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22nd February 2025

PM Edition

Media locked out of court as teen trio accused of rape appear

Reporters were locked out of the Innisfail Court House this morning as three teens appeared charged with rape following a sickening home invasion at Manunda.

Watch the arrest: Depraved teen trio in vile knifepoint rape

Police have released dramatic footage of the arrest of a teenager wanted after a woman was allegedly raped at knifepoint in a sickening home invasion in Cairns.

‘Forced to drink toilet water’: 12yo allegedly indecently assaulted in Cairns Watch house

A Qld youth support group has called for an end to child watch house lockups longer than 72 hours after it was revealed a 12-year-old had been allegedly indecently assaulted in the...

Cairns home ownership challenges at centre of new tax reform

Cairns homebuyers Keely and Aidan Maxwell struggling to get a foothold on the property ladder say the axing of stamp duty would make their first home purchase easier on the hip poc...

‘Gross misjudgment’: Skipper fined over jet boat collision

An experienced mariner with an “exemplary reputation” has expressed his “heartfelt regret” over an accident where a family of three thought they were going to die following his act...

Aussies pack Andy Lee’s new pub in New York

Hundreds of Aussie expats turned out to christen a newly opened pub in New York City and share a drink with Andy Lee and Hamish Blake. See photos, video.

Bombshell link between Beaumont family and key suspect

As a fresh dig for the remains of the Beaumont children begins, it’s been revealed the niece of a key suspect had close links to a member of the family.

‘Porn, nudes and fat-shaming’: Inside the Lively-Baldoni legal war

Allegations of sexual harassment, civil extortion and defamation have been flung back and forth as the feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni shakes Hollywood to its core. He...