Relief for struggling cane growers: Too little too late?
Mackay Sugar has agreed to pay for low-sugar content cane to help cover costs during the extended crushing season, but is it too little, too late?
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Boat tours on the rocks as numbers dwindle
After experiencing a “significant decline in interest” in day tours, an award-winning Mackay tour service is “re-evaluating its position” to see if there’s enough demand to be viable.
Shooting: Qld man found with bullet wound in hospital car park
An investigation is underway after a man in his 40s was reportedly shot in North Qld overnight. UPDATES.
Student makes splash on world stage with UN role
A 16-year-old student with a knack for youth politics represented Australia as one of its student youth ambassadors to the UN with her eyes on a career doing the real thing.
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Dream home turns into $1.3m nightmare after construction collapse
A young couple fighting for their dream home asked the builder to put his Porsche up for collateral if the work wasn’t completed. See the shell of a home they are now left with.
Revealed: Sparky, glazier owed big bucks in $1.5M builder collapse
An award-winning but now defunct Queensland building company has left local contractors – two of whom are owed more than $140,000 combined – in the lurch as the construction watchdog weighs in.
‘Don’t be your own glass ceiling’: Meet the women behind Qld’s mining might
Not so long ago, mining companies could be fined for sending women to work underground. Now, mums, daughters and wives are not only part of the resource family, but many are also leading it. SPECIAL REPORT.
Why songbird swapped melodies for sentences
Music icon Kate Ceberano speaks at North Queensland literature festival about what made her spread her wings outside singing with the hope of inspiring the next generation of Hemingways.
120 PHOTOS: All the action at PBR Mackay’s buckin’ good night
The PBR Mackay Invitational 2023 was a sensational event, as riders put their nerve and bravery on show for a cheering crowd. CHECK OUT ALL THE PHOTOS.
When met coal exports are expected to fall
Queensland’s revenue base relies on coking steel to remain in high demand as the world transitions away from fossil fuels, but demand could peak sooner than you think. See when it’ll fall.
Region’s beauty captured in fight against sex trafficking
A ‘painter to the stars’ is touring through Queensland to meet with local artists on her mission to raise money for a charity close to her heart.
Seal ‘temporary’, restart on the cards for burning mine
A jet engine has been deployed to kill a Bowen Basin mine fire, as the council, union, and Anglo insist the community isn’t at risk from the smoke.
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