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February 2021

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It’s an unwritten rule that the longer you live in a town, the more you become an authority on the unofficial things such as nicknames.

What’s in a name? For Walkerston, it’s all Scrubby

19th Feb 2021 5:00 AM

"That's a great recollection! And along the same lines as what the locals were telling me when I went to..."

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The vehicle was tracked through several suburbs across Mackay’s north and the Bruce Highway towards Seaforth, and was spotted in the Rockhampton area.

Man, woman charged over alleged shopping centre carjacking

25th Feb 2021 7:34 PM

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The elderly patient, aged in their 80s, was cautiously removed from one of the cars

Elderly motorist suffers multiple injuries in two-car crash

25th Feb 2021 2:59 PM

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A LandCruiser stolen in a brazen carjacking at Mount Pleasant Centre has been tracked as far south as Rockhampton

Search for shopping centre carjacker enters second day

25th Feb 2021 12:58 PM

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Mount Pleasant Centre carjacker at large as Mackay residents warned not to approach stolen vehicle

Public warned not to approach Mt Pleasant carjacking suspect

24th Feb 2021 11:29 AM

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Mackay region pony clubs will host the 2021 State Jumping Equitation and Show Jumping Championships in a major boon for the season.

Mackay saddles up for major pony club championships

23rd Feb 2021 7:00 PM

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The owners of a popular Mackay CBD cafe have again been forced to clean up and repair damage from reckless thieves.

Destructive crims strike popular Mackay CBD cafe third time

23rd Feb 2021 5:00 AM

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A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after allegedly running from police and into a parked car in West Mackay.

Motorcyclist tries to flee police, crashes into parked car

22nd Feb 2021 9:45 PM

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<strong>UPDATE:</strong> A kite surfer who was seen struggling then failed to resurface in waters off Blacks Beach declined treatment.

Blacks Beach kite surfer ‘struggling’ in water assessed

22nd Feb 2021 4:54 PM

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A teenager suffering chest pain was rushed to hospital after a reported chemical spill in North Mackay.

Teen exposed to chemical spill at pool rushed to hospital

22nd Feb 2021 3:30 PM

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Tara joined the company in 2010 after graduating with a journalism and politics degree from Griffith University in Brisbane. After first working in newspapers in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland, she joined the team at The Chronicle in 2013. In September that year she took over the reins of the Rural Weekly, and has been on the crime desk in Toowoomba since 2015.