Photo: Tourism Tropical North Queensland “Ratepayers right ... “It’s an equity thing for me and only fair,” Mr Pyne said.

Photo: Tourism Tropical North Queensland ... “It’s an equity thing for me and only fair,” Mr Pyne said. Maintenance of the Cairns Lagoon costs around $4.2m per year.

Cowboys legend Johnathan Thurston still believes coach Todd Payten is the man for the job, despite a disaster start to the season.

Todd Payten has rung the changes in North Queensland, making four huge decisions on his line-up for the Cowboys’ blockbuster ...

"So when it empties, it empties an enormous amount of water out into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon." Another satellite ... all the way up to the Cairns region. "It just depends upon how long ...