… ‘It’s close to midnight, Something evil’s lurkin’ in the dark

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Name the song this line is from… ‘Gonna have fun in the city, Be with my girl, she’s so pretty’

Complete the next line… ‘Hello darkness my old friend…’

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Complete the next line…. ‘I love to have a beer with Duncan, I love to have a beer with Dunc

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Name the song this line is from… ‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate’

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Name the song this line is from… ‘The club isn’t the best place to find a lover…’

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Name the song this line is from… ‘Where it began, I can’t begin to knowing…’

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Complete the next line… ‘Number forty-seven said to number three’

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Complete the next line… ‘Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.’

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Complete the next line… ‘I got some money in my pocket, I got the car keys in my hand’

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Name the song this line is from... ‘And I sold my soul with my cigarettes to the black market man

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Name the song this line is from… ‘Come gather ‘round people, Wherever you roam

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Name the song this line is from… ‘Ridin’ down the highway, Goin’ to a show

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Complete the next line…’ And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time..’

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Complete the next line … ‘It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, Regular crowd shuffles in..’

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Complete the next line… ‘On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair’

Name the song this line is from… ‘I wanna hold ‘em like they do in Texas, please..’

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Name the song this line is from… ‘There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold’

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Name the song this line is from… ‘When I wake up, well I know I’m gonna be, I’m gonna be the man who wakes up next to you

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Complete the next line… ‘She’s got a smile that it seems to me’

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Complete the next line … ‘One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock”

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Complete the next line… ‘Now this is the story all about how, My life got flipped, turned upside down

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Name the song this line is from. ‘I left a good job in the city, Working for the man every night and day..’

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Name the song this line is from… ‘And our friends are all aboard, Many more of them live next door’

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Name the song this line is from..’ When no one else can understand me’

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Complete the next line… ‘And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,

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Name the song this line is from… ‘Worked her fingers to the bone, For the life she had at home,

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Complete the next line…’ I been to cities that never close down, From New York to Rio and Old London Town

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1. Shape of You – Ed Sheeran, 2. “You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see” Jailhouse Rock – Elvis, 3. Khe Sahn – Cold Chisel, 4. ‘Til touchdown brings me ‘round again to find – Rocket Man – Elton John, 5. Poker Face – Lady Gaga, 6. Reminds me of childhood memories – Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns & Roses, 7. Proud Mary – Credence Clearwater Revival, 8. Life in plastic, it’s fantastic – Barbie Girl - Aqua, 9. Thriller – Michael Jackson, 10. I’ve come to talk with you again. – Sounds of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel, 11. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond, 12. When you gonna give me some time, Sharona? The Knack, 13. The Times They Are A Changing – Bob Dylan,14. There’s an old man sittin’ next to me, Makin’ love to his tonic and gin – Piano Man Billy Joel, 15. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin, 16. Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock, rock – Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley, 17. Yellow Submarine – The Beatles 18. You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive 19. Friday on my Mind – Easybeats, 20. We drink in moderation, And we never ever ever get rollin’ drunk – Duncan – Slim Dusty, 21. Shake it Off – Taylor Swift, 22. I got myself a couple of tickets, to see a rock’n rollin’ band – Evie – Stevie Wright, 23. It’s a Long Way To The Top – ACDC, 24. Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air – Hotel California – Eagles, 25. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers 26. And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air – Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, 27. When everything I do is wrong – The Wonder of You – Elvis Presley, 28. Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders. – Hey Jude – The Beatles, 29. Sadie, the Cleaning Lady – John Farnham, 30. But no matter how far or how wide I roam I still call Australia home – Peter Allen.

