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The Latest Breaking News from Cairns

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

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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.

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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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

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

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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

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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.

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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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Morning Mail: ATO lashed over ‘on-hold’ debt letters; flooding fears in Cairns; increased pressure for Gaza ceasefire

Ombudsman criticises ATO’s robotax initiative; Cairns airport remains closed due to flooding; global leaders ramp up calls for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

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Breakers' Lithuanian prospect delivers NBL breakthrough

New Zealand Breakers' Lithuanian NBA hopeful Mantas Rubstavicius has come up huge on his first NBL start in the thumping of Cairns Taipans.

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Enigmatic Breakers hammer hapless Snakes in Cairns

The up-and-down nature of the New Zealand Breakers this NBL season continued with a dominant performance in Cairns as they beat the Taipans 111-82.

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Cyclone Jasper weaker but floods remain a threat

Tropical Cyclone Jasper may have passed but far north Queensland is still under threat with flooding set to test locals in coming days.

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Ex-Cyclone Jasper: warning of ‘life-threatening’ flooding as storm batters far north Queensland

More than 36,000 homes without power but BoM downgrades storm to tropical low despite warning of more rain and high winds

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Tropical storm Jasper approaches Australia as authorities warn of ‘life-threatening’ floods

Cyclone expected to bring more than month’s rainfall in just six hours

The Guardian - AU

Jasper hits north Queensland with Cairns urged ‘take shelter now’ – as it happened

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Shelter warning as Cyclone Jasper bears down on coast

People are bunkering down and authorities are on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Jasper crosses the Queensland coast as a category 2 system.

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