Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Mackay International Film Festival is back for 2022 and delivers a stellar line-up of thought-provoking Arthouse and Independent cinema.
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Mackay’s Bryce Bathe is about to call it a day on his career as a Marine Pilot with North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) but exploring Bryce’s resume further shows how truly incredible his career has been.
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A co-design workshop tackling mental health and suicide prevention in our region was held by the Council of Mayors Suicide Prevention Taskforce last Thursday at the MECC.
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One of Mackay’s most beloved heritage-listed buildings, The Ambassador Hotel, will become a stage for Mackay Festival of Arts performance, Read the Room this July.
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Reef Catchments are seeking to partner with community organisations to implement projects from the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac Reef Community Action Plan (CAP).
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The art of woodturning has been in fine hands for more than 35 years in Mackay, with Mackay Woodturners President and Patron, Barry Porter, celebrating his 35-year Mackay Woodturners anniversary with the club’s founder, Rod Madam.
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Mackay police are appealing for CCTV or dash cam footage following an alleged hit and run traffic crash in Andergrove last weekend on Saturday, June 25.
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Upgrade work has commenced at the Sydney and Alfred streets roundabout to improve safety of the area and improve visibility for drivers and pedestrians.
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Mackay Regional Council held a special meeting last week to move a budget that has been described as “strong” and “sensible”.
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With the Mackay Regional Budget delivered last week, we wanted to know what changes Mackay locals would make if they were ‘Mayor for a day’.
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Minister for Employment and Small Business Di Farmer visited Prestige Cabinet Co, North Mackay earlier this week, a business who benefitted from a $5,000 Business Basics Grant.
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A former Whitsunday Anglican School student has found success in the Ironman Cairns Asia-Pacific Championship.
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School holidays are meant for fun and adventure, but one kid’s ‘break’ got off to a very bad start last weekend.
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“We woke up to windows breaking, the smoke was overwhelming
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COVID vaccination requirements across a range of categories were eased in Queensland from 1am June 30, with mandatory vaccinations no longer needed in a range of settings including visitors to correctional facilities or people working in education.
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Mackay’s Cooper Whitestyles took the Lawn Bowls Australian Open by storm last week, winning the multi-disability pairs final alongside para-Jackaroo Damien Delgado
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Romance novels, childhood cartoons and British band The Police have led everyone to believe that one day, we’d all find a mysterious bottle washed ashore at the beach containing a grand tale of adventure from the original sender.
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Locals will no longer need to travel to Brisbane for complex sinus and nasal surgery with new state-of-the-art surgical technology now available at Mater Private Hospital Mackay
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Six students were the recipients of more than $25,000 last week to help them forge a diverse range of careers without having to move to a big city to do it.
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This week 80 motivated people ran, jogged and walked the 5km waterfront course, of whom 22 were first timers to Airlie Beach parkrun and 6 recorded new personal best times - well done to Darren, Jay, Isabella, Bronwyn, Susanne and Kathryn. In addition, Nathalie celebrated 25 weeks as a volunteer. Bob celebrated his 100th parkrun and Janice and Keegan completed their 100th parkrun at different locations, they came to Airlie Beach to celebrate these milestones.
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In a thrilling conclusion to the inaugural Friday Nights Under Lights junior basketball competition, the Proserpine Pirates have clinched the title overcoming a late challenge from the Cannonvale Crocodiles.
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A six-match week for the Airlie Beach Darts Club on return from mid-season break, starting with a midweek match played between Ross Gallichan and Jamie Woods.
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For Airlie Beach Bowls Club members living here in paradise, the mornings may be cold this winter, but the bowls are sizzling.
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On Wednesday there were two games of Social Bowls played, with Arthur Griffith and Philip Brown defeated Bob Ross and Garry Alexander
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Monday last week saw a full green of self-selected triples, the winners for the afternoon were J Breakwell, B Bowring, and J Stamp defeat P Sullivan, M Hyde, and R Hyde
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