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Fergus Gregg is a reporter for the Mackay Daily Mercury, covering the Mackay and Whitsunday region of North Queensland. Fergus joined the team in December 2023, moving to Mackay from Brisbane. He graduated from the Queensland University of Technology in 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts: Film, TV and New Media, with a minor in creative writing. He travelled to Japan soon after where he worked as a teacher and travel writer. Fergus is passionate about politics, food and marine biology.

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Sunshine Coast

Generic ambulance, QAS, Queensland Ambulance Service, emergency, Friday, June 14, 2024. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Driver injured after two-car crash on busy road

A driver was taken to hospital with leg injuries after a serious crash on a busy Sunshine Coast road.

Federal Election

‘Tradies, not more martial artists’: MP slams ‘out-of-kilter’ immigration

Claiming the “Big Australia” policy isn’t working in Qld where new arrivals with the wrong skillsets are taking up housing, a federal MP has called for a further “slowdown” of immigration.

Mackay

Robert Gordon Ussher, 31, was previously charged with four counts of sexual assaults, but had his charges dropped to common assault and was released on a good behaviour bond with no convictions recorded. Photo: Fergus Gregg

‘Sexual assault’ charges downgraded after workouts go wrong

A Mackay man previously accused of sexually assaulting women while helping with “stretches” has had his charges downgraded after it was revealed he was impaired and had NDIS-funded care.

Mackay

Man in hospital after car rollover

A man spent Friday night in hospital after he was hurt in a rollover on a Whitsunday road.

Mackay

Louise O'Brien and Andrew Wilcox at a press conference out the front of Kalyan youth service, April 10, 2025

‘Unlock extra beds’: How youth crisis accom funding would be spent

A youth crisis centre, the only one of its kind within 700kms, could be able to accommodate more homeless kids under the LNP’s latest election promise but the manager at the coalface says more needs to be done.

Federal Election

$200k promised to light up CBD

In back to back pledges toward improving safety for regional towns, the Mackay region is set to net close to $400k to upgrade security and lighting in the CBD and Sarina.

Mackay

Hundreds of thousands of cigarettes and thousands of vapes have been seized as five businesses faced forced closures over the selling of illegal tobacco products.

130k cigarettes, 1600 vapes, five closures: Latest tobacco crackdown

In a huge crackdown on illegal tobacco and vaping products, five unlicensed tobacconists have been shut down and massive amounts of illicit goods have been seized.

Mackay

The Farview Tavern is under new ownership and looking to expand, renovating the venue and transforming the vacant lot behind it into a caravan park.

$2m major makeover for country pub: new campsites, cabins

A country pub just north of Mackay is set for a $2m transformation, adding new campsites and cabins to attract tourists, while a Eungella farmer plans to host visitors in new cabins built on his land. SEE THE PLANS.

Mackay

60 beds, 16 units: Greenlight given for new private hospital

After years of setbacks, the Riverside Private Hospital project in West Mackay has received first approvals from council with several conditions. SEE THE PLANS.

Whitsunday

Hiss-terical pool drama: Brown snake shocks swimmers

Swimmers at Queensland pool were taken by surprise when a sunbathing serpent decided to have a go at a 100m freestyle sprint. SEE THE VIDEO.

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