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Domestic violence is all around us, we cannot ignore it

Nine months’ jail with release after three for a violent Gympie man who clearly does not want to learn his lesson sounds...

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26th Feb. 2020 12:02 AM

The deaths of Hannah Clarke and her three kids was perhaps the most disturbing example of Australia’s domestic violence epidemic.

Latest audit adds more fuel to council critics’ fire

You can’t blame the Gympie community for growing scepticism following latest revelations

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21st Feb. 2020 9:02 AM

The state’s latest audit only adds more fuel to critics’ firey claims the council led by CEO Bernard Smith and mayor Mick Curran is financially unsound.

Passion for storytelling across our region

The success stories of our young and old. Tales from Betty or John down the street. And the hard times too.

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15th Feb. 2020 11:02 AM

Eungella will be among the places we visit on a rotating basis.

Why direct flights from Mackay to Melbourne are vital

The selfish, tourism and business reasons more direct flights to capital cities is important.

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01st Feb. 2020 8:02 AM

Mackay Airport is considering Melbourne and Adelaide for new direct flight paths.

Why we need to support and bolster our volunteers

‘We can’t afford to lose any more SES volunteers in Mackay’

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25th Jan. 2020 8:01 AM

We can’t afford to lose any more SES volunteers in Mackay. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Who is driven enough to rig an online council poll?

News Corps’ tech teams are investigating what accounts were responsible for online hacking.

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24th Jan. 2020 1:01 PM

New Corps technicians are investigating which accounts were responsible for the repeated votes lodged on the polls for councillors Daryl Dodt and Glen Hartwig which significantly influenced the result.

Don’t treat people of Ipswich as pawns

After such a tumultuous period in which successive mayors have been charged with criminal offences, Ipswich deserves a...

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23rd Jan. 2020 9:01 AM

Please, no more death on our roads or in our mines

State Government and mines need to pull their fingers out; get answers sooner and find solutions to this utter mess.

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18th Jan. 2020 8:01 AM

Donald Rabbitt was killed at Blackwater's Curragh mine on Sunday.

There’s one climate we need to change

Plan to move away from carbon can go well – but it’s hard to find confidence in those we need to deliver it.

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17th Jan. 2020 1:01 PM

This year’s catastrophic bushfires is likely to result in a carbon tax – but does anyone have faith in any of a parliamentary leaders’ ability to make it painless?

A timely reminder about first-aid, defibrillators

IT’S comforting news to his family, Sunshine Coast Cricket and concerned strangers that star player Alecz Day is awake and...

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13th Jan. 2020 12:01 AM

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