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GIVE your mum a gift she’ll treasure this Mother’s Day.

You’ll be in mum’s good books if you get her a new Samsung tablet, available for a limited time when you take this 12-month digital subscription with Cairns Post.

Your subscription means you’ll always be up-to-date with the issues affecting the Far North and its people.

For more than 136 years, the Cairns Post has been campaigning for and supporting the Far North community.

Our commitment to bring you unrivalled local news coverage has not changed – but the way you read your news might have.

A Cairns Post digital subscription gives you aroundthe-clock access to the latest news and exclusive insights from Cairns, Australia and around the world.

Our journalists and photographers, who are spread north to Port Douglas, west to the Tablelands and south to Innisfail, are on the ground bringing you rolling coverage, videos, in-depth features and analysis, inter- active graphics and photo galleries.

When floods swept through the region in March, more than 500,000 people online and more than one million people on Facebook turned to the Cairns Post to stay informed.

Our coverage included rolling updates on essential details like road closures, but also personal accounts and videos of residents whose lives were impacted by the flooding.

You’ve also celebrated the lighter side of FNQ life with us. More than 1550 people voted on a Cairns Cup Carnival 50 bestdressed races photo poll with more than 130,000 people clicking on the story to take a look at the outfits.

Cairns Post features editor Lauren Pratt (right) marvels at the transition the local newspaper has made in the digital world.

“I worked at this paper back when social media was in its infancy,” she said. “The spotlight was on print, now news is delivered on multiple platforms. It’s an honour to have been part of such a massive global shift to the online world and to see it put into action here in this beautiful old building on Abbott St.

“I may work at the Cairns Post but I am a consumer as well and one of the most relaxing parts of my day is reading the paper of a morning.

“Like so many other mums though, I am run off my feet and that’s where I find the Cairns Post website and online app so convenient.

“Not only that, it’s entertaining too. This paper is well and truly local and I get a sense of satisfaction from being part of the storytelling process. But I also benefit from being kept up-to-date from such comprehensive coverage of the entire region.”

For $8 a week for the first 12 months (minimum cost $416), you can get all the benefits of a Cairns Post digital subscription as well as an eight-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A Wi-Fi tablet. Conditions apply. Phone 1800 170 323 or visit cairnspost.com.au/ tablet.