MAYOR MOVES: Vea Vea steps up bid to lead Isaac
After serving as the deputy mayor for the Isaac region Kelly Vea Vea has announced she now wants the top job
Community
Shops, houses and tourists: New beachfront suburb set to go
After almost 10 years of planning, an ambitious development and tourism project is getting closer.
100+ babies: Who is Mackay, Whitsundays and Bowen’s cutest baby of 2023
With their infectious laughter, cheeky grins and big beautiful eyes, Mackay, Whitsundays and Bowen’s babies are sure to melt hearts. Help search for the regions’ cutest born in 2023. Look through our gallery and vote. (Click here to vote)
100+ babies: Vote for Mackay, Whitsundays and Bowen’s cutest baby of 2023
With their infectious laughter, cheeky grins and big beautiful eyes, Mackay, Whitsundays and Bowen’s babies are sure to melt hearts. Help search for the regions’ cutest born in 2023. Look through our gallery and vote.
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‘Use it or lose it’: New inquiry into Queensland island treasures
The decline of Queensland’s island treasures, some left to rot after cyclone damage and others languishing under foreign and interstate ownership, will go under the microscope.
‘Dinner and a show’: Groovy new business dishes up the fun
Mackay’s groovy new restaurant is serving up delicious homemade food and entertainment for customers, with a new twist on funky favourite themes.
Global awards nod for Daily Mercury proves power of print in business
For the second year in a row, your Daily Mercury is a finalist in the Global Media Awards. Recognition of this calibre is just proof that we’re on the right track.
‘Voice of Siri’ and English Channel queen advocating for women’s rights
Women’s rights. Gender inequality. Domestic violence. The ‘voice of Siri’ asked Mackay to recalculate the way we think about these issues while the world record holder for open water swimming talked about pushing through roadblocks. See the photos
Why cancer survivor wants to raise $500k at 2022 Marina Run
Cancer survivor Clinton Parmenter’s family were brought in to say their goodbyes, with doctors saying ‘he won’t make it through the night’. But he did, and every night since.
Empty shelves: Floods delay supermarket deliveries to the north
Shoppers cannot get their hands on basic goods like milk, vegetables and toilet paper at northern Queensland supermarkets as the south-east Queensland flood effect seeps north.
New signs of life as regional CBD returns to bustling hub
Metro CBDs around the country are suffering after so many Covid lockdown as workers prefer their work-from-home arrangements but businesses in one regional city say foot traffic is returning to pre-Covid levels.
60+ FACES: 2022 International Women’s Day Business Lunch
The ‘voice of Siri’ Karen Jacobsen and world record holder for open water swimming Chloe McCardel inspired hundreds at the RIN International Women’s Day business lunch in Mackay.
Mackay’s oldest theatre needs your help for a do-over
Mackay’s Kucom Theatre committee wants to spruce up its auditorium to improve the comfort and viewing for its audience, but it needs the community’s help.
50 clubs in 50 weeks: The community stalwarts of Mackay
The faces behind the clubs that make up the social fabric of Mackay. The people. The hobbies. The sports. Read their stories and find out about 20+ other Mackay club tales so far.
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