UNI GEARS UP FOR NEW CAMPUS 🎓 It’s impossible not to get excited about CQUniversity's new campus in the Cairns CBD. 😃 This four-storey education facility, to be built at the corner of Grafton and Hartley streets, is inching closer to construction with a development...

FREIGHT HANDLED WITH CARE For managing director Barbara Ford and her team at Air Freight Handling Services, all cargo is precious. 🎁🛩 The business she started 20 years ago handles a large chunk of the freight that travels domestically and internationally through...

BRINGING THE DATA TO LIFE 🌟 For the past five years, Pete Faulkner FAICD of Conus Business Consultancy Services has been a key partner to Advance Cairns, delivering the economic analysis that underpins our advocacy and strategic direction. His work spans economic...

EYES ON THE HORIZON 🛩 There isn’t one tiny part of Hinterland Aviation that Andrew Clair doesn’t know about. From the check-in counter to the maintenance hub, through departures and to lift-off, Andrew is across it all. Hailing from Atherton, Andrew has worked his way...

Thank you to CEO Richard Stevenson for his Ports North update on Tuesday morning. There was a wide cross-section of stakeholders in the Cairns Cruising Yacht Squadron "room with a view" including Ports North board members and their new Chair Ben Kidston - welcome!...

REACHING FOR THE SKY ✨ James and Sarah Mort know how to build things. They have more than 35 years of experience constructing social and affordable housing but it’s not just bricks and mortar they specialise in.They bring visions to life. Originally from Victoria,...

SILICA PROJECT DIVERSIFYING ECONOMY✨ Great opportunity for our CEO Jennifer Spilsbury to address Advance Cairns member organisation Silica Resources Australia and its delegation in Cairns on Thursday. Their Mourilyan Silica Sands project, about 100km south of Cairns,...

A LIFELINE TO THE REOTE FAR NORT Dangerous sea conditions, giant tides, high costs and inbound freight in all shapes and sizes make operations challenging for Northern Australia’s largest shipping provider, Sea Swift.All can affect schedules and delivery costs for the...

STEP INCIDE JCU'S NEW YENIE BUILDING AND IMMEDIATELY YOU'RE INSPIRED TO LEARN 📚 From the outside it is architecturally stunning with its mix of materials, straight lines and curves with a boomerang-shaped roof over the entrance and a prominent copper tower.It’s inside...

INNOVATION AT HEART OF CSF Sparks are flying, the scent of steel and paint hangs in the air and a high-vis workforce beavers away alongside high-tech robots in a giant shed at the bottom end of Walters Street in Portsmith. Welcome to CSF Industries – one of the most...

THE POWER OF A 5000-TONNE SHIP LIFT Tucked behind the iconic sugar wharves in the Cairns Maritime Precinct is a business doing mighty things.Tropical Reef Shipyard is a privately-owned, world-class shipyard that services all kinds of vessels from Defence to...