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3821. QAS Morning Round-up -Saturday 15 January 2022
Date: 15-01-2022
Inglewood – shed fire No persons have required QAS assessment at this time and QAS remain on standby for other emergency services at the scene of a large shed fire on Gledsons Road and Millmerran…
3822. Mareeba man killed in pedestrian incident, Chillagoe
Date: 15-01-2022
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following the death of a man at Chillagoe on Thursday January 13. At around 1.10pm the man was struck by a truck at a worksite on the Burke Development…
3823. Digital library at your fingertips
Date: 14-01-2022
A DIGITAL catalogue of online resources such as e-books, music and online learning are helping Douglas residents overcome isolation. With the wet season in full swing and COVID-19 spreading across…
3824. Mossman to host tennis rally for mental health
Date: 14-01-2022
Mossman State School tennis courts will be one of the venues for the inaugural ‘rally4ever tennis event’, Australia’s largest tennis rally for mental health. The Mossman clubs joins tennis centres…
3825. QAS Morning Round-up - Friday, 14 January 2022
Date: 14-01-2022
Oakey – single-vehicle into pole Paramedics transported a stable male patient to Toowoomba Hospital after a single-vehicle crashed into a power pole near 4AK and Road at 5.16am. Rowes Bay –…
3826. Woolworths reinstates product limits on select categories nationwide
Date: 13-01-2022
Woolworths has today reinstated a limit of two packs per customer across toilet paper and analgesic (painkillers) products nationwide both in-store and online. This is a precautionary move…
3827. Dune rehabilitation at highway beach
Date: 13-01-2022
Local business Papillon Landscapes has landed a unique project and will be working on a stretch of coastline which has suffered significant erosion and will get new dune fencing and re-vegetation. …
3828. Pressure on businesses and staff continues due to Covid related staff shortages
Date: 13-01-2022
Port Douglas’ businesses and their staff members are under pressure as Covid surge leaves many employees unable to work. A lack of staff members are forcing hospitality, tourism and retail…
3829. QAS Morning Round-up - Thursday, 13 January 2022
Date: 13-01-2022
Kippa Ring – motorcycle crash A male patient was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition with back and knee injuries following a motorcycle crash on Anzac…
3830. Normal hours at Post Office resume tomorrow
Date: 12-01-2022
Normal hours will resume tomorrow at Port Douglas’ Post Office after staff had been impacted by Covid-19. In a statement to Newsport, an Australia Post spokesperson said: “We can confirm that Port…
3831. Nippers get ready for new season
Date: 12-01-2022
Kids between the ages of 5-15 are invited to make a splash as the Port Douglas Surf Life Saving Club is introducing Nippers Pool Swim Training starting from the 28th of January. The training will…
3832. If it’s flooded, forget it
Date: 12-01-2022
With rain continuing to pound the Far North, it looks like we are in for a very wet January. The heavy rain has caused flash flooding which is turning our roads into rapids. Police would like to…
3833. Tennis on the Reef to end plastic waste
Date: 12-01-2022
Aussie sporting icons will team up for a tennis match on a full-size sustainable tennis court in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, in a bid to help End Plastic Waste. Adidas continues to build a…
3834. Covid-19 has changed the way of doing business
Date: 12-01-2022
Like all sectors, the property market has had to overcome many challenges as the pandemic continues to rage through our communities. And to gauge how the market is faring in these trying times,…
3835. QAS Morning Round-up - Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Date: 12-01-2022
Pimlico – car fire Paramedics remained on standby at a car fire on Cheyne Street at 5.25am however no patients required treatment or transport. Toombeah – single-vehicle rollover A female in her…
3836. Douglas Shire tradies benefit from tax incentives
Date: 11-01-2022
Douglas Shire tradies have seen the benefits of Federal tax incentives for businesses which have had a dramatic impact in Northern Australia with miners, tradesmen and freight transport services…
3837. Local heroes save Mossman couple in overnight flood drama
Date: 11-01-2022
Emergency services have been kept busy with a number of floodwater rescues over the past 10 hours in Queensland’s far north. Two Mossman residents were rescued yesterday (January 10) after the…
3838. How will our constitutional arrangements stand up in the face of pandemic?
Date: 11-01-2022
The Governor-General, General David Hurley, has tested positive for Covid. We wish him a speedy recovery, of course, but it gives rise to the question of whether Australia needs a Governor-General…
3839. QAS Morning Round-up - Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Date: 11-01-2022
Desailly – vehicle in flood water Two females in their 30s and a male in his 20s were transported to Mareeba Hospital in stable conditions after their vehicle became caught in flood water on the…
3840. Boy Scouts motto ‘Be Prepared’ appropriate at this time
Date: 10-01-2022
Boy Scouts founder Lord Baden Powell’s motto of “Be Prepared” is very much apparent in today’s society as each day unearths something new as we try to stem the tide of Covid-19. And just as those…