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Mackay Cricket Association round 2 team of the week unveiled
It was another exhilarating weekend of action in round 2 of the Mackay Cricket Association’s first grade season. Check out the 11 players who made the cut in our team of the week.
$13m on Friday, $20m on Monday: School cashes in on vote grab
Labor has thrown $20m at a Far North Queensland school just days after the LNP pledged $13m, with the cash splash sparking an inevitable war of words.
Crisafulli unveils $500m health plan, Premier labels it ‘dumb’
David Crisafulli has announced the LNP’s $500m health services plan, describing it as “detailed” seven times and a “seismic shift” five times. Steven Miles says it’s just “plain dumb”.
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Mackay sale and auction results, week ending March 24
Bowen proved to be a hot market last week with five properties selling for a total value of $1.9 million. See the latest auction and sales results.
Mackay’s Moggy mogul pounces on fallen business
A Mackay entrepreneur has smartly snapped up a business in liquidation, moving it up north from the Sunshine Coast where the previous owner is still in a legal fight over money owed.
‘Bullet still in him’: Plea to spare survivor of Bogie shooting from further trauma
Lawyers have pleaded for the sole survivor of the alleged execution style murder of three family members over a property dispute to be spared cross examination as disturbing details were revealed. LATEST
REVEALED: Mackay’s three best lash technicians of 2024
The people have spoken in the Daily Mercury’s competition for Mackay’s Best Lash Technician, with three medallists rising above the rest.
NAMED: Texts reveal young mum tried to sell stolen guns
A young mother and dump truck operator pulled over for driving unlicensed tried to run away from and assaulted police, before her texts showed she had tried to sell meth and stolen guns.
Greens push to ban new coal, oil, gas projects to save reef
Matt Canavan has blasted the Greens push to condemn any new Qld coal, oil or gas projects they claim are contributing to a global warming level that would kill 99 per cent of coral reefs.
‘Moses’ and mountain lion make for adventure in Patagonia
WELCOME to the end of the world – frontier country where condors with three metre wing spans soar above the snow-covered Andes in Patagonia, Chile.
Meet the Mackay talents poised to dominate women’s Foley Shield
From players new to the sport and returning after pregnancy, to a vast array of skilled juniors, go inside the team entrusted with delivering Mackay women’s Foley Shield success.
Offenders as young as 11 caught in youth crime blitz
More than 25 offenders, some as young as 11, year been detained on more than 109 charges as part of an operation targeting Mackay’s youth crime. DETAILS
Alleged wannabe drug trafficker extradited over $224m coke bust
Three “incompetent” fishermen found themselves forced to abandon an alleged attempt to retrieve 565kg of cocaine from the sea, hitting the distress button, a court has heard.
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