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My boss told me to have a good day, so I went home.

returning to its original state over a few months (4) 2. a child whose parents are dead (6) 3. a pair of people considered together (7) 4. (of a person) say something in an angry, bad-tempered voice (5) 5. a landlocked country in East-Africa (6) 6. a woman’s shoe with a thin, high tapering heel (8) 12. keep someone or something inside a place so as not to be seen or contacted by other people (4,4) 14. to take great pleasure in (7) 16. the loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule (3-3) 18. extremely unpleasant; repulsive (6) 19. a small island (5) 22. a small, sharp broad-headed nail (4)

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It’s a great time for you to connect with the Universe.

GEMINI: This week, many roads lead to success. Gemini, you have your choice of how to get there. Over the next two weeks, there are some interesting relationship possibilities. You could be struck by Cupid’s arrow.

LIBRA: This week, people are lining up to help you. Libra, your dance card could be full. This marks the most important period for you for the year. Over the next two weeks, you have a lot of luck and help you can access. You can find a new relationship or a business partnership.

PISCES: Pisces, this week, as you move toward obstacles, they dissolve before your eyes. This lights up different investment possibilities or opportunities to borrow money at a good rate. If you’re a business, you might be talking to the Small Business Administration about a loan. Bill consolidation loans could also come in or financial aid for school.

CANCER: Cancer, there are easy ways around obstacles this week.

The signs will be clear. This emphasis might mean that someone is moving in or moving out. It could mean that the entire family is moving and you are packing up things for the big event. There’s also good energy here to consider investing in property.

SCORPIO: Scorpio, there are several opportunities for you this week, especially related to your work. Over the next couple of weeks, you might want to try your hand at palmistry, channeling, or reading Tarot cards. If you’re looking for love, you can find someone with great chemistry who makes your heart pitter-patter in your chest.

ARIES: The keyword for this week is “opportunity.” Aries, it’s like the harvest time has come early. This light brings you clarity around a special relationship. As you see things more clearly, you can take steps to deepen this connection. Soon you may see some smiling eyes looking back at you.

LEO: This week, many are there to lend a helping hand. Leo, assistance is here. This is a good time to publish your book on Amazon, launch a podcast, or take charge of the meeting at work.

SAGITTARIUS: This week, Sagittarius, you have more than one road to take to get to where you want to go. This has been a challenging 12 months for someone as gregarious as you, Sagittarius. For the next couple of weeks, there is a focus on reaching out to friends you haven’t spoken to in a while. This could be by text or video conference and occasionally in-person.

TAURUS: Taurus, there’s an abundance of choices for you this week.

There is positive energy in several directions. Over the next few weeks, you may be looking at what your activities have brought you—the positives and the negatives. This analysis can help you decide on a new direction to take.

VIRGO: Virgo, incremental improvements are really paying off. This week, you’re working your way to success. Over the next couple of weeks, you have more opportunities than usual to increase your revenue and to find additional sources of income.

CAPRICORN: Capricorn, this week, doors open easily for you the first time you knock. This could include things like the actions you take in your job, as well as what you’re putting out on social media. Something you say could go viral. You’ll want to keep that in mind if you are thinking of posting anything controversial.

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEKEND For more information on the many great events in our region visit www.CairnsLocalNews.com.au/community-noticeboard

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ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2020- Cairns Art Gallery

The Archibald Prize comes to Cairns for the first time in its 99 year history.

Prestigious and controversial, The Archibald Prize is Australia’s oldest and most respected award for portraiture.

Featuring portraits of some of Australia’s most well known faces, Cairns Art Gallery are offering free entry to this famous exhibition.

Exhibition is on for 6 weeks only – Exhibition dates: 20 March – 2 May 2021.

Friday Saturday and Sunday Cairns Art Gallery Full details: www.cairnsartgallery.com.au

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REFRAMING THE EXOTICS - Cairns Art Gallery

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FREE AQUA AEROBICS - Cairns Esplanade

Aquatic aerobics is a low impact, effective and fun way to get fit, burn calories, strengthen joints and bones and reduce stress.

Aqua Aerobics increases general well-being with little or no impact and you don’t even have to be able to swim.

