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Today is World Press Freedom Day, and Newsport is inviting the Douglas Shire community to help keep our local reporting free and independent by having your donation doubled as part of a nationwide…
Today is World Press Freedom Day, and Newsport is inviting the Douglas Shire community to help keep our local reporting free and independent by having your donation doubled as part of a nationwide…
UPDATED:  Douglas Shire residents have questioned the council’s “crackdown” on trailers, caravans and boats parked in suburban streets, saying some streets are being targeted and council…
“Significant service disruptions” are expected by one local union at Douglas Shire Council in coming weeks after a pay dispute has escalated across the past fortnight. Australian Workers’ Union…
A Mossman-based music group is set to release a new song and video this month about their experiences growing up in the Far North Queensland Douglas Shire town. The track Still Believing by…
READ THE STORY Lisa McCafferty It's $16 return for the Burnspoint ferry in West Ballina. Same distance and its actually an ex-Daintree ferry. Gabby Ritter Would be interesting to know how…
AFL great Dusty Martin has wowed the Crocs juniors at training this afternoon, posing for photos, signing autographs and helping out with training drills. Martin, who will guest star for the Port…
BUSINESS FEATURE  Why compromise on a conventional home when you can secure a private mountain-view sanctuary, complete with your own freshwater source and a premier lifestyle…
Two of the region's better-known clubs are getting ready to spend some welcome cash. Port Douglas Surf Life Saving Club and the Douglas Shire Motor Sports Association are among those who…
More Far-North-Queensland-based tourists will be able to ride on the Daintree ferry and visit Mossman Gorge for free from this Friday until the end of June after Douglas Shire Council voted to…
BUSINESS FEATURE  The tropical waterfront is set to come alive this May as Savannah Sounds returns to Rex Smeal Park for Port Douglas Carnivale.  Following the massive success of last…
How one family built a Daintree eco tourism icon
The trouble-plagued Mossman Goodstart childcare centre has been shut down permanently. Centre management posted a statement online today that the early-learning complex, which has been under a…
214. Debt control required
Date: 29-04-2026
The Coalition and business lobbyists are quite right to say that the Federal Government must rein in spending and reduce debt. And they were doing it again in the past week. Australian debt has…
Officers from Aurukun Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and General Duties have charged three teenagers following an incident in Aurukun on April 24. It will be alleged around 5pm, two boys aged…
Dredging at Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina is set to soon take place with work by the Queensland Government’s Department of Transport and Main Roads setting off in the channel entrance this week. …
Member for Cook David Kempton has announced that, following close collaboration with Cook Shire Mayor Robyn Holmes and Minister for Local Government and Disaster Recovery Ann Leahy, Exceptional…
The Port Douglas Reef Raiders officially launched their 2026 campaign at Raider Park on Saturday with a special Anzac Day clash against the Northern Beaches Mudcrabs. Under the leadership of…
The new Daddyshack Indoor Golf league is set to launch next week on a stunning course in the picturesque Queenstown region on New Zealand’s South Island. The Hills Golf Club, which features many…
A return ferry trip to the Daintree is set to reach close to the $60 mark from the start of the new financial year, with most Douglas Shire Council fees and charges rising by up to 4 per cent in…