Based in Brisbane, Circa, is a visionary contemporary acrobatic and circus show, that tests the limits of human movement and powerful performance. On by Circa is the newest performance to the company’s repertoire, illuminating the haunting tale of a chance encounter, a single touch, an impossible connection, with eight strangers.
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After weeks of campaigning and four days of voting, 21 young candidates became 12 young councillors as the first democratically elected Mackay region Youth Council was announced last Sunday.
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Hi readers. This week’s issue is absolutely packed with sport, although some stories are, unfortunately, more triumphant than others.
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Emersen Lamb said winning Miss Junior Teen Diamond International last year changed her life. The year 10 student’s pageantry success left her inspired and hungry to chase her dreams of becoming a model.
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When four local businessmen attended the Trudy Crowley Foundation Ball last year, they made the decision to pool their resources and make a vital donation.“We all thought what better way to help the guys out than by buying the car they were raising money for, then all the money they raise could go to something else,” said Brendan Camilleri of Comiskey Mining Services.
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The Australian Government has handed down a budget that, for the first time in 15 years, is in surplus.In their second budget, the Labor government announced a $4.2 billion surplus which has largely been credited to corporate tax gained from the resources industry.
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Members of the Mackay community, including the Mackay Police department and other government departments, has remembered victims of family and domestic violence at a candlelight vigil at the Blue Water Quay in Mackay last week.
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Since the release of damning reports in 2022, the Mackay Base Hospital has hired two new senior obstetrics and gynaecological specialists. Dr Leigh Grant and Dr Barton Matshe have joined the Women’s Health Unit of Mackay Base Hospital.
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After growing up on a sugar cane farm in Sarina and nearly 30 years after beginning his medical career in Mackay, Dr Adrian Wescott has welcomed a new role of Clinical Director of Surgery with Mackay Base Hospital.
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James Cook University’s Mackay campuses have been gifted an Indigenous name in a fitting acknowledgment of the role played by Indigenous people in advancing the University.
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Staff at Mackay Base Hospital celebrated International Midwives Day last Friday, May 5 with the presentation of awards, celebrating the hospital’s midwives and their dedication and contributions to maternal and newborn health.
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A GENUINE passion for hoops and strong will to succeed have helped transform schoolboy Zac Uhr into a prolific scoring whiz kid in the fast paced sport of wheelchair basketball.
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Mission organisation, Anglican Mothers’ Union group is now looking to expand and welcome new members to its group which is dedicated to the empowerment of women and the improvement of youth’s lives.
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Mackay & District Senior Citizens congratulate all on attaining such a milestone in their lives.Elinor Leppien and Alf Pagden recently turned 90 years old.
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A brewer of many years, Scott Linden of Star’s breakfast show Scotty and Kaley started like many amateur brewers with a Coopers homebrew set.After years of experimenting, Scotty launched his very own beer, the Bald Eagle Brew, at Red Dog Brewery last week, with lucky listeners and special guests there to get the first taste.
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A local Vietnam veteran travelled to Melbourne for Anzac Day to reunite with his battalion, 8RAR.With the caravan in tow, Les Palmer and his wife Sue embarked on a three-week trip that Mr Palmer described as “magic”.
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In a Mackay Mayor’s Charity Ball first, all 440 tickets for the 2023 event were sold.
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Four rowers from the Mackay Rowing Club have returned from the Queensland State Masters Championship Regatta with medals aplenty and a reinvigorated passion for their sport.
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The Reef Catchments Mackay Whitsunday Streambank Stewardship Program is celebrating receiving an additional $2 million from the Reef Assist 2.0 program. Being one of 11 regional Queensland initiatives the Reef Assist 2.0 program supports and promotes protection of the Great Barrier Reef and water quality improvements.
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It’s being hailed as a “once in a generation” sugar price, recently topping $827 /tonne. This couples with an easing in fertiliser prices, setting the stage for a promising, prosperous 2023 harvest.During my time as a grower, I have not seen our sugar industry in such a strong position.
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The history of Whitson Dawson is long and impressive, but while the accounting firm looks back on its 140-year history with pride, it also looks forward with excitement and confidence. Started in 1883 by W G Hodges, the firm came into the Whitson family in 1956 when Colin Whitson, well known for his accountancy and secretarial roles in the north Queensland sugar industry, joined the firm. He purchased the practise in 1958, running it until his death in 1964 when his son Neil took over. With the
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The Sarina Beach Progress Association are holding their Giant Garage sales again this year.The Giant Garage Sales will be held in Sarina Beach and Campwin Beach on Sunday May 28 from 7am. All the householders wishing to have a Garage Sale at their home are asked to register with $10 at the Sarina Beach Store / Servo up until the day before the event.
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This year’s theme for National Volunteer Week is ‘The Change Makers’ – and that rings true for the very special people who drive positive change throughout the greater Sarina district.
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Mackay’s newest acupuncturist grew up in a Chinese medicine household, following in his father’s footsteps by pursuing acupuncture.“Whenever my brother or I would get sick, it was always herbs and natural medicine first,” said Bob Wong of Art of Acupuncture.“My father and grandfather were practitioners so I would always help out at my father’s clinic when I was studying as well.”
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There are many small, not-for-profit organisations in the Mackay region that contribute to council’s vision “To become the best region for liveability and livelihood”. One of those organisations is the Mackay Area Fish Stocking Association, better known as MAFSA.
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