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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

Camels, clowns, acrobatic dogs: Will you go to the circus?

The circus is coming to Mackay and bringing camels, the globe of death and the acrobatic disc flipping dogs that charmed Australia’s Got Talent judges. Here’s all you need to know.

Mackay

Driver trapped after car hits tree, ends up in cane field

Paramedics have been rushed to a crash north of Mackay after a car was driven into a tree, trapping the driver.

Mackay

Emergency services rush to two vehicle crash during peak hour traffic

Emergency services including police, firefighters and paramedics are attending to a two vehicle traffic crash in Mackay. LATEST.

Mackay

‘Build your dreams’: Husband-wife team bringing new homes to life

Meet the Deens, the Mackay-Whitsundays newest homebuilding team who want to build the type of homes you’d be proud to house your mum in. And they’ve got a cute dog too.

Police & Courts

Welcome to Dysart sign. Picture: Rae Wilson

Man, woman suffer ‘significant’ injuries after alleged shooting incident

Detectives have launched an investigation into a reported shooting incident in Central Queensland after a man and woman arrived at a rural hospital with ‘serious’ injuries.

ExclusivePolice & Courts

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.

Mackay

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

Mackay

‘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.

Police & Courts

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.

UpdatedWhitsunday

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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