An investigation was launched into Mackay’s public hospital after staff raised concerns around recruitment and senior medical officers working out of scope — but the public was kept in the dark for almost a week.
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Police were called to a Qld state school and a block of classrooms placed in lockdown after a student allegedly self-harmed with scissors and threatened others.
A QRL player who returned to the state after a stint in NSW was charged with serious sexual offences less than two months after signing for his hometown club.
The collapse of the national charity behind the local Mackay Sleepbus means that after raising hundreds of thousands locally for three buses, not even one is certain.
A former mining industry supervisor has alleged it was an ‘open secret’ senior employees at BHP’s coal division were personally taking cuts from false equipment invoices — and was offered money himself.
The 67-year-old Roma man was believed to be heading towards his son’s home when he collided with a truck on the Bruce Highway north of Mackay.
Three Coalition candidates have been confirmed to fight to retain their seats in the upcoming 2025 federal election.
Firefighters have set a 5km exclusion zone at Mackenzie River, south of Middlemount, after a fuel tanker rolled and started a grass fire.
A Queensland teacher made the error of an extra UDL before heading home from the pub and a mate’s place, pushing him over the legal alcohol limit. The magistrate was less than impressed.
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