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25.01.2022 It's been a long, torturous road for cane growers who have suffered a prolonged period of depressed prices in a global market awash with subsidised Indian raw sugar. Now, claims of a 'blatant breach' of trade rules will be heard before an international court more than two and a half years after a complaint was lodged with the World Trade Organisation. Will the WTO framework finally deliver justice? Or will it be too little, too late for Aussie growers? READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.abc.net.au//australian-vs-india-sugar/12935044

24.01.2022 Gosh, Australia has some stunning places

23.01.2022 More than four cyclones were predicted to form in the Coral Sea this season, as well as one to two in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

23.01.2022 Some songs are worth more to us than others Some can take us back in time in an instant. Which one does it for you?

23.01.2022 Election analyst, Antony Green has Labor retaining the seats of Cairns and Cook. Michael Healy and Cynthia Lui shared a congratulatory moment as counting drew to a close last night. Voters in Barron River look to have swung slightly towards Labor’s Craig Crawford, while Curtis Pitt holds a comfortable margin for the seat of Mulgrave.

23.01.2022 The last major La Nina events were in the summers of 2010-11 and 2011-12, but this year's event looks weaker than 2010-11 based on the current forecast.

22.01.2022 #BREAKING: More COVID-19 restrictions are being eased in Queensland from Tuesday afternoon. More here: https://www.abc.net.au//qld-coronavirus-palaszczu/12857922

22.01.2022 BABINDA BOULDERS FROM ABOVE! It's great to see this local landmark from a different perspective - the colours are amazing. Thanks to Four Who Explore for allowing us to share this

22.01.2022 What a terrifying moment Watch how suddenly nine-week-old puppy Jasper is grabbed by a carpet python in his backyard on the Sunshine Coast. Keep a close on the chilli bush in the centre of the video - the snake leaps out, latches on. and wraps itself around the dog on in the blink of an eye.... Owner Michelle and her 13-year-old daughter Mikayla helped wrestle the snake off Jasper. "If anyone else in our community has a little dog or puppy please be aware of what a snake is capable of doing," Michelle said. Thankfully both Jasper and the python are OK. "Jasper's great. The snake bit his ear but we treated it with some ointment and he’s still full of puppy energy and thankfully he’s still going out to do his business in the backyard without fear," Michelle said. It's VERY similar to another story we had earlier this week - 10-week old puppy Wally (also on the Sunshine Coast) was also attacked by a carpet python. MORE: https://ab.co/2V6paQk : Wolf Hope via YouTube (https://bit.ly/3loxR3z)

22.01.2022 When a magpie joins your ukulele group Vanessa from Urunga in NSW writes, "I teach a ukulele group and due to COVID-19 we are currently meeting up on my back verandah each week, so as to comply with current health regulations. "The great thing about that is my resident juvenile magpie has started joining in. Let me introduce Cheeky, and she loves to sing. Here she is helping the uke group with their C scale practice."

22.01.2022 "Brett's heart still beats in another person." These incredible Cairns mothers turned the tragedy of losing their child into a second chance at life for someone else #Bestof2020

21.01.2022 #LIVE: We're are hearing from Health Minister Yvette D'Ath with a COVID-19 update

21.01.2022 We’re getting the latest COVID-19 update from Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles

21.01.2022 SOLD! These arch windows, over 100 years old from the original Atherton Hospital Nursing Quarters just sold at a fundraising auction for $2,000 each. A Bargain?

21.01.2022 The third new case is believed to be an 'historical' case of COVID-19 in Cairns. Dr Jeannette Young says a positive case can "continue shedding for up to nine months". Health authorities say the man returned a negative test while in hotel quarantine after returning from the Congo. Prior to returning to work he tested positive for a subsequent test but authorities believe he is no longer infectious and is shedding virus particles. Further testing has been requested.

21.01.2022 NEW COIN TO HONOUR FIREFIGHTERS A year on from a horror bushfire season, the Royal Australian Mint has released a new commemorative $2 coin. The coloured coin features two firefighters in their protective gear standing back-to-back, using hoses to put out flames around them. ... Will you be collecting this one?