These classes are FREE.

Saturday 9am - 10am Cairns Esplanade Full details: www.cairns.qld.gov.au/esplanade

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PORT DOUGLAS MARKETS

The Port Douglas Market has one of the most diverse stallholder communities of any market in Australia.

Frequented by locals and visitors alike, the market is a regular “must do” for people from all over the world.

Port is renowned as an arts community. The markets will showcase amazing local arts as well as mouth-watering food.

Come up for the morning, vivit the markets, walk through the town, Port Dopuglas is your oasis located an easy drive north of Cairns.

It’s a great day to find a few treasures in our paradise which we call home, and hang out with the locals.

Sunday 8AM - 2PM REX SMEAL PARK Full details: www.portdouglasmarkets.net

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KURANDA ORIGINAL RAINFOREST MARKETS

Truth and fiction, and the dissonance between imagined futures and contemporary existence are powerfully interpreted through the photographs of Sammy Baloji, a contemporary artist from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ade Adekola who lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria.

Through their work each artist examines the impacts of economic imperialism and globalisation, and the devastating and consequential effects on natural resources, the environment and black communities.

Located in the heart of beautiful Kuranda, the Rainforest Markets the best of local crafts, gourmet foods, clothing and gifts and features a tropical garden to walk through.

The township of Kuranda is always woth a visit.

It bustles and buzzes, a cooler tranquil treat nestled in beautiful heritage rain forests.

Why not take the train or Skyrail and make a full day of it.

Friday Saturday and Sunday Cairns Art Gallery Full details: www.cairnsartgallery.com.au

Sunday 9.30 - 3pm Kuranda Full details: www.kurandaoriginalrainforestmarket.com.au

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TANYA MURPHY ONE of the region’s biggest tourism drawcards will be splashing back into action this weekend after a 12-month break and a return to local ownership.

Raging Thunder White Water Rafting will recommence on the Tully River on Saturday, March 27, and bookings are open now.

Cairns Adventure Group (CAG) director Roderic Rees, who also owns Barron River rafting company Foaming Fury, managed to buy out his competition, Raging Thunder, from Sydney-based tourism giant Experience Co in November last year.

Mr Rees, a Cairns-raised father of two, said it was great to win a “terrifying David and Goliath battle” against Australia’s largest tourism company after starting as a guide at Foaming Fury 15 years ago and working his way up.

Since purchasing Raging Thunder, Mr Rees said he had received daily enquiries from people asking when the Tully River rafting tour was going to be running again.

Despite all the challenges facing the tourism industry, including JobKeeper ending this weekend, Mr Rees said Tully River rafting was too important and famous to stay closed.

“The Barron River is a grade three river, but The Tully is a grade four river, and

one of the top five rivers in the world,” he said.

“The 2019 World Rafting Championships were held there. It’s held in high esteem all over the planet as one of the best rafting rivers.

“It has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors and employed thousands of locals over its 34-year history.

“It’s a huge drawcard for the region and an important part of destination marketing for Australia as a whole.

“I see a real sense of pride in restoring that to the pedestal it should be on.”

Mr Rees also owns R&R Rafting which will soon be offering unique experiences to cater to the domestic market while international borders are closed.

“Australians are innately adventurous, so we want to give them tour options that satisfy that,” Mr Rees said.

Multi-day rafting expeditions will see guests hiking or getting helicopter drop-offs to remote waterways carrying light-weight single-person rafts in their backpacks.

Mr Rees said the tours would also have a strong focus on education about culture and rainforest ecology.

Tully River White Water Rafting will initially run on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, while additional departure dates are available for groups or on demand.

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Slow start unable to finish SAM MCLEAN THE NBL and the Taipans were back on the road this week travelling across the country to take on the Perth Wildcats in Perth and the Sydney Kings in Sydney.

