1/18Balonne Shire chief executive, Matthew Magin.
Matthew Magin returns to NQ as Burdekin CEO
Matthew Magin is back at Burdekin Shire Council CEO. Take a look at some of the newspaper photos he’s been in after 16 years in the business and government sectors.
2/18Burdekin PCYC chair Pierina Dalle Cort with Lyn and Matthew Magin at the Time4Kids Burdekin PCYC Gala Ball.
3/18Burdekin Mayor Bill Lowis and chief executive officer Matthew Magin are celebrating an rise in council performance.
4/18Matthew Magin and Pierina Dalle Cort.
5/18Burdekin Shire Council chief executive officer Matthew Magin with Mayor Bill Lowis after announcing this year's budget.
6/18Ray and Rosemary Menkens, Mayor Bill Lowis and Burdekin Shire Council cheif executive officer Matthew Magin at the Jog for Jugs event on Sunday morning.
7/18Burdekin Shire Council Project Manager Tony Vacarro with Mayor Bill Lowis, Member for Burdekin Rosemary Menkens, Burdekin Shire Council Chief Executive Officer Matthew Magin and PCYC's Sergeant Andrew Sherrington look over plans for the new PCYC extension.
8/18Bowen artist, Melissa Stone accepted the Burdekin Shire Council award from chief executive officer, Matthew Magin in the Open acquisitive section.
9/18New Burdekin Shire chief executive officer, Matthew Magin with Mayor Bill Lowis.
10/18Burdekin Shire Council chief executive officer, Matthew Magin (centre) with Canegrowers Burdekin Limited officers, Wayne Smith (left) and Debra Burden.
11/18Matthew Magin and wife Lyn at Matthew's going away party at teh Queens Beach Motor Hotel. Matthew is leaving North Queensland Bulk Ports to become CEO at Burdekin Shire Council.
12/18Burdekin Shire Council mayor Bill Lowis and CEO Matthew Magin get acquainted before Mr Magin starts work in April
13/18North Queensland Bulk Ports business and stakeholder engagement manager Matthew Magin on the timber section of the Bowen jetty, which will be closed for repairs from March 10 for several months.
14/18NQBP regional business and stakeholder manager Matthew Magin holds the small monitoring tag that will be placed on a male green turtle later this month for research purposes. He is pictured with long term Queens Beach Action Group members Helen Nicholls and Pat Garrod, who have played an active role in coordinating the project.
15/18The newly formed One Voice Whitsunday Housing Action Group met in Bowen last Wednesday to discuss the seriousness of homelessness and housing affordability throughout the region. Among its members are, back from left, Bowen Neighbourhood Centre?s Kate Jacka, North Queensland Bulk Ports? Matthew Magin, front, Tenancy and Housing Information Service ? Whitsunday?s Julie Scanlon, Bowen Flexi Care?s Mandy Edwards and Collinsville Community Association?s Ellen Drane.
16/18North Queensland Bulk Ports NQ Business and Stakeholder manager Matthew Magin with the certificate of appreciation from Queens Beach Action Group, represented here by Helen Nicholas and Pat and Ivan Garrod, for supporting efforts to track and monitor turtles in the Queens Beach area.
17/18Abbot Point regional relationship manager Matthew Magin (centre) at last week's meeting with Home Hill Lions Club president Laurie Land (left) and Kevin Mann.
18/18Mark Gaudry from Bowen Collinsville Enterprise Inc and Matthew Magin from Ports Corporation of Queensland explain the workings of the Abbot Point coal loading facility to senior Chinese officials.
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