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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Plane makes safe landing after pilot forced to turn around
A pilot turned their plane around to land at Whitsunday Airport Shute Harbour, sparking an emergency services response.
Paddleboard business on market after bone-breaking bike crash
The boss of a popular paddleboarding business is selling up after an off-road racing crash that left him needing two hip replacements. DETAILS.
One night only, symphony orchestra set to wow the Whitsundays
The Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra will head to Bowen to present a special one off performance with all proceeds supporting the work of Anglicare North Queensland.
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Historic Qld bank used in television series transformed to help animals
A North Queensland veterinarian has forked out $1.3m to get a new clinic up and running on the site of an old Commonwealth Bank building which was also used in a highly-rated Aussie TV crime drama.
Hospital heart lab closing for months, MP wasn’t told
People with heart emergencies will be forced to travel out of a regional Queensland city as the only cardiac cath lab within 400km closes to replace out-of-date equipment — but the sitting MP was first told by this masthead.
Public appeal for information on much loved missing father of two
A Whitsundays father of two missing since August 19 was last detected in a nearby national park. Police and his family have put out an appeal for information. HAVE YOU SEEN JOEL?
Fishmonger duo expand to new location
A seafood and fish and chips icon is opening a second store in Proserpine, looking for honest and driven staff for the new location.
Barramundi score new slide into Mackay
An aquatic project is set to make a splash for Mackay’s fish population and local tourism, while an expanded seagrass nursery in the Whitsundays will cut carbon, save turtles and protect the reef.
Publican, teacher drive s–tboxes to mystery destination
The owner of an Airlie Beach pub and a Mackay educator are coming together in their ‘old reliable’ cars to fight cancer in a race described as the ‘mad baby brother’ of an iconic rally.
‘Six weeks late’: Back-burning delayed by unseasonal rain
Despite unseasonal rain the Mackay-Whitsundays fire season is fast approaching with the Rural Fire Service preparing for last minute back-burns as the state government ramps up funding and support.
‘Always dropping off cooking’: Mum carrying first child killed in crash
Three generations of life were taken in a moment when a well-loved Qld woman was killed in a car crash alongside her mother. She was taking her visiting parents to see the home she was building with her husband. TRIBUTE
‘Sadly missed’: Mum and son die just days apart from each other
A former Young Australian of the Year who broke grounds as a deafblind student, and was known for his infectious spirit and contribution to the arts, has died just days before his mum.
‘Long live the legend’: Region remembers a ‘truly great man’
Hundreds are sharing their condolences following the death of a Moranbah grandfather who was well known among the mining, sporting and Greater Whitsunday communities.
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