Coffs Coast Advocate

Weekend fire outlook raised to 'very high'

Dry conditions and above average temperatures pushes fire danger up this weekend

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06th Sept. 2019 7:09 AM

The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted the dangerous fire conditions in the Central Coast and Whitsunday region will last throughout the weekend, and into Monday.

Mine hub decision an 'insult': Costigan

'You can bet your bottom dollar this authority will be based in the southeast corner'

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05th Sept. 2019 6:09 AM

Having sat on the State Parliamentary Select Committee into coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung), Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan says basing the resources industry regulator in the south would be an 'insult'.

The port's greatest export is clean water

A two-year collaboration between this industrial port and scientists wins top honour

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02nd Sept. 2019 2:09 PM

North Queensland Bulk Ports have partnered with the James Cook University's Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research , or TropWater, to monitor the region's reef catchments.

New political party created to give NQ own state

A sitting MP is spearheading a new political party aimed at delivering statehood for North Queensland and a “fair go for...

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02nd Sept. 2019 6:09 AM

Queensland Member for Whitsunday Jason Costigan.

How this 'quirky' little car revolutionised motoring

As the Mini turn 60, one Mackay driver is taking the iconic car on a mammoth 200km race

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31st Aug. 2019 10:08 AM

The 1967 deluxe Mini racing team driver Anthony Dettmann, service crew Graham Hollywood, Ben Edgerton, Kevin Waters and navigator Brian Fackrell are competing in the 200km Targa Great Barrier Reef race in Cairns.

Charity targeted by thieves twice in three weeks

They aim to feed the hungry, but this charity has twice been targeted by thieves.

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31st Aug. 2019 6:08 AM

Anglicare Mackay Whitsunday regional director John Langford said the incidents were both "very minor matters” with only a small amount of money taken.

REPORT CARD: How the reef is performing

Eleven tropical cyclones since 2005 have taken their toll.

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31st Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

The new report on the health of the Great Barrier Reef has been downgraded from poor to very poor.

WATCH: Firefighters implement lessons from last year's fires

Emergency service officers rush to contain a blazing fire that never actually existed.

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31st Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

Emergency services officer Gary Osmand was part of an exercise testing his agencies' coordination in a bushfire drill at the North Mