Clever “Adopt a Worker” Campaign Launches in Douglas Shire to Tackle Staff and Housing Shortages.
A new ‘match-making’ campaign has just launched in the Douglas Shire, connecting locals with a spare room and potential holiday workers. Yesterday, Tourism Port Douglas…
$4 million budget boost for Indigenous Tourism
Queensland’s vibrant Indigenous tourism sector will receive a $4 million boost in the next State Budget to grow the number of First Nations tourism experiences in Queensland ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Road Closures & Changed Traffic Conditions for Next Weekend’s Cairns Ironman
With the Cairns Airport IRONMAN just over a week away, here’s what you need to know about road closures and changed traffic conditions from Palm Cove to Port Douglas.
OPINION / Crispin Hull on the Way Forward for Albanese
It should not be a question of ramping up government spending to meet the aspirations that voters expressed on 21 May. It should only be a question of its reallocation.
Weekend Event Guide | Friday 27 May-Sunday 29 May 2022
Enjoy our definitive guide to this weekend’s events around the Douglas Shire and beyond….
OPINION / Crispin Hull on the Election Result
In today’s opinion piece, Crispin Hull looks at the fallout of the Federal election results for the Liberal party.
Carnivale Weekend Guide | Friday 20 May-Sunday 22 May 2022
Enjoy our definitive guide to this weekend’s events around the Douglas Shire and beyond….
OPINION / Crispin Hull on Voting
In today’s OPINION PIECE, Crispin Hull explains how, in a Liberal-held seat where there is a reasonably strong progressive Independent, diehard Labor supporters should put the Independent first and the Labor candidate second to get an overall better result for Labor….the breakdown of how this works in theory is fascinating ⟼
Tropical Wonderland Spiegeltent Giveaway
We’re giving away three double passes to Sunday’s sensual, sexual, sumptuous, subversive, sublime, saucy, scrumptious, sizzling, stupendous ROUGE show. Enter now!
Weekend Event Guide | Friday 13 May-Sunday 15 May 2022
Enjoy our definitive guide to this weekend’s events around the Douglas Shire and beyond….










