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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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Police and Fireys responded to reports of a burnt out vehicle over a cane train line near Habana. Photo: Fergus Gregg

Suspected stolen car burnt out in cane field

Police and firefighters responded to a car fire near a canefield in Habana, finding a shell. DETAILS, PHOTOS.

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Emergency crews are on scene at a serious crash on the Bruce Hwy at Inkerman. Picture: Estelle Sanchez

‘It’s scary’: Woman killed, another critical after Bruce Highway crash

Locals have described the Bruce Highway stretch where a woman died and another was critically injured as ‘scary’ with calls for greater separation between traffic on the stretch. LATEST

Mackay

‘Mr Competitive’: Why former cop is chasing swim glory for Mackay

After a policing career which has taken him from Belfast to Mackay, Sergeant Nigel Dalton is now set to take a small team of swimmers to Darwin to compete in the National Masters Swimming Championships. DETAILS.

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‘Their dream fields’: Why parents say they homeschool kids

Following the chaotic pandemic era where distance and home education became a necessity, homeschooling enrolments have almost tripled. But what’s driving that increase? And why are homeschool parents now feeling under threat. SPECIAL REPORT

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New details revealed after worker dies from horror 20m fall

Fellow workmates witnessed the horror 20 metre fall after wind monitoring equipment suddenly collapsed while it was being constructed at the site of a proposed wind farm. DETAILS

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In a touching moment the parade came to a halt as a World War Two serviceman was brought aboard one of the leading jeeps. Photo: Fergus Gregg

‘Not here to celebrate war’: Honouring the Anzacs

For many Anzac Day is a ‘powerful reminder of the importance or unity and solidarity’. Lest We Forget. ROLLING COVERAGE

Mackay

‘Could happen to you’: Cost-of-living crisis exacerbating homelessness

While for some the cost-of-living crisis might mean tightening our belts, for Mackay’s most vulnerable it is the difference between a warm bed and sleeping on the street. PHOTOS, DETAILS

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