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if you cannot work due to the new Queensland COVID-19 public health order for Cairns, you may be eligible for government support.

Australia’s third COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna, is expected to be approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) within the next fortnight.

Douglas Heat Basketball (DHB) will be hosting its first Junior representative tournament for 2021 on Sunday 29 August at their home court at Port Douglas State School.

EXPOSURE SITES ANNOUNCED / After Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a new COVID-19 case confirmed in Cairns, a taxi driver from Kanimbla who has been active in the community for 10 days during his infectious period, exposure sites are being updated…

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has just announced a new COVID-19 case confirmed in Cairns, a taxi driver from Kanimbla who has been active in the community for 10 days during his infectious period.

Recently, a wide range of development applications have been lodged with Douglas Shire Council….we take a closer look at some of them in a series of articles..

Dr Doug Quarry shares a comparison of Australia’s flailing vaccination rates against other countries in the world

Squllionaire Warren Buffett, who has a social conscience and who is embarrassed at how little tax he has to pay, proposed a tax in the US, and President Barack Obama flirted with it for a while, but did not impose it.

But Australian Labor could implement it after the election as The Millionaires Tax – the tax where millionaires would have to pay the same level of tax as the tradies.

It would sail through the Senate as the right-wing populists (Lambie and Hanson et al) could not object. Neither could the Greens….

In this edition, Dr Doug Quarry weighs in on the impact of the Delta strain of COVID-19 on our younger generations.

Douglas Shire Council have released concept designs for a proposed playground under the famous fig tree in Rex Smeal Park, Port Douglas.