{"id":177099,"date":"2025-09-29T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/177099\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:20:18","slug":"the-express-newspaper-local-news-covering-sport-agricultural-entertainment-community-business-news-for-mareeba-atherton-cooktown-kuranda-the-tablelands-far-north-queensland-australia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/177099\/","title":{"rendered":"The Express Newspaper | Local News covering Sport, Agricultural, Entertainment, Community &#038; Business News for Mareeba, Atherton, Cooktown, Kuranda, the Tablelands &#038; Far North Queensland Australia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/latest-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latest News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/local-fighter-state-champ-best-boxer-2025-09-29\" class=\"feature_photo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Team Mareeba Boxing fighter Matt Carroll holding his Queensland Champion belt, lightweight champion medal, and Senior Boxer of the Tournament trophy from the State Titles \u2013 as well as his main bout winner trophy (right) from a recent Mareeba fight.\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cf3746e13d3b58f54aa5805f0393c8d6.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-statamic-responsive-images=\"\"\/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>MAREEBA boxer Matt Carroll has returned home from the recent State Titles as a Queensland Champion and Senior Boxer of the Tournament after fighting above his weight class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"details mb-3\">  29 September, 2025 <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/sport-and-events\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sport<\/a>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/a-splashing-success-2025-09-29\" class=\"feature_photo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Quincan house captains Ella Finey (left) and Midori.\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/24db7d03799c7533b823ee5d7b03a04e.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-statamic-responsive-images=\"\"\/> <\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/a-splashing-success-2025-09-29\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A splashing success<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>STUDENTS at Atherton State High School enjoyed their end-of-term swimming carnival with competitive racing and fun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"details mb-3\">  29 September, 2025  <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/on-the-land\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On The Land<\/a>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/forum-for-landholders-2025-09-28\" class=\"feature_photo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Forum for landholders - feature photo\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09bc7d4d79012c15ae4b08c4be1759d0.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-statamic-responsive-images=\"\"\/> <\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/forum-for-landholders-2025-09-28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forum for landholders<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>LANDHOLDERS from across Queensland and beyond will gather in Cairns on 7 October for the Our Natural Legacy: 2025&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"details mb-3\">  28 September, 2025  <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/new-and-improved-app-2025-09-27\" class=\"feature_photo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New and improved app - feature photo\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/91b39c0d4e47af27407e8e55b6c2f182.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-statamic-responsive-images=\"\"\/> <\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au\/new-and-improved-app-2025-09-27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New and improved app<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A NEW and improved app has been launched to assist festival goers plan ahead for their action-packed days at this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"details mb-3\">  27 September, 2025  <\/p>\n<p>      Most Popular   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest News MAREEBA boxer Matt Carroll has returned home from the recent State Titles as a Queensland Champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-177099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}