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‘Just a bully and a thug’: Man’s assault spree labelled horrendous

A man who spat at a young mum for leaving her engine running, and pushed a man into a Christmas tree at an NDIS provider, has been criticised for his ‘horrendous’ behaviour and ‘absolute sham’ trial.

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Police & Courts

Driver remains critical after weekend crash into guard rail

A man remains critical in hospital after sustaining leg, chest and face injuries from a guard rail on a Mackay connection road over the weekend.

Police & Courts

Child flown to hospital after falling from roof north of Mackay

A child’s ‘school holiday misadventure’ and a tourist’s outback caravan trip gone wrong were among five chopper rescues on the weekend.

Sport

RANKED: Mackay’s top 30 league players of the 21st century

Splitting the greatest local league players in Mackay since the year 2000 is no easy task. We’ve heard from several former players and great pundits of the game to determine our top 30 list. VOTE IN OUR POLL

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Local Sport

FULL RESULTS: Qld’s best rugby player crowned

News Corp’s team of sports reporters have cast the net wide over the region to shortlist 86 of the best from Queensland’s biggest regional rugby union competitions. HERE ARE THE WINNERS

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Sport

Thousands to arrive in Mackay for enormous sporting battle

Thousands of Queensland school kids, teachers and spectators will flock to Mackay this week when the region plays host to what will be the largest school-based sports carnival in Australia. Here is all you need to know.

Business

Win-win: Snazzy plan to revive ‘drab, vacant’ CBD shopfronts

A new plan to revive empty shopfronts in a regional Queensland CBD could be a big boost for the town’s businesses.

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Mackay

‘Handing dollars over to them’: Divisive centre gets bill slashed

A state-of-the-art childcare centre will go ahead but developers behind the South Mackay facility will have a whopping reduction on what it pays to build it. Read why the council went above its own policy to support the centre.

Police & Courts

Five cows destroyed when truckie on meth rolls road train

A man has lost his licence after flipping a truck carrying more than 100 cattle on a rural road but not for long.

UpdatedMackay

Vicious dog destroyed after Gary the Jack Russell attacked on beach

An unregistered dog that attacked Gary the Jack Russell and his owner on Blacks Beach has been destroyed, the first animal to be euthanased in more than four years before of an attack.

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