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Mackay Sugar established a new business unit last week, dedicated to improving the end-to-end services it provides to local growers and ensuring a stronger focus on all commercial aspects across the sugar, molasses and electricity business streams
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day was celebrated across the nation last Thursday with Sarina Youth Centre hosting celebrations.
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Have you discovered Sarina’s Heritage Walking Trail? Launched in 2021 as part of Mackay’s contribution to the 2021 National Trust Heritage Festival, the online trail includes 11 stops, ranging from the State Heritage-listed Sarina Air Raid Shelter to the Sarina Pie Cart.
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The Sarina Surf Life Saving Club has elected their new committee for the 2022/23 season.
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National Tree Day was back earlier this month and saw Australians get their hands dirty and give back to the community
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In the ultimate of grudge matches, there’s nothing that tastes sweeter than a Queensland victory against New South Wales. Unless you’re talking about the clean, crisp taste of Marian’s water, which again was recognized as being amongst the best tasting water in Australia.
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The Federal Government has agreed to back a motion moved by Senator Susan McDonald to reinstate a parliamentary body to oversee issues and development in Northern Australia.
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A hardware store which has been servicing the Mackay and Whitsunday region since 1883 has shown it still has plenty of life yet.
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Three local students were awarded academic bursaries last week, with the aim to encourage the academic progress of students from the Mackay Regional Council area who are studying within skills shortage areas within the region.
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The highest honour in the Joey Scout Section of Scouting was recently awarded to Banksia Joey Scout Mikayla Page when she received the Joey Scout Challenge Award.
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The 2021 Waterway Report Card for the Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac region was released last week reporting on the health of the region’s waterways from data collected between July 2020 and June 2021.
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Mackay Hospital and Health Service has received an updated timeline on the independent investigation into obstetrics and gynaecology services.
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A popular gardening competition is back to put a spring in the step of green thumbs in the Isaac region this month
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The Port of Mackay has broken a decade-long record to post its greatest trade year by volume.
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Two Mackay hockey players will be coming home from Birmingham with medals after both the men’s and women’s teams made the gold medal matches in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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A string of horrific tragedies rocked the region and devastated first responders last weekend.
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Last Saturday exemplified what north Queensland winters are all about and it couldn’t have been a more perfect day for the return of BE Social Fest, bringing some of Australian music’s biggest names to Mackay.
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Authorities have confirmed that there are no serious injuries in the road incident which took place between a vehicle and truck on the Bruce Highway at the intersection of Sawmill Dr and Myrtlevale this afternoon.
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Schoolboy rugby league heavyweights Ignatius Park College Townsville and St Patrick’s College Mackay continue to flex their muscles in the Aaron Payne Cup Open age competition.
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Mackay Pickleball players participated in another leg of the Queensland Pickleball Tour held in Yeppoon on the July 23-24 weekend
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Hockey is a family affair and much talked about subject in the Davies household at East Mackay.
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Mackay swimmer Meg Harris has swept up silver in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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When Mercy College Mackay teacher Dee Meigan helped resurrect the school’s Mountain Bike Club last term, little did she anticipate the wave of success that would follow the batch of young riders.
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