The Wildcats position on top of the ladder showed as the Taipans struggled to gain any sort of ascendency throughout the game. Bryce Cotton last year’s MVP of the competition was unstoppable with a game high 28 points as well as 4 assists. John Mooney was also big for the Wildcats scoring 21 points.

In contrast, the Taipans stat sheet reflected a poor night.

Kouat Noi scored 14 points, 9 rebounds and Scott Machado 16 points. Nate Jawai also posted double figures scoring 13 points, but other highlights were hard to come by as the Wildcats ran out winners 93 – 75.

A much more competitive game awaited the Taipans against the Kings. Having already beaten the Kings twice this year both teams came out fast in a high scoring first term. The Taipans struggled in the second only posting 16 points, but it was the Kings turn after the main break only posting 12 in the third to set up a exciting final term with only 2 points in it.

Casper Ware and Jarell Martin both scored 16 points for the Kings and were assisted by Craig Moller who pulled down 8 rebounds. Scott Machado for the Taipans tried his best to lift the team scoring a game high 21 points as well as 9 assists, Fabijan Krslovic, Nate Jawai and Mirko Djeric also contributed scoring 13, 12 and 11 respectively.

Ultimately it was the Kings who prevailed by 2 points in a close game, 75 – 73.

Post-game senior coach Mike Kelly was heard saying, “I thought the guys effort was great. Not everything worked but the effort was good, and the guys kept working”.

The Taipans finally return home to take on the Adelaide 36ers in a very winnable game where local support will help them get over the line.

The Taipans currenlty are sitting last on the ladder in serious risk of finishing off the 2021 season with the Wooden Spoon.

At halfway point for the season with only 4 wins to date. The season is reminisent of their dismal 2019 season.

The next weeks will not be easy for the Taipans, scheduled to play Melbourne United three times in the next fortnight.

Friday March 26, 2021 SPORT Atherton JACK HIGH Golf MOSSMAN MEN’S EDGE HILL MEMORIAL Results BOWLS CLUB Wednesday Mar 17 Bowls Results The Carrington Hotel sponsored 18 hole medley event was won by Dave Morrison with 36 pts, runner-up went to Dan Ardley with 35 pts. Pin shot 11 went to Bruce Hunter.

St Patrick’s Day Wed Sporters 2 Ball Irish Stableford. Winners were Ray and Stevo 48pts, 2nd Kev Shaw and Johno 43pts, 3rd Mick Grumley and Robbo 42pts.

Thursday Mar 18 Ladies played a stroke sponsored by Jaks Salon. Winning with a 71 nett was Janette Hancock, runner-up Kerry Williamson 74 nett and 3rd Sandra Watson 75 nett. Pin shots went to 3 Heather Beaven, 9 Sandra Watson and 18 Janette Hancock.

Friday Mar 19 Trinity Petroleum 8 hole Chook run was won by Joshua Wickham 20pts, 2nd Slapper Morris 19pts and 3rd Russell Hilder on 17pts.

Saturday Mar 20 4 team Irish Stableford sponsored by RJ Batteries.

The winning Men’s team on a very good 102 pts was a combination of juniors and old fellas - juniors Cohen Barker and Robert Close with veterans Greg Lee and Wazza Phillips.

Runners up on 97 pts were Pup Hilder, Stevo, Hollywood and A Barletta. 3rd on 95 pts Bob Stoward, Keith Trimby, Mick Grumley and Sandy, 4th 91 pts Rob Tomo, Strawb, Chris Mac and Irish.

The winning Ladies team was Janette Hancock, Lois Cross, Debbie Peressini and Robin Beck with 89 pts.

