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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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Brawl involving rock attack erupts at boat ramp

A man has been taken to hospital and three people are in police custody after a brawl broke out at a boat ramp which included a rock being used in an assault.

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Aftermath of a head-on crash between a small truck and ute on the Bruce Highway in Chelona, south of Mackay, on December 12, 2024. Picture: Fergus Gregg

Crash carnage: New details after nine injured, four seriously

New details have emerged after nine people were rushed to hospital, four with life threatening injuries, following four separate crashes across the Mackay region. LATEST.

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ATAR stars: Meet some of Mackay’s top scorers

After years of study, stress and exams the wait for final ATAR scores is finally over with Mackay’s high-scoring graduates already planning their first steps into the real world.

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Crashes, flooding shut down roads

A two vehicle crash in the CBD shut one street, after a night of torrential rain caused roads in the Mackay-Whitsunday regions to be inundated with flood waters. See where to avoid.

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Police are investigating following a car fire by the Pioneer River just before 12.30pm. Photo: Fergus Gregg

Stolen car torched by the banks of Qld river

Police are investigating the torching of a car on a rocky slope of the Pioneer River earlier this afternoon.

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‘Long way to go’: Australian South Sea Islander flag raised at hospital

An Australian South Sea Islander woman who remembers her grandmother only allowed to be treated on a verandah had tears in her eyes when the flag was raised, but warned there is still a long way to go.

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Boat tours on the rocks as numbers dwindle

After experiencing a “significant decline in interest” in day tours, an award-winning Mackay tour service is “re-evaluating its position” to see if there’s enough demand to be viable.

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Pets score new store for Christmas

A pet supply store is launching its latest location in the Northern Beaches, promising everything needed to ‘be a proud pet parent’.

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

Woman airlifted to Brisbane after motorbike crash in Gladstone

A woman has been airlifted with in a “serious but stable” condition after a single-motorbike crash on a private property near Gladstone.

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Arhamah was one of only six Australian delegates to represent Australia at the prestigiousUnited Nations Youth Council in New Zealand in June 2024. Photo: Fergus Gregg

Student makes splash on world stage with UN role

A 16-year-old student with a knack for youth politics represented Australia as one of its student youth ambassadors to the UN with her eyes on a career doing the real thing.

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