Detectives from the Tablelands Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and Tablelands Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) are investigating following an incident in Kuranda today, November 12.

Around 10.25am, officers from Tablelands CPIU attended a Kuranda property where they located a man in his sixties deceased, and a woman in her sixties with a significant facial injury.

The woman was transported to hospital for treatment.

A crime scene has been declared and there is no ongoing threat to the community.

Investigations are continuing.