Australia Travel News 09/30/2010

The bones of a Torres Strait Islander child have returned to Australia more than 150 years after they were taken from far north Queensland.

Cairns Airport has been redeveloped and opened ahead of schedule and was opened by Deputy Premier Paul Lucas today on the back of the launch of Tourism Queensland’s new international brand, ‘Queensland, Where Australia Shines’.

SCIENTISTS will release thousands of mosquitoes at Yorkeys Knob and Gordonvale in an attempt to rid the Far North of dengue fever.

ONCE it was "Beautiful one day, perfect the next", then came "Where else but Queensland". What do you think of our new tourism advertising campaign?

Australian telecoms giant Telstra Thursday said it would slash jobs to "improve customer satisfaction" but refused to confirm a report that 6,000 workers were facing the axe.

Sarah Murdoch, the host of Australia's Next Top Model, has denied that her embarrassing mix-up of the winners on live final of the show was a deliberate ploy to raise ratings.

SOCIAL media giant Facebook today launched its controversial location-based service Places in Australia.

Collingwood has dropped midfielder Leon Davis for Saturday's AFL grand final replay against St Kilda.

The husband of a Wollongong skydiver who died after a mid-air collision in far north Queensland plans to scatter her ashes during a memorial jump this weekend.

Virgin Blue airlines is desperately trying to get back on track today after yesterday’s chaos that saw thousands of passengers stranded at Australian airports.