Saturday March 20. 24 Bowlers for Jackpot Bowls. Nev Tesh/Gordon Henderson/ Nev Fletcher d Ron North/Jim Geddes/Dick Pitt 22-19; Doug Pitt/Col Widdows/John Arnold d Steve Heffernan/Peter Gorsuch/ Col Maxted 27-17; John Cochrane/Peter Worley/Tony Brlyack d Charlie Toohey/Brian (SAS) Williams/Joe Girgenti 29-14; and the winners for the day, Ranald Edwards/ Steve Cue/Tony Kessler d John Fleming/Bill Allison/Eden Pitt 35-15. In the Club Championship games played last weekend, in the A Grade Singles, Steve Heffernan d Dave Beaumont 25-10; Eric Smith d Brian (SAS) Williams 25-7, and in the B Grade Singles, Bruce Lester d Brian (SAS) Williams 25-24.

In the Club Championship, Saturday (27th) in the Triples, Billy Smith/Bruce Lester/Steve Cue vs David White/Daryl Hoskins/ Gordon Henderson; and Sunday (28th) in the Handicap Singles, Tony Kessler (5) vs John Arnold (-2); and Bruce Lester (-2) vs Chris Payne (-5) and in the A Grade Singles, Ranald Edwards vs Steve Heffernan.

Scheduled Club Championship Games for Saturday 10th April, in the Pairs, David White/Brian (SAS) Williams vs Tony Kessler/ Nev Tesch and in the Fours, Bernie Wolland/ Terry Richards/John Fleming/George Wilmot vs Peter Busch/Col Dwyer/Chris Payne/ Dave Egan, and for Sunday 11th April, in the A Grade Singles, Peter Busch vs Bernie Wolland and in the B Grade Singles, John Arnold vs Chris Payne.

A reminder that the next mens night social bowls under lights will be held on Thursday 1st April from 6.00pm to 8.00pm, and open to members and non members at $5.00 per person.

For Jackpot Bowls this Saturday, names in by 12 noon with card call at 12.45pm.

Anyone interested in playing bowls (either for the first time or returning to the game) please contact David White 0407 630 759.

Ladies Social Bowls:

MONDAY March 15. Edge Hill Ladies played Pennants at West Cairns and were successful winning 61-45 against West Cairns Ladies. A great win for our Ladies.

Men’s Mixed Social Bowls: Tuesday March 9, Winners were Fran Maddern and Kim Mitchell. Runner-up: Mary Sant Angelo and Ian Stafford. Tuesday Night winners were Busta, Don and Mucka. Runner-up: Geoff and Peter Ryan.

Wednesday Night 10th March 2021 winners were Peter and Frank. Runner-up: John, Jenny and Mal. Saturday 13th March 2021 social triples winners were Ken Nevill, Barry Bolton and Yvonne Bolton.

Runner-up: Steve Bragger and Kim Mitchell. Jackpot not won and now sits at $784+. Social bowls will continue Tuesday (Day and Night), Wednesday night with Saturday afternoon. washed out all bowls.

Edge Hill Club Championship Games.

2019-20 Consistency Singles Final between Steve Henson and G Royle resulted in a 100-70 win to Steve Henson. 2020-21 A Grade Singles games to be played are Steve Bragger V’s Russell Hubbard.

David Spowart V’s Allan Henson and Andre Buck V’s Steve Henson. To play social bowls at Edge Hill this week put your name on the lists available behind the bar for a game. Contact the Club on 4053 1036, Ray Webster 0402 182 230, Gary Victor (GOV) 0407 962 860 for assistance if the club is closed. Don’t forget that the club is available for bookings for Social groups and Bare Foot Bowls Functions as well as Wakes, Parties or even Weddings. Ring the Club or email Lydia for booking information at functions@ edgehillbowls.com.au

Tackle Ready Fun THIS weekend, there’s no big hits, no thud of body on body just the sound of almost 100 youngsters laughing and having fun as they participate in the first Tackle Ready session at Jones Park.

The NRL Tackle Ready program is a key element in the new FNQ Rugby League 2021 season.

NRL Development Officer, Atul Chowdhary described Tackle Ready as a fun and engaging introduction to the tackle game of Rugby League.

