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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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Mackay

Jarred James Burns, 33, was on probation when he defrauded a Facebook user of $2000 trying to flog a tipper that belonged to someone else. Photo: Fergus Gregg

Facebook scammer dad busted over $2k fraud

A Qld man audaciously listed a $4000 item on Facebook he never owned, and fleeced a stranger after offering it to them at a discount.

Mackay

Commercial diver Adam John Gray was having a bad day when he dumped a glass of wine on another patron at the Shamrock Hotel. Photo: Fergus Gregg

Why impatient oil rig diver assaulted woman with wine

A commercial oil-rig diver having a “very bad day” turned his scorn to a woman who called him out for an act at a hotel which wouldn’t pass the pub test.

Mackay

120 responders: Airport’s mega emergency drill

Hundreds of first responders rushed to the Mackay Airport to participate in a huge emergency drill with crisis volunteers spilling onto the tarmac.

Mackay

Mr Claassen applied to have an interview conducted by police on the night of his arrest be ruled out of his ongoing matter, on account of his high BAC at the time. Photo: Fergus Gregg

$200k missing, 33 drinks downed: Why alleged DV abuser wants evidence dismissed

A man charged with assault and choking called for an interview to be dropped from evidence on account of his staggering drunkenness.

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Smoke smouldering at a rural property in Eungella after the North Street home was completely destroyed in a house fire on June 26. 2025

Home ‘burnt to the ground’ in afternoon fire

Firefighting crews have been called to stop a fire which burnt a house to the ground from spreading in a rural town, with power now cut to the area.

Mackay

Mining giant Peabody has changed the name of North Goonyella mine to Centurion Coal Mine as the operation pushes ahead with its resumption.

Bowen Basin mine to turn waste into power

A Bowen Basin mine is planning to turn it’s waste gas into power as a developer lodges plans for a mine site power plant.

Mackay

First look at 28-room motel planned for health hub

A developer is seeking council approval to bring a 28-room short-term accommodation facility to a growing regional health hub.

Mackay

Meet the couple bringing gyros to Mackay

A former miner has promised his wife’s Greek cooking is “perfect” and she makes the “best homemade garlic sauce in the world” at Mackay’s newest restaurant.

Mackay

Police have closed Camilleris Rd near Devereux Creek following a reported shooting on June 17, 2025 in which a man was left with life-threatening injuries. Photo taken just before 2pm. The shooting is believed to have taken place on Devil's Pool Rd. Photo: Fergus Gregg

Shooting victim flown to Bris after ‘targeted’ hit

New details can be revealed after a 33-year-old Qld man was shot with a rifle in a tiny mining region suburb. LATEST.

Bundaberg

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

Three injured after truck slams ute in horror crash

Police are calling for witnesses to a head-on crash between two trucks and a third vehicle in a three-way collision on Gin Gin Rd near Sharon.

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