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Newsport Alert Wednesday 11 February 2026
Farmers and recreational shooters need not fear beefed-up gun laws - local MP
Changes to Queensland’s gun laws by the State Government will not result in a limit to the amount of guns farmers and recreational shooters can own, Cook MP David Kempton says.
JUNGLE DRUM: One Australia? Thoughts from the Jungle
Every Australia Day the same images and thoughts appear, and certain media outlets fuel the flames. First nations people burning flags.
The Savannah Sounds music festival program is out
The program has today been announced for Port Douglas’s very own music festival - Savannah Sounds.
Arts grants "super round" on the table
Council is challenging the Douglas Shire’s creative crowd to think big and community-facing when applying for a beefed-up round of arts funding.
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