The Oceania Athletics Championships is set to race in Mackay in 2022, with more than 10,000 beds expected to be booked in the region. Here’s what it means for our aspiring athletes.
Country music singer and songwriter Brittany Elise is about to take on Australia’s biggest country music competition that helped launch Keith Urban to stardom. Read more about her year ahead.
Hayley Martin is not only a star performer but is teaching the importance of yoga and nutrition in the musical theatre industry.
A newly renovated Mackay restaurant is raising the bar on its offerings with a new ice-creamery offering exclusive and delicious flavours.
A third prep class has been added for a Mackay school’s largest cohort so far. Read what the prep kids have to say about their first day and see the pictures.
An avid fisherman whose artery was pierced after he was stabbed by a stingray barb half a kilometre from shore has told of his incredible fight to survive before boaties rescued him from the mangroves.
A man has been killed and another is in hospital after a horrifying collision between a truck and a ute cast an inferno across the Bruce Highway south of Mackay. Watch what was left. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
These teens had early brushes with police but they have refused to let their circumstances define their future. Read how they set themselves on a better path.
An Australia Day Citizen of the Year nominee who was killed in a “confronting” car crash on Wednesday was transporting a 76-year-old patient. Read the tributes for the much-loved mother of three.
The Mackay and Whitsunday critical doctor shortage is being attacked on all sides. Read about the latest boost to our ranks and why one aspiring politician thinks change should have come earlier.
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