A Whitsundays tourism operator, which is facing continued strike action from employees amid pay talks that have continued to fail, has had to cancel tours and boat transfers while a union says it’s preparing to stop work ‘until Christmas’.
A 16-year-old pedestrian is in hospital in a stable condition 24 hours after being hit by a car and striking its windscreen in West Mackay. UPDATES, PHOTOS.
A professional yachtsman who says he wasn’t aware Hamilton Island golf buggies were considered like any other vehicle obstructed police officers as they asked for a breath test.
A senior director, doctor and yachtsman are among the latest boozed up golf buggy drivers to be fined following a police blitz on Hamilton Island.
Rallies that have been held all around the country in support of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament have reached the Whitsundays and Mackay regions. Will you be voting Yes or No? Vote in our poll
A well known Whitsundays tourism operator faces employees protesting insufficient wages, as the workers’ union claims the company refuses to meet them at the bargaining table. Cruise Whitsundays says the wage increase they demand is “unsustainable”.
A man had a lucky escape after a terrifying cane haulout vehicle rollover. See the photos.
A cafe in a brand new public-funded building offering 360 views of the Whitsundays Islands has closed only a year after its opening, surprising local councillors. So what’s next?
A police blitz on Hamilton Island has resulted in 30 people, including a Victorian barrister, being charged with drink driving offences. Some of them were driving buggies rather than cars.
A controversial high rise building application has been approved by a court despite Whitsundays community members fighting the project off for years saying they don’t want their coastal town transformed into the Gold Coast.
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