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SportPutting yourself between a down and out cowboy and a cranky bull doesn’t sound like the dream job unless you are Mackay’s Shane Simpson, a man who can’t be kept out of the arena.
MackayHelping women access more support services discreetly, and raising awareness for a ‘community blight’ may not immediately spring to mind when thinking of a shopping centre, but Mackay is proving it is the perfect location.
Federal ElectionMultimillion-dollar mega mansions, huge fortunes, superyachts, luxury cars and roles as high-ranking executives: These are the lavish lives of our richest election candidates.
MackayRunning as an independent Senate candidate with no outside funding, a young regional Queenslander realises he faces an almighty challenge on Saturday but he’s loving every minute.
MackayAs a Covid outbreak shuts down two Mackay Base Hospital wards to visitors, health workers are preparing to be hit on another front with influenza rapidly spreading through the region.
PropertyWith the first cash rate increase in 11 years, interest rates could rise as much as two per cent. But, which Mackay suburbs will be hit the hardest?
Police & CourtsBrisbane police will be sent to a Central Queensland region grappling with a horror spate of fatal crashes to crackdown on deadly driver behaviour.
SportIt is hard to believe at age 15, this Queensland basketballer could be travelling across the world to represent her country doing what she loves.
BusinessBioethanol fuelled buses powered on the Mackay region’s sugarcane will be rolled out in the sugar city in what is described as a milestone moment for public transport.
SportIt will be a feeding frenzy of aspiring league talent when Sarina’s Ray Edwards Oval plays host to its second ever Mackay Cutters QCup clash. Read what it will mean to the club and the town.
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