Cairns News

abc.net.au | 9 Oct 2007

Queensland’s peak mental health body says services in regional Queensland still need more support. Mental Health Week is this year celebrating the theme ‘Everyone’s Life is a Hero’s Journey’.

Full Story: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/09/2054216.htm

HOSPITAL patients in Queensland are to be stamped with barcodes in a move to prevent operations being performed on the wrong body parts.

Full Story: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22404849-662,00.html

A British tourist found floating unconscious in the ocean while snorkelling in north Queensland has died in hospital. The 39-year-old man was snorkelling with a woman at Nudey Beach on Fitzroy Island, off Cairns, about 2.40pm yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.theage.com.au/news/travel/british-snorkeller-dies-in-cairns/2007/09/12/1189276762304.html

FEARS that equine influenza (EI) had spread to Queensland’s north have eased after secondary tests on horses returned negative results. On Friday, the horse flu was thought to have been discovered in Julia Creek in Queensland’s northwest and at Gordonvale near Cairns.

Full Story: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22391595-5005961,00.html

SCARY movies and television programs are responsible for almost a third of fearful night-time thoughts experienced by young people, an Australian survey has found.

Full Story: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/night-frights-identified/2007/09/05/1188783321069.html

An Australian sleep expert says shift workers face a greater risk of being involved in road accidents. More than 2,500 experts are discussing sleeping disorders at an international conference in Cairns in far north Queensland this week.

Full Story: http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/06/2025415.htm?section=justin

Cairns Taipans star Martin Cattalini has told the Cairns Post he can’t wait to put the grind of the pre-season behind him and get on court.

Full Story: http://www.southdragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=nblnews&nblarticle=true&id=5402

A far-north Queensland sugar mill is close to producing the world’s first batch of low glycemic-index (GI) sugar.

Full Story: http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/29/2018747.htm?section=justin

It’s a new deal at Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort. All bets are off and to mark the resort’s launch as part of the Accor Hotels group, it is offering a special room rate from $159 per night.

Full Story: http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=68516&nav=1

Three teenagers missing after going on a fishing trip in Queensland’s far north have been found at a Cairns’ residence. The trio, aged 15, 17, and 18, left Yarrabah, east of Cairns, in a dinghy yesterday morning for Batt Reef, off Port Douglas.

Full Story: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/missing-teenagers-found-at-cairns-home/2007/08/26/1188066936489.html