Crisafulli deflects nuclear questions,blames Labor ‘scare campaigns’

Crisafulli deflects nuclear questions,blames Labor ‘scare campaigns’

The opposition leader was asked if he would match premier Steven Miles’ promise of a High Court fight against any federal attempt to build reactors in Queensland.

  • byWilliam Davis andCatherine Strohfeldt

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‘Stakes are really high’:Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up

‘Stakes are really high’:Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up

As Labor leader Steven Miles kept busy,his LNP challenger,David Crisafulli,warned of “aggression in politics” and announced another crime policy.

  • byCameron Atfield
Final flight:Pilot turned off lights to hide take-off,flew over his own unit

Final flight:Pilot turned off lights to hide take-off,flew over his own unit

An air safety report reveals a helicopter that crashed into a Cairns hotel,killing the drunk pilot,hit the building blades-first with its rotors on full power.

  • byCatherine Strohfeldt
‘A different leader’:Miles wants his own mandate,Crisafulli wants change

‘A different leader’:Miles wants his own mandate,Crisafulli wants change

Queensland’s 26-day formal election fight will begin on Tuesday,after the state’s major party leaders spent campaign-eve setting the scene for voters.

  • byMatt Dennien andCameron Atfield
No access to fresh air:Children held in ‘inadequate’ adult watch houses for weeks

No access to fresh air:Children held in ‘inadequate’ adult watch houses for weeks

Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.

  • byKeira Jenkins
Aviation company staff member crashed helicopter after farewell drinks

Aviation company staff member crashed helicopter after farewell drinks

Nautilus Aviation has released a statement to “address rumours” about the fatal crash of one of its helicopters into a Cairns hotel.

  • bySean Parnell
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Deadly helicopter crash ‘could have been far worse’

Deadly helicopter crash ‘could have been far worse’

The rotor blades of the helicopter smacked into the hotel rooms,one of which had an elderly couple asleep inside.

  • bySavannah Meacham
‘A colossal ear-deafening bang’:Pilot killed after stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel

‘A colossal ear-deafening bang’:Pilot killed after stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel

A helicopter that crashed into a waterfront hotel in Cairns,killing the pilot,was on an ‘unauthorised’ flight and may have been stolen,authorities say.

  • byWilliam Davis
Waterfall victims identified as Indian students

Waterfall victims identified as Indian students

Tributes have begun to pour in for Chaitanya Mupparaju and Surya Teja Bobba after their bodies were recovered at Millaa Millaa Falls near Cairns.

  • byLaine Clark
Record $1m reward paid out after Cordingley murder charge

Record $1m reward paid out after Cordingley murder charge

A record $1 million reward has been paid out “in full” after an international search led to the arrest of a man accused of murdering Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.

  • byLaine Clark andKeira Jenkins
Battling region hit again by heavy rain,cyclone threat

Battling region hit again by heavy rain,cyclone threat

All roads are closed north of the Daintree River near Cairns because of landslips and rockfalls after again being hit hard by heavy rain.

  • byFraser Barton,Keira Jenkins andLaine Clark