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The Latest Breaking News from Cairns

Weather warning for north Queensland – as it happened

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Booed Baynes has last laugh as Bullets beat Taipans

Brisbane have moved back to fourth in the NBL standings, beating Cairns 102-84 thanks to a dominant first half and some handy buckets from Aron Baynes.

AAP

Assaults, isolation and deprivation: what life is like at Cairns watch house for children and staff

Exclusive: Rare photo and staff testimonies paint bleak picture of Queensland lockup where situation is said to have reached ‘a tipping point’

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Cyclone forecasting boosted by artificial intelligence offers earlier path tracking

European AI model predicts tropical cyclone nearing the Queensland coast closer to Rockhampton than Cairns by late next Thursday

The Guardian - AU

Clean-up continues as region braces for another cyclone

Another cyclone could make a "severe impact" on far north Queensland as the region cleans up from record flooding caused by a system just weeks ago.

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Morning Mail: Houthi missile hits US ship, Cairns watch house ‘inhumane’, De Minaur through in Open

Fears of escalation in Middle East crisis; young people facing ‘horrendous’ conditions in Queensland lockup; Australian Open action heats up

The Guardian - AU

Psychologist treating children in Cairns watch house warns of ‘horrendous’ and ‘inhumane’ conditions

Exclusive: Government is failing to meet basic needs of youth in Queensland lockup, putting staff at ‘risk of harm’, psychologist alleges

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Morning Mail: Danes celebrate coronation, concerns for children in Cairns custody, Djokovic survives Open scare

King Frederik and Queen Mary take the throne after Margrethe abdicates

The Guardian - AU

Police ‘cannot meet’ expectations for children in custody amid Cairns watch house overcrowding

Senior officer calls for help providing basic necessities to juvenile inmates, including food and toilet paper

The Guardian - AU

Desperate boat rescue as monsoon drenches north Qld

Already saturated communities in north Queensland are expecting further heavy rain as a monsoon trough moves over the Cape York Peninsula.

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Woman charged after elderly man dies of stab wounds

An 80-year-old man has died of multiple stab wounds in far north Queensland, with a 58-year-old woman charged with murder by police.

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Far north open to tourists as flood clean up continues

Queensland's deputy premier has encouraged tourists to return to the far north as volunteers help Cairns residents clean up their homes after flooding.

AAP

Hopes fade for missing man as flood bears down on town

A Cape York community is bracing for major flooding, as the search for a missing man is scaled back.

AAP

Flood funding to get far north Qld back up and running

A funding package has been announced by the prime minister on a visit to Queensland's flood-ravaged far north amid concern for residents and the tourism sector.

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Tourism takes a hit from Cairns flooding

Although tourism attractions in Cairns have started re-opening, holiday cancellations for December and January have hit the region hard.

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Cape York braces for flooding as Jasper could intensify

Ex-tropical cyclone Jasper is still having an impact on far north Queensland eight days after hitting the coast and could intensify again on Christmas Day.

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Renewed flood menace as cyclone carnage mounts

Far north Queensland is bracing for more flooding as the evacuation of a community and the search for a missing elderly man continues.

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Afternoon Update: disaster relief payments for FNQ flood victims; NT chief minister resigns; and $1bn cocaine bust in Sydney

Cairns airport has reopened but situation remains desperate for remote communities in far north Queensland

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Residents of flooded north Queensland town Wujal Wujal arrive in Cooktown as evacuation efforts continue

Military evacuates 20 people to Cooktown as some residents of flooded Indigenous community choose to remain

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Australian military called in as far north Queensland devastated by floods

Towns cut off leaving people without power and at risk from crocodiles after ex-tropical cyclone Jasper dumped 2m of rain

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December rainfall records smashed – as it happened

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Queensland tourism takes estimated $60m hit as floods leave towns isolated

Businesses ‘suffering significantly’ as ferries are cancelled and Cairns airport remains closed, leading to shortage of supplies

The Independent UK

Flights stopped and crocodiles seen roaming streets as severe floods hit Australia’s Queensland

Queensland residents facing heavy rain and power outages as hundreds evacuate or forced to cling to roofs

International Business Times

Hundreds Evacuated As Flood Disaster Unfolds In Northeastern Australia

Stranded residents sheltered on a hospital roof as flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on Monday, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns.

The Conversation

North Queensland's record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what's to come under climate change

Unprecedented rain brought by Tropical Cyclone Jasper has triggered widespread flooding in far north Queensland, forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Cairns airport is closed, roads are extensively damaged and residents in the city’s northern beaches are cut off by floodwaters.

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