BEHIND THE BRAND
CONNECT FNQ is dedicated to providing a locally focused and community-driven news service that Cairns residents and surrounding localities can rely on. Our coverage is completely free and available online 24/7, ensuring our followers get the news that matters to them because it matters to us.
Our small but passionate team is entirely focused on accurate, local, and engaging news stories that inform and entertain our thousands of loyal readers.
Real News Matters.
MEET OUR PEOPLE
ANGE COLLINS
Founder
Ange Collins is a serial entrepreneur with a stable of businesses at her fingertips. She holds a big picture thinking mindset, coupled with an incredible zest to ensure other people in life and business achieve incredible results. Her outgoing nature and natural ability to ‘make things happen’ are strong reasons to engage in her products and services. Ange is a serious connector in business, she is results driven and dedicates her time to making a difference in business and within community.
Ange Collins is a serial entrepreneur with a stable of businesses at her fingertips. She holds a big picture thinking mindset, coupled with an incredible zest to ensure other people in life and business achieve incredible results. Her outgoing nature and natural ability to ‘make things happen’ are strong reasons to engage in her products and services. Ange is a serious connector in business, she is results driven and dedicates her time to making a difference in business and within community.
HANNA SLOAN
Journalist
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0447154714
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Born and raised in Cairns, Hanna has a strong connection to the people and stories of Far North Queensland. She honed her writing skills with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative and Professional Writing) at QUT in Brisbane, during which time she was lucky enough to complete a semester abroad in Lille, France. There, she took advantage of the cheap flights around Europe, wrote about her travels, and taught English in her spare time. After university Hanna survived four of the Melbourne lockdowns while working as a freelance women’s media writer before returning home to Cairns. Hanna is excited to be a part of the Connect FNQ news team, engage with the Far Northern community and share the stories that matter to readers.
Born and raised in Cairns, Hanna has a strong connection to the people and stories of Far North Queensland. She honed her writing skills with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative and Professional Writing) at QUT in Brisbane, during which time she was lucky enough to complete a semester abroad in Lille, France. There, she took advantage of the cheap flights around Europe, wrote about her travels, and taught English in her spare time. After university Hanna survived four of the Melbourne lockdowns while working as a freelance women’s media writer before returning home to Cairns. Hanna is excited to be a part of the Connect FNQ news team, engage with the Far Northern community and share the stories that matter to readers.