20.01.2022 Say hello to 2021 with Sydney's New Year's Eve midnight fireworks. No need to leave the house you can catch the action right here on Facebook. #NYEABC #PartyAtYours

20.01.2022 Over four consecutive weeks follow iconic Australian stories featuring sporting legends Peter Brock, Steve Waugh and Wayne Gardner, plus Walkabout Wickets the little-known story of the first all-Indigenous cricket team to tour the UK. Tune in Tuesday nights in November at 8.30pm (AEDT) on ABC TV + iview. For more: https://iview.abc.net.au/collection/sporting-legends #TrailblazersABC #BrockABC #WalkaboutWickets #WaughABC #WayneABC

20.01.2022 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Treasurer Cameron Dick will join local MPs to launch the Far North Queensland Economic Recovery Plan.

20.01.2022 Who'da thunk it? Crocodiles are some of the most dedicated mothers in the animal kingdom #AustraliaRemastered #Crocodile #BabyCrocodile

20.01.2022 HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL? CAIRNS Police are seeking community assistance to find a 16-year-old girl last seen at White Rock around midday yesterday. She was last seen leaving a residence on Leftwich Street towards Phoenix street. ... Police and her family are concerned for her well-being, as she suffers from a medical condition. She was last seen wearing a tan-coloured jacket, blue and white shorts with a green bag. Anyone who has information on her whereabouts is urged to contact police.

19.01.2022 Tonight on ABC TV watch Lou, a Cairns-based carbon producer and performance artist, who struggled with loneliness in the initial lockdown.

19.01.2022 Amazing photo! This osprey has its eye on the prize - what do you think it was after? This pic was taken at Hervey Bay on Friday morning.... : Paul Aurisch Photography

18.01.2022 #LIVE: Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington is making an announcement in Rockhampton this morning.

18.01.2022 Far North Queensland will roll-out the red carpet for a planeload of Victorian visitors arriving in Cairns this morning for the first time in months. Get the details from your local news team: https://ab.co/2KU4JEF

18.01.2022 Ruth Stewart has spent the past five years on Thursday Island, where not one of the 150 babies born this year was premature. It's a success rate she is hoping to deliver as the nation's new rural health commissioner.

17.01.2022 An incredible story! An engagement ring lost in the water at a Cairns beach has been retrieved from chest-deep water and returned to its owner thanks to two men with metal detectors who spent hours searching in the dead of night.

17.01.2022 SOLD! The old nursing quarters from the Atherton Hospital went under the hammer and raised nearly $35,000 for new equipment at the new hospital. Memories about the old hospital flowed thick and fast, fortunately Phil Staley took the microphone along.

16.01.2022 AUSSIE BEGA SET TO BUY LION DAIRY Dairy farmers and milk factory workers on the Atherton Tableland are breathing easier now a buyer has stepped forward to buy Lion Dairy and Drinks. The federal government torpedoed an earlier deal which would have seen the Kirin-owned business sold to the Chinese dairy company, Mengniu for $600m.... But now Lion, the owner of Australia's largest national cold supply chain network, including the Malanda milk factory and Dairyfarmers brand, will fall into Australian hands. READ MORE: https://www.abc.net.au//bega-cheese-to-buy-lion-d/12910480

15.01.2022 More traces of COVID-19 have been found in sewage at wastewater treatment plants in Cairns. One is at the Cairns North facility where a detection was recorded earlier this week. The second is at a treatment plant on Cairns' south side where no other detection has been recorded.... Health authorities say it's unknown if COVID-19 in wastewater is from an active or recovered case. More details here:

15.01.2022 A Daintree River tour operator says he'd like the Douglas Shire Council to consider more public transport options in the World-Heritage listed rainforest to reduce traffic demand on the ferry during peak season. Hear this story and all the day's news for the Far North at: https://ab.co/2KzKax7

14.01.2022 #LIVE: Health Minister Yvette D’Ath and Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young are holding a press conference to announce any new cases of COVID-19 in the state. MORE:

13.01.2022 #LIVE: Deputy Premier Steven Miles is providing an update on COVID in Queensland.

13.01.2022 AMAZING SHOT! Did you know a group of stingrays is called a fever? That might be true, but this fever of Spotted Eagle Rays off Mission Beach is pretty cool.... Thanks to Four Who Explore for allowing us to share this

