MOSSMAN MILL / The Year That Was
An alternative ingredient for speciality soy sauce will provide a boost for Far North Queensland sugar cane farmers when a Mossman food processing facility commences operations next to the Mossman Sugar Mill.
Dr Doug Quarry / COVID Immunity and vaccine development
In this edition, Dr Doug from International SOS shares the very latest insights on the development of COVID immunity and vaccine development…
Funding to share Indigenous knowledge / Fire and land management
As part of the Morrison Government’s $200 million Wildlife and Bushfire Habitat Recovery fund, Indigenous organisations and Traditional Owner groups can now apply for grant funding to run workshops, build understanding and share knowledge of Indigenous fire and land management practices.
Bay Watch / Using drones to monitor box jellyfish on our beaches
With stinger nets back in place on our local beaches, attention turns once again to the “stinger season”. In a promising development, researchers from James Cook University in Cairns have demonstrated, for the first time, the potential for off-the-shelf drones to be used to detect these deadly box jellyfish.
FNQ Passport Released / “Do It in Douglas”
Far North Queenslanders can ‘Do It In Douglas’ for free over the next four months with the
launch of the annual Douglas Card promotion yesterday.
The Weekend Sports Re/Port
A breakdown of weekend sporting events around the region, from Port Douglas Crocs AFL Premiership victories, North Aussies Surf Life Saving Championships, North Versus South Queensland Series held at the Mossman Bowls Club, all the weekend fishing action, and T20 cricket strikes off for the season!
DOUGLAS SHIRE COUNCIL / The Mayor Goes It Alone
Despite the promise of consultation and transparency when he ran for office, the Mayor continues to operate in back rooms behind a wall of secrecy.
Philosophy in 5 / Introduction to Epistemology
When the ancient Greeks started to ask their questions, they encountered an underlying problem with the answers. “But, how can we know that”?
Douglas Arts Base / The heart of our creative community gets ready to exhibit
2020 is proving to be a critical year for the significance of DAB in the Douglas Shire community. While the gallery and studio space closed in early March for over three months, many homebound creatives carried on, relishing their newfound space and the additional time to create. When DAB re-opened, it provided a newfound base for an enriched creative life for many new members, with increased membership, and enrolment in popular classes such as pottery, painting, and glass work.
Crispin Hull / The Rise of Donald Trump
When Joe Biden gets a clear majority of the vote and Electoral College on Tuesday, a side question will be whether Donald Trump goes willingly or has to be militarily crowbarred out of the White House before inauguration day. Either way he will go.
The real issue is whether Biden and his Vice President, Kamala Harris, can reverse not only the excesses of Trump but replace the whole rotten dysfunction of the American polity that set in with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.