‘Country singer with a three piece band’ inspires a musical
The musical transforms Graeme Connors’ music into a production celebrating all things wonderful and fabulous about growing up in the north.
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Look both ways because the cane trains are rumbling as the crushing season kicks off for 2021. Here are Wilmar Sugar Proserpine Mill’s results for the week.
Alleged car thief flees into Mackay river to evade police
An 18-year-old woman took her chances with police after she allegedly stole a car and fled into a river only to turn back and be arrested on the shoreline.
Push to transform Midge Point Hall into cyclone shelter
Midge Point’s Jeannie Grosskrewtz was trapped for a week alongside her neighbours with no access to food or the outside world after Cyclone Debbie struck.
Stolen ute torched in a Bakers Creek canefield
Farmers and firefighters joined forces to battle the blaze consuming a stolen ute in a Bakers Creek canefield.
Men with mannequin and booze climb onto Mackay CBD hotel roof
The pair copped a fine after the bizarre stunt which included one mannequin and two cartons of alcohol.
Three-time Olympian and Elvis artist talk health in Mackay
Three-time Olympian Lisa Curry will share her story to a Mackay audience while her Elvis tribute husband Mark Andrews serenades them.
‘If you hurt yourself at work, they throw you to the dogs’
Ian Farrell hurt himself at work four years ago, but because he was a casual worker, he said he was ‘thrown to the dogs’.
Bangarra dance performance launches NAIDOC week
Torres Strait Islander Patrick Thaiday has danced across the stages of Paris, but he first formed his love of dance in a Mackay backyard.
Teen boy in stable condition after backyard fire incident
The 13 year old suffered burns to his body, arms and legs from a backyard fire incident in St Lawrence.
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