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Mackay Basketball’s annual Australia Day carnival always attracts a high calibre of teams vying for impressive pools of prize money. The 2022 edition was no different, with fun and friendship setting the tone as well as some fierce competition.
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In Sydney’s Little Bay, a local Mackay cyclist joined up with a crew of thirteen spin class competitors, taking on 30 hours on the bike in the equivalent of 38 spin classes to log a new Guinness World Record.
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Sugarcane growers are hopeful 2022 will bring new sugar trade opportunities following the official signing of the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) last month.
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Born in darkness, little hatchling turtles peak their heads out from underneath the sand, ready to trek from the dunes to the surf each year.
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Local doctors may no longer need a COVID-19 vaccination to practise thanks to an exemption to the vaccine mandate.
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Ergon Energy and the Voluntary Marine Rescue (VMR) have joined forces to remind boaties of overhead powerlines and submarine power cables crossing waterways
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Making Beer Now Considered ‘Essential’ As More Industries Added To Critically Essential Work List
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Years ago, when I was thinking of changing careers and going into real estate, I raised the idea with a colleague whose opinion I valued. She asked me what sort of drugs I had begun consuming.
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Patrons of the Hotel Eton witnessed a robbery last week, as a man allegedly tried to steal money while staff were distracted on January 20.
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An ATR 72-500 charter flight, HEVILIFT 728 from Moranbah Airport to Brisbane was diverted to Bundaberg Airport on Thursday 20 January to make an emergency landing.
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From the dreams of one mother’s experience raising her son with non-verbal autism, Wendy Cherry and her team at Unique Directions have gone in leaps and bounds, building independence for their participants in every aspect of life.
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Police are investigating a road traffic crash involving a truck rollover at Turrawulla Road, Hail Creek, west of Mackay that occurred January 20 at approximately 10am.
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“In a world that is divided, we shouldn’t take out our aggression on the only industry that will help us. This is my own experience, for some people COVID is just like a flu, for others it’s life threatening.”
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As a former pilot in the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom, Ian Rowan is no stranger to the cockpit and for the last five years he has combined his passion for aviation and community work as the CEO of RACQ CQ Rescue.
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Hundreds of thousands of laps have circled Mackay’s only indoor Go-Karting venue Sidetrax over its three years of operation in West Mackay, and the family favourite facility will close its doors at the end of January as it looks for a new location.
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With International Women’s Day fast approaching, it’s time to give a shout-out to the ladies in your life who make a difference.
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Mackay’s 2022 Citizen of the Year has dedicated himself to helping men in our community by spreading messages of shared experience, personal growth and mateship.
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