The Bureau of Meteorology reported the system made landfall at 3.30pm and weather stations on the ground recorded sustained winds at the centre of 75km/h, with wind gusts of up to 100km/h. Bureau ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Cairns. Followed categories will be added to My News. However, arrangements for the workers could evolve, the mining company says, with a “review of all FIFO work ...

WEIPA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has approved a new 12.4MW solar farm and 8.8MVa/2.1MWh of battery storage to provide renewable energy for the Amrun bauxite operations near Weipa in ...

CREATING a new, giant council stretching from Aurukun in the south to Mapoon in the north has been suggested as a way to “normalise” Weipa’s local governance. A meeting in Cairns with various ...

Located 838 km north of Cairns on a road that varies from the sublime to the horrendous, Weipa is a mining town with a population of over 3000 people. Although geographically part of the Cooktown ...

The birthing unit runs as a part of the Weipa Integrated Health Service and services surrounding areas including Napranum, Mapoon and Aurukun. The service hadn’t been open since 1999, with staff ...

An Australian space company is set to land in the Sunshine State, after confirming its decision to relocate its spaceport to a new site in Queensland, with the first launches due next year. FIND OUT ...

The Weipa Town Authority, in far north Queensland, is furious it was not invited to Canberra this week where councils in the country were given money for infrastructure projects. It is neighbouring ...

While researching sea snakes in the mining town of Weipa in Australia’s remote Cape York Peninsula, a team of biologists chanced upon a black and white snake that’s new to science. The venomous snake, ...

Virgin Australia has confirmed it will launch a new direct domestic service between Cairns and Weipa after the Newman Government’s decision to deregulate air services, opening up one of Queensland’s ...