Separate studies claim to show a connection between improved water quality in catchments along Queensland's Great Barrier Reef and farmers changing the way they fertilise their crops.
Several Socceroos and Matildas stars have emerged from Far North Queensland but those involved with the game say the lack of an elite-level side from Cairns could be holding player development back.
Atherton was once named Queensland's tidiest town, but some residents say the main street has become unsightly. Locals have formed a volunteer clean-up crew to restore the Tablelands town to its former glory.
The Queensland government will allocate $300,000 for new soybean and rice projects in Mossman as the region continues to search for a future beyond sugar cane.
In 1975, Rusty Rees started a farmers' market in the heart of Cairns that has grown into a tourism drawcard, attracting thousands of international visitors every year.
A Cairns magistrate hears the man threatened an allegedly tortured 19-year-old woman with a replica gun and made her write a "demeaning" apology to a co-accused. Three people have been charged with multiple offences.
Those who lived through the terror following Cyclone Jasper share their fears, along with some of the small joys that have helped them through the mammoth recovery effort.
Builders and suppliers of engineered stone say their industries are crippled by confusion and a lack of detail from government about the impending ban on engineered stone.
A team of German scientists have spent 150 hours flying up to 15 kilometres above sea level in a modified plane packed with research instruments in an ongoing project to help refine climate modelling.
