Cape York Weekly FREE – #234 | Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Editor Lyndon Keane: 0419 891 666 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
INSIDE TODAY
CAREER EXPO FOR NPA KIDS Page 2
CLASSIC PRIZES TOP $200K Page 7 AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS Pages 8 & 9
Visit provides Nicholls firsthand hospital health check
LAURA SET TO FROCK UP Page 10
TCHHS chief executive Rex O’Rourke, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls, board chair Renee Williams and Member for Cook David Kempton prepare to tour the Cooktown Hospital on 15 May. Find out what the minister had to say about the ageing facility on Page 5.
From Canberra to Cape
‘Passionate’ Smith wants ministers on ground Matt Smith says he is committed to showing his Canberra colleagues “what we’re actually looking at here” on Cape York as the incoming Leichhardt MP plots a tour of his new 150,000 square kilometre kingdom to take the pulse of communities. Read the story on Page 3.
WEIPA GYMNASTS HIT THE ROAD Page 19
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