“It’s a six session program designed to teach kids how to participate safely within the contact form of our game.

“We have ten teams of under 7’s hitting the field for their first session this Saturday at Jones Park,” he said.

“The program will build their confidence and competence in all tackling situations.

“The Kids will learn not just how to tackle, but also how to be tackled as well as running into a tackle. It’s designed to be fun and

take the fear out of the contact aspect of our sport,” he added.

“The program is designed specifically for the age group.

We know the contact aspect of our sport can be confronting for some kids and parents, but this program works on safety and fun so the kids can participate fully in the sport they love.”

“In addition, do not think its only boys who want the tackle skills, we offer to mixed as well as girls the Tackle Ready Program.”

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Friday March 26, 2021

Cairns Local News

NORTHERN PRIDE INTRUST SUPER CUP ROUND 2

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Pride looking for 2 from 2 PETER MCCULLAGH COMING off the back of a strong win last weekend the Northern Pride will line-up against the Capras this Saturday in Rockhampton.

Northern Pride Coach Ty Williams has named a relatively unchanged roster for this week’s game.

The halves combination of Hampton and Steedman proved successful and will be looking to further develop as a game changing combination.

Debut full-back Jayden Corrigan continues to impress after a electric game last week.

Corrigan joined the team from Brisbane during the pre-season with stints at North Devils as well as Valley Diehards.

Corrigan is a fast-running electric and unpredictable full-back. Scoring on debut, and leaving the Falcon’s defensive line bewildered at times.

Coach Williams wants all his players to take the chances when they see them, effectively allowing Corrigan to play his natural game and potentially prove a game changer for the Pride.

Thomas Steedman’s debut also proved vindication for William’s recruiting focus this year The fullback role is a heavily contested position with Matthew Musumeci, Cephas Chinfat and Mark Rosendale all vying for the coveted position.

“All 17 boys got their first opportunity, and for 80 minutes they proved they were worthy of donning the jersey.

It’s the same this week,” Williams said.

“It’s something we’ve been pushing pretty hard, and it’s come from when we first established that you have to earn the right to wear that Northern Pride jersey.

The 21-year-old former

North Sydney Bear paired well with Ben Hampton, controlling the game and creating opportunities.

Williams was impressed with his first-round performance and has named him again at 7 for this week’s game.

“Early on, I thought he was a bit jittery; I think nerves were a big thing, but as he got into the game he got better and better,” Williams said.

“Defensively he was sound, attack-wise he got into the game nicely.

“It was more of a relief for me as a coach because the selection of the halves was pretty tight.

“He did his job on the weekend which was good.”

Terrence Casey Douglas gets an opportunity once more to press for a permanant spot in the team after a last minute callup for last week’s game.

The CQ Capra are coming off a 28-18 loss against Tweed Seagulls and cannot be taken lightly.

Williams and his coaching staff said they will review the footage from the game before developing the required game plan.

However, his focus is very much on his squad and refining their performances.

“We won’t dig into them too much because we’ve got so much to improve as a playing group moving forward,” he said.

“Over the next few days, we’ll do a little bit on them, but the sole focus is on where we can improve and where we need to better, moving forward. I thought we were okay on the weekend, but we need to be better if we are to beat the top-class teams.”

The Capras along with Ipswich and PNG Hunters are the only Intrust Super Cup teams without direct alignment to NRL clubs.

The Capras with no NRLaligned players proved tricky

Jayden Corrigan named as fullback again this week for the Pride against CQ Capras last week for the Seagulls squad including seven Titans contracted players and could prove to be a strong and unsettling matchup for the Pride after their long road trip south.

TEAM LIST — ROUND 2 NORTHERN PRIDE 1. Jayden Corrigan, 2. Shawn Bowen, 3. Connolly Lemuelu, 4. Bernard Lewis, 5. Matthew Musumeci, 6.

