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Vanessa MarshChief court reporter

Vanessa is chief court reporter for The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail covering criminal and civil court cases. The Walkley award-winning journalist began working at the publication in 2017 and previously worked as a Chief of Staff and reporter at the Townsville Bulletin and Bundaberg NewsMail.

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Bundaberg

Silver Raudsepp, Reily Tammeparg, Rein Vahur, Jonathan Mantouani, Andrea Zanelli, Federico Marcelli, Naomi Tutone are concerned about they way they have been treated in Bundaberg. Picture: Mike Knott

Bundy backpackers say ‘enough’

FOREIGN fruit pickers are fed up at the living and working conditions they cop in the Bundaberg region, likening it to “slavery”.

Bundaberg

Holly Knight, Jaimee Morse, Hayley Fox and Matthew Milford enjoy the fun and games at a previous Gin Gin Show. Debate has begun about whether to change the show holiday that coincides with the Gin Gin Show. Picture: Max Fleet

Gin Gin show holiday in debate

THE future of Gin Gin’s Show holiday is going through a rollercoaster of change with a proposal to have it changed next year.

Bundaberg

Renae Keyes and little Tinkerbell were reunited after the RSPCA linked the pair via a microchip. Picture: Mike Knott

Microchip pets to be mandatory

BUNDABERG cat and dog owners will have to microchip their pets under a new mandatory state government requirement.

Bundaberg

Christina Norris, Jessica May and Amanda Wilson express their views on the My Uni website. Picture: Mike Knott

University ranking site to launch

A UNIVERSITY ranking website is set to be created by 2012 following the success of My School — but Bundaberg students say it may not be necessary.

Bundaberg

$1.3m station excites firies

AGNES Water firefighters are thrilled with confirmation a new fire station is to be built by the end of the year.

Bundaberg

Fear lurks on Bundy’s dark streets

RESIDENTS fearing for their safety in dark night-time streets are pleading with the council to install better lighting throughout Bundaberg’s CBD.

Bundaberg

Reviving ‘wild’ festival

A GIN Gin resident is calling for community support to bring back the much-loved Wild Scotchman Festival.

Bundaberg

Senior Constable Blane Crozier conducts forensic analysis on the weekend’s drug seizure. Picture: Mike Knott

Meth lab haul a drop in the ocean

POLICE claim the discovery of a Bundaberg speed laboratory is unlikely to stem the region’s drug “plague”.

Bundaberg

Internet romance leads to altar

WHEN Klaus War logged on to an internet friendship site in 2001, he never expected to find his future wife.

Bundaberg

Shirley and Gavin Slater are pleading with people to stop harassing them in the mistaken belief they are related to the accused killer of eight-year-old Trinity Bates. Picture: Darryn Smith

Anger lashes elderly pair

BUNDABERG couple Gavin and Shirley Slater are living in fear after a Facebook message incorrectly revealed their home as the accused killer of Trinity Bates.

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