‘I miss you’: Family finds way to ‘live’ despite unbearable grief
Four months after losing their beautiful seven-month-old baby daughter, the Pollocks hope her bubbly spirit will inspire others to live like ‘tomorrow isn’t promised’.
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VOTE NOW: Mackay’s favourite childcare educator of 2023
The search for Mackay favourite childcare educator has begun. Vote now from our list of 30 finalists, as nominated by readers.
200+ FACES: NQ’s Rock’n Country Festival fun in pictures
Boots and Akubras were everywhere as Central Queenslanders gathered for a huge weekend of live country music at Mackay Showgrounds.
$2.4bn blowout slammed as ‘hypocritical’ as fatal rail crossing fix denied
A local MP says regional Queensland is ‘obviously not a priority’ after a plea to fix a rail crossing where a man died in a horrific crash was rejected by the State Government.
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Up to $10k per year: Mackay, Whitsundays’ most expensive private schools named
Parents in the Mackay and Whitsundays region are forking out up to $10,000 per year for private education with a string of schools also charging thousands of dollars, promising top schooling. Now, the school fees, schools and principals can be named.
280 roads closed, widespread flooding after 300mm deluge
Parts of Queensland have copped a whopping 300mm of rain overnight, forcing the closure of a school and nearly 300 roads, and reports of a landslide amid widespread flooding. WATCH.
‘Infuriated her life wasn’t saved’: Anger after mum loses fight for operation
A doctor says a grieving family should not have to be burying their mother today and has taken aim at the health chiefs who ignored her desperate pleas for an operation that could have prolonged her life.
PHOTOS: Mackay fireys slip into togs for 60km Movember swim
The boys and girls from Mackay’s Queensland Fire and Emergency Service put down their hoses and slipped into their togs for a 60km swim raising money for Movember. See all the action here.
300+ FACES: Mackay Year 12s in all their formal glory
We headed out to schools across the region to snap Year 12 students in their finest as they celebrated mammoth efforts during two years of Covid. See the photos.
50+ PHOTOS: Mackay North formal a night to cherish
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Year 12 students from Pioneer State High School celebrated the end of high school in style at their formal, which was held at Ocean International Mackay. Check out of the Gallery here.
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