Ben Hampton, 7. Tom Steedman, 8. Wiremu Greig, 9. Chris Ostwald, 10, Rod Griffin, 11, Joshua Stuckey, 12. Ewan Moore, 13, Peter Hola, 14.

Jayden Hodges, 15. Heilum Luki, 16.

Ieremia Nanai, 17. Tom McGrath, 18. Terrence Casey-Douglas, 19.

Matt Egan, 20. Evan Child, 21. Grant Anderson.

Sunshine CQ CAPRAS 1. Blake Moore, 2. Jedidiah Simbiken, 3. Larsen Dale-Doyle, 4. Nathan Bassani, 5. Maika Tudravu, 6.

Radean Robinson, 7. Jack Madden, 8. Harrison Leonard, 9. Treymaine Brown, 10, Tyler Szepanowski, 11, Nixon Putt, 12. Jesse Jennings, 13, Lachlan Hubner, 14. Joel Holdsworth, 15. Mckenzie Yei, 16.

Aaron Teroi, 17. Ryan Jeffery, 18.

Jake Maizen, 19. Chalice Atoi.

Round 2 games: Saturday March 27 Bears v Cutters Hunters v Jets Blackhawks v Tigers Capras v Pride Sunday March 28 Devils v Dolphin WM Seagulls v Seagulls Magpies v Falcons

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Friday March 26, 2021

INSIDE TODAY Music Quiz

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Mossman Bowls

Men with a mission

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Golf results

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QRL Northern Region Director Nigel Tillett, FNQ RL Chair Rob White, QRL FNQ Area Manager Robbie Moore PETER MCCULLAGH UNITING 16 clubs, almost 3000 junior players and thousands of coaches, officials and volunteers is not a small task, and certainly not one without a few headaches.

The vision for a united Rugby League in the Far North is to become a reality as FNQ Rugby League becomes the governing and operational board for the sport here in the North.

Innisfail, Eacham District and Rugby League Cairns Juniors have all moved for their clubs, 16 in total, to affiliate with FNQ Rugby League.

This move unites the clubs

spanning an area from Cardwell to Mossman and west to Ravenshoe and creates better opportunities and pathways for players and officials.

Nigel Tillett, QRL Northern Region Director, feels this move is timely and much needed. “The move is well overdue.”

“Clubs will have more time to spend at club level. This new model will free up time and resources within the clubs, allowing them to concentrate on developing their club, with the competition development done at a board level.”

“This new structure is well and truly due. In Cairns we have had 6 to 7 organisations involved in the game here in

Cairns, each setting their own policies and directions.

“Whilst it’s worked for many decades its time to move on from there to an overarching board model that can take the game forward as a total region.”

Other regions have adopted a similar structure with Mackay successfully restructuring several years ago. The restructure covers the junior rugby league competitions in the region with the Northern Pride sitting outside of the new structure.

“The Northern Pride will be involved with the new league, whilst not at board level they will be heavily involved in directions and decisions of the new

league.

FNQ RL Board “The future of the Pride de- Robert White – Independent pends upon the success of the Director, Chair and Competijunior competitions in the area,” tions Committee he said.

Daniel Maher – Independent Robbie Moore, QRL FNQ Director, Finance and GovernArea Manager felt a change was necessary in the sport. ance Committee “All the stakeholders around Chey Bird – Independent the table, making it easy for our Director, Development and volunteers and making deci- Stakeholders Committee sions in the best interest of the Paul Callaghan – Elected Digame.” rector, current RL Cairns JunThe new structure for the iors and CDJRL Chair league includes a mixture of Troy Cooper – Elected Direcappointed and elected Director, current Innisfail JRL Chair tors with a variety of experience, skills and backgrounds, Barry Dikes – Elected Direcsupported

by FNQ committees with tor, current Eacham JRL Chair PHOTO: Roar Photography distinct roles and responsibili- Naomi Travers – Elected Dities. rector, Malanda JRL President

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