FOOTY TO FELONS

THE former home of the North Queensland Cowboys is being weighed up as an option for a new $30m police station, a high level police officer has confirmed.

Regional Queensland Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor said the new Kirwan Police Station could be housed at the former 1300Smiles Stadium with other emergency services, if a $500,000 feasibility study found it was viable.

The former home of the North Queensland Cowboys has not been used by the NRL club for games since 2019, when their state-of-the-art Queensland Country Bank Stadium was built.