13.01.2022 GROWING UP IN THE BUSH LEADS TO LIFELONG LOVE OF NATURE Shipton's Flat may seem an unlikely spot to be considered an epicentre for Wet Tropics biodiversity. The rich, but short-lived, tin mining fields are the reason many flocked to the region in the late 1800s, including Lewis and Charlie Roberts' grandfather. For three generations, the Roberts family have been observing the animals and plants of the south-eastern part of Cape York Peninsula from a unique perspective: from ...within it. Today, the brothers still live in the bush dwelling their father built under mango trees that were planted on the property more than 100 years ago. The world-renowned naturalists, bushmen and graziers have continued to live off the land while attracting global scientific interest in previously unknown species. In fact, several species, such as the ground orchid, Cooktownia robersii and the lizard, Saproscincus lewisi, is named in honor of older brother, Lewis. They believe conservation efforts should focus more on protecting the open sclerophyll forest and grasslands, which are an important habitat for many endangered species. But they cite changes the fire regime, seasons and rainforest encroachment during their lifetime as ongoing challenges for the future. Lewis says it's why he'd like his family's property to continue as a 'self supporting reserve'. "We've made our living out of it and looked after the wildlife in the process so as far as I'm concerned it's kind of a cattle station and wildlife reserve together." His brother agrees and would like it to remain in the Roberts family. "It's been in the family for well over 100 years now so it'll have to keep going forever, won't it?," Charlie said. "They'll never get me to live in a town, definitely not. No." If you missed it, you can listen back to the full interview here: https://www.abc.net.au//lewis-and-charlie-roberts/12866628

12.01.2022 "One of the things he would often do is buy bulk dog food, giant bags of it, and fly it over, and he would feed the dogs while he waited for the passengers to come back." The partner of pilot Stuart Weavell who died in a plane crash near Lockhart River in March has completed a solo hike to raise money for a cause dear to his heart homeless dogs and cats.

12.01.2022 #LIVE: We’re hearing from Annastacia Palaszczuk the day after her Queensland election victory. More:

12.01.2022 "Our voice is powerful... if we can, you can. A group of Torres Strait Islanders have hit back at the Australian Government's attempt to dismiss a landmark human rights case. They say sacred burial sites are being destroyed by rising seas.

12.01.2022 Where’s your favourite swimming hole? We have listed some of Australia’s best kept secrets spots.

11.01.2022 It's election day for Queensland! Unless you've cast a postal, or pre-poll vote, you could be fined if you don't get to a polling station today. Find your nearest polling station here: https://bit.ly/35PMN4D

11.01.2022 Meet Russell the Crow, a random crow that’s befriended a Croydon couple. So much so it recently followed them 350km on a road trip...and then 350km home again!

11.01.2022 The $61.7 million environment and heritage package will include money for a new culture and tourism hub in the Wet Tropics, and for tourism operators along the Great Barrier Reef to carry out reef monitoring.

11.01.2022 "Our hospitals are only a few metres above sea level, our airport is the same, the ambulance station, fire station, electricity substation..."

10.01.2022 VOTE 1: STATUS QUO The 2020 Queensland Election has been run and won but there's been little change here in FNQ. All the sitting members have retained their seats including: Cairns: Michael Healy, ALP Barron River: Craig Crawford, ALP... Cook: Cynthia Lui, ALP Mulgrave: Curtis Pitt, ALP Hill: Shane Knuth, KAP See more

09.01.2022 Cairns has made the 'top ten' list in the country for home loan mortgage deferrals

09.01.2022 How are you feeling about the upcoming wet season? A bit nervous? Or relieved for drought and fire-ravaged areas?

09.01.2022 KENNEDY HIGHWAY CLOSED NEAR WALKAMIN Four cars have collided on the Kennedy Highway south of Walkamin. 10 people were involved, nine have been injured. ... Queensland Ambulance says two patients are in a serious condition and will be airlifted to hospital. Seven others are being treated for minor to moderate injuries. The road is closed in both directions. Diversions are in place and long delays are expected. : https://qldtraffic.qld.gov.au/

09.01.2022 HAVE YOU SEEN HAIL DAMAGE LIKE THIS? A massive storm with "life-threatening" hail ripped through Brisbane's south and west on Saturday afternoon. Softball-sized hail damaged properties across several suburbs.

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09.01.2022 How's this for a clever camping invention? Benny and his mates came up with this method of cooking some roast beef while in Victoria's alpine region. Do you have any ingenious camping hacks? ... : Benny Mickle

08.01.2022 Opposition leader Deb Frecklington has cast her ballot this morning at Oonoonba State School in Townsville. Frecklington and her husband Jason voted within the first hour of voting opening on official Election Day, in the marginal ALP seat of Mundingburra. Check out our full election coverage here: https://ab.co/2JjzLox... :Timothy Swanston

08.01.2022 A class action trial was due to begin on Monday, but the Commonwealth settled at the last minute, coughing up $112 million in compensation.

