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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 investigated a property on Grendon St in North Mackay after it was alleged a woman held a 29 year old male against his will. Photo: Fergus Gregg

NAMED: Woman, 52 allegedly kidnapped man for four days

A Queensland woman allegedly got two men to drag a 29yo man back to her home, brandishing weapons and holding him against his will until he managed to escape.

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Ideal Placements Youth Coordinator Montana Leotta with Brodie Quinn , 17.

Jobs fair connects kids to opportunity

An all-in jobs bonanza is kicking off in Mackay on April 16 thanks to co-operation between not-for-profit Ideal Placements, CQU and the Mackay Chamber of Commerce. DETAILS

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‘Limit on how much you can milk people’: Meet your local beef barons

Mackay and Isaac are beef powerhouses, but who’s doing the grazing? We spoke with a farmer responsible for Queensland wagyu cattle across an area the size of Hong Kong— but he said you should see how big his brother’s farm is.

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QAS. Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic generic. Picture: Zizi Averill

Teenager injured in North Queensland highway crash

A teenager has been injured in a two-vehicle crash near Bowen.

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Seven injured, two trapped after truck and two cars collide

Emergency services are en route to after a truck collided with a car in North Queensland, potentially entrapping two and blocking the road. DETAILS

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Janelle Vitale, Matt Vitale, Kayleigh Brewster, Greg Williamson, Edie Weiss and Leah Scheepers at launch of Mayors Ball Friday 12 April 2024 Picture:Michaela Harlow

‘700 sleeping rough every night’: Why charity ball could be ‘biggest yet’

The Mackay Mayor’s Charity Ball has been launched and already $70,000 has been raised to help hundreds of the region’s most vulnerable. DETAILS.

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Joyrides, guns, cash: Notorious eshay Instagram page shut down

Meta has removed a controversial Instagram page in which “wannabe gangsters” posted and boasted about their Queensland crimes amid ongoing police operations targeting young offenders. VIDEO.

Mackay

Open for business: QLD’s most business friendly cities ranked

Amid crises in housing and cost-of-living and with businesses facing labour shortages, a new study has determined that Mackay is the second best city in QLD to start a business. FULL LIST

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‘I’ve lost my ski!’: Emergency services stood down after mystery item recovered

Police were called to Swan Street park in Slade Point following reports an ‘unmanned watercraft’, with fears for the owner — but it all had a happy ending.

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With thousands of dollars of prizes up for grabs, Arts on Show is the perfect starting point for emerging artists and a great opportunity for working artists.

Big prize haul for regional talent: Art on Show 2024

With thousands of dollars up for grabs and the chance to impress the director of the Gold Coast’s Home of the Art gallery, the 2024 Art on Show exhibition could be the biggest yet. DETAILS

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