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“… the campaign has not officially started, but all the indications are that for one reason or another neither side appears interested in laying out any clear set of measures to deal with the major problems.

We have to ask what those reasons are.
They are based in fear. And the well of negativity in Australia’s electoral history suggests the fears are well-founded.
Changes that would be for the overall good are doomed if any sub-set of voters would be worse off. Changes that would affect powerful interests will attract powerful, well-funded resistance…”

Will Mowbray’s proposed $300 million project Northbreak wavepark be approved?
Can Council assist with postal delivery to the growing Cooya Beach area?

Hold onto your suspenders and circus hats – the crowd favourite Wonderland Spiegeltent returns to Port Douglas for three huge weeks with a spectacular line-up of live entertainment for all ages!

James Cook University researchers have found brightly coloured fish are becoming increasingly rare as coral declines, with the phenomenon likely to get worse in the future.

Enjoy our definitive guide to the weekend events around the Douglas Shire and beyond….

” With the Russian invasion, countries banning imports from Russia (which supplies 12 per cent of world oil) will source elsewhere, including places where Australia gets its fuel. That will cause prices to rise even more and supplies to be less secure, with rippling effects through our economy.

We should be getting smarter sooner. We should be embracing and leading the third industrial revolution…”

Your shutter might only be open for a few seconds but your pictures could help Protect Rainforests Forever.

“..Governmental paralysis and lack of public initiative is depriving Australia of enormous economic and social benefits…”

Enjoy our definitive guide to the weekend events around the Douglas Shire and beyond….

Enjoy our definitive guide to the weekend events around the Douglas Shire and beyond….