Banks, not hotels, delay money

I RECENTLY visited Cairns, where I worked in the 1950s on the small coastal ships that visited to drop general cargo and load sugar.

Hotel operators are braced for tough times in Victoria as room supply rises an estimated 8.5 per cent by 2004 and overall demand and rates continue to slide.

Lion's main man, Gordon Cairns, speaks of his role with pride. Mark Todd reports.

Bonita Mabo wasn't in the High Court the day her late husband achieved one of the biggest victories in Australian legal history, but it wasn't for lack of trying. She was at home in Townsville when word came that the decision was imminent. When all else failed, she rang..read more