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“Many years ago, I put a petition to the Douglas Shire Council to build more speed bumps to Cape Tribulation to protect the cassowaries and other wildlife, and to slow the traffic and speeding. This was very successful.
Imagine what it would be like if a bridge went across. Endless traffic….”

On Friday night the Douglas United Dragons travelled to Innisfail to take on the Cutters, it was a “must win” game if the Dragons are to keep in the hunt for the minor Premiership, with only one point separating the top three teams in the League and the Dragons sitting in third position.

Would you like the opportunity to buy one of the traditional indigenous artwork pieces exhibited in the 2020 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair?

Have you noticed the busy film set in town over the past few weeks? Production is underway on the thriller “KIDNAPPED”, a feature film currently shooting in Port Douglas and surrounds.

Another week and yet more examples of corporate greed and wrong-doing emerge. Big for-profit corporations are using JobKeeper funds as DividendKeeper and BonusKeeper. Facebook is making bullying threats over the Australian Government’s reasonable move to make it pay for content. Big business is urging the Government to scrap superannuation rises for wage and salary earners so it can pocket the money for profits, bonuses and dividends.

Questions about the legality, process and cost of Douglas Shire Council’s decision to suspend the Daintree ferry contract and to explore a bridge remain unanswered… but will naturally surface given that this was the biggest contract ever awarded by the Douglas Shire.

Learn why a proposed Daintree Bridge may saddle the Douglas Shire Council and its ratepayers with over $60 million in debt…

A new Palaszczuk Government language policy will help preserve, promote and revitalise the diverse languages of the world’s oldest living cultures. On Indigenous Literacy Day, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Craig Crawford, said the Many Voices: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Policy is another significant step towards a re-framed relationship with First Nations people.

On the surface the proposal for a dual purpose mountain bike trail and walking track from Palm Cove to Port Douglas sounds like a good thing; visitors and locals can enjoy a long trail with overnight stops at intervals and a halfway point at Wangetti. General tourist businesses and indigenous TOs can benefit with jobs.

The story of crocodiles and coral reefs is far more interesting than the fact that the occasional animal is seen resting under a pontoon. The bigger story is centred not on the coral, but on the coast, amongst the labyrinth of mangrove forests where many of the creatures of the Reef begin their lives.