07.01.2022 SWEET DREAMS WITH THE BIRDS YOU LOVE (to hate?) Queensland artist Jesse Irwin designed this tribute to some of our best-known birds, even if they are not always the most-loved. Which one is your favourite? ... : jesseirwinart

07.01.2022 How do you design a Big Banana? You go straight to the source #RetroFocus

07.01.2022 Crocodile sunning itself this morning on the river bank about 100 metres from a wedding chapel in Palm Cove. Cairns Surf Lifesaving Club at Palm Cove want the animal removed claiming it is a danger to the public and they want more warning signs erected. Bob McPhail from Cairns Surf Lifesaving Club, Palm Cove

05.01.2022 It's a beautiful morning in Yarrabah. How are you spending your morning?

05.01.2022 Will you be heading interstate for Christmas?

05.01.2022 #LIVE: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young are speaking live now. They are giving a Queensland COVID-19 update .

05.01.2022 UPDATE Tues 1st Dec: Good news! The 12 year old girl has now been located safe and well MISSING GIRL Police are seeking the public's help to find a 12-year-old girl who has gone missing in Cairns.... She was last seen at a home at a home on Toogood Road in Bayview Heights on Thursday. Police describe her as Caucasian, about 150 centimetres tall with a slim build, blonde hair and brown eyes. Police say the girl suffers from a medical condition and is urging anyone with information to contact them.

05.01.2022 It's a chuckout! What's your little one's fave toy?

04.01.2022 Bloody good one, Australia!

04.01.2022 Frost, prolonged dry, big wet and now a tropical cyclone... what’s next for the far north’s mango growers? Despite a mango crop decimated by severe frost last year, Sam & Kylie Collins reckon the sight of a quality, premium grade box of mangoes packed out like this one still fills them with pride and optimism for the future.

04.01.2022 To say good riddance to 2020, satirist Mark Humphries and his co-writer Evan Williams are chucking out everything related to the past year.

04.01.2022 HOW GOOD IS THIS?! In case you missed this fantastic news earlier today - for the first time since June 9, Australia has no locally acquired cases of COVID-19. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has praised health care workers and the Australian public for the milestone. ... MORE: https://ab.co/383B6tZ

03.01.2022 COULD LAKELAND BE POISED TO BE A WATERMELON AND PUMPKIN GROWING POWERHOUSE? Lakeland has long been one of Queensland’s ‘quiet achievers’. It came to the fore in the aftermath of severe cyclones Larry and Yasi when banana production was decimated as consumers were forced to go without their favourite fruit. Growers expanded north and these days banana trees cover more than 3000 hectares. Now ‘new kids on the block’ - Shaun and Deb Jackson from Daintree Fresh - are convinced the region’s rich, red volcanic soils and predictable climate will make it Australia’s next major cucurbit growing powerhouse. His sweet watermelons and high Beta Carotene pumpkins are going down a treat in Japanese markets - and seem to have found favour with our rural reporter Charlie McKillop!

03.01.2022 LIVE: Watch our live coverage of the Queensland election.

03.01.2022 Working the land as a young farmer has its ups and downs, like anything, but a new industry group, Proserpine Young Farmers, is helping to connect locals under 40 with the latest developments in grazing and agriculture, to help them build a solid future for their families. The Rural Report was broadcast live from a canefield just outside the Whitsunday region town this morning, you can listen back here: https://ab.co/3cEDoQr

03.01.2022 #LIVE: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is holding a press conference in Mackay.

02.01.2022 'My grandfather could never have envisaged the changes to cane harvesting he would witness in his lifetime. But from where will the next step change come for the Australian sugar industry?' As #ABCRural marks 75 years of broadcasting, Charlie McKillop delves into the paradigm shift from cane knife to mechanical harvester. https://youtu.be/k8nBuAc3G9c

02.01.2022 There is currently one Cairns hotel operating as a quarantine facility, and the Premier called on any other hotels that were interested to contact the Government. More here: https://ab.co/36mVa9U

01.01.2022 LISTEN The remarkable, chart topping, book writing Donna Dyson explained what makes a good children’s song and reminded us all that a disability like blindness has only inspired her to help more children.

01.01.2022 Join us as we celebrate 75 years of ABC Rural - showing you the faces and the places that reflect country life. Learn more: https://ab.co/33lYfET #ABCRural75 #ABCRural