‘Screw your bank’: How to get a better mortgage rate
If you are after a better mortgage rate you should always try to get your bank to sharpen their pencil, rather than switch to another lender.
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Don’t want to wait for a RAV4 hybrid? Nissan has a fancier option
New Nissan X-Trail hybrid takes aim at Toyota’s bread and butter RAV4 … but with a more opulent spread.
From burger flipper to CEO: New McDonald’s boss unveils $1bn plan
Antoni Martinez says he has ‘ketchup in the veins’ having started at McDonald’s as a teenager. He is now rolling out 100 new stores in its biggest Australian expansion in decades.
‘Sovereign risk’: Mining giant slaps Qld with shocking new label
In language usually reserved for developing nations struggling with the rule of law, mining giant BHP has issued a “blunt warning” about Queensland to investors around the world.
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‘Show us the money’: Concern grows around lack of detail for Moranbah Hospital
Moranbah desperately needs a new hospital, but this week’s budget pledge of support is big on promise and short on detail. Some Central Queensland leaders are sceptical the project will ever come off.
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.
Moranbah’s health fight win as Mackay secures $250m for expansion
It has been years in the making and now it is finally happening. The heart of Queensland’s coal mining community will get what its leaders have fought to get for more than a decade. Here’s what is in the budget for Mackay Isaac Whitsunday.
‘Modest’ rates increase as signature projects get $15.2m boost
Mackay ratepayers can expect to pay more on their annual bills as the council forges ahead with upgrades and signature projects. Here’s how much you will pay.
Get aboard the city’s newest sushi train north of the Pioneer
The city’s insatiable appetite for the Japanese cuisine has inspired a popular sushi franchise to open its second store in Mackay, delivering its fresh fare to the growing area.
‘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.
‘Kick in the guts’: Jobs to go as royalties siphon mining profits
‘Inconceivable’ new royalty tiers have been introduced in Queensland to capitalise on booming coal prices but industry leaders believe the move to siphon an extra $1.2bn will cost regional jobs and ‘permanently scar’ the industry.
How a new health service will help women in Central Queensland
Women needing this care are often busy parents who put their own health last on the priority list. Some travel three hours for an appointment but a new service in Central Queensland will help bridge the gap.
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