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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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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.

Gladstone

Woman, four kids in kangaroo crash drama

Four children and a woman had a late night trip to hospital after a car went down a ditch following a kangaroo encounter.

Mackay

Emma Rose Fairbanks, 20, was working at Carlonâs Hotel in Sarina on November 28, 2024 when she attacked her ex with a wooden bat.

‘Poor fellow’: Barmaid bashes ex with bat outside Qld pub

When a bar attendant with no criminal history saw her ex walking down the street with his new family, she saw red.

Mackay

Cane field on fire near homes

Firefighters are battling a cane fire in Mackay’s west, and fighting to protect nearby homes.

Police & Courts

Finlaye Michael Patrick Stone had 24 charges of supplying dangerous drugs dismissed after the first witness was cross examined. Photo: Fergus Gregg

24 drug supply charges dropped after officer warned of ‘lying’

A Qld man who was facing two dozen charges of supplying drugs is “breathing easy” after the police case against him fell apart in a spectacular court exchange.

Mackay

Police do not believe the fire was suspicious. Photo: Luke Lay

‘Massive damage’: Fire tears through home, two taken to hospital

Police closed off a Mackay street after a fire tore through a home and sent two people to the hospital, with a suspected cause already identified.

Mackay

Why Aus Post is shutting crucial city store

Mackay residents are giving up PO boxes they’ve held for decades after a CBD post office was set to be shut — but Australia Post claims it wasn’t by choice.

Mackay

Julie Marie Clark is accused of burning down a Calen home while her eight puppies were inside. Picture: Google Maps

Alleged puppy-killing arson mum tears up in court

A Queensland mum accused of burning down a house with eight puppies inside has asked for bail a second time — but she faces a new charge.

UPDATEDEmergency Services

Sunshine Coast man charged after fire destroys mobile home, campers

A 27-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts of arson and wilful damage after a fire tore through a Sunshine Coast rest stop used by campers and the homeless, destroying a motorhome and camper trailers.

Mackay

Concept art of the kiosk/reception building that will service the park.

‘Environmentally delinquent’: Residents fight approved RV tourist park

A plan to transform a sleepy beach town in the Mackay region into a tourist destination for RVs and campers has been approved by council, but some residents have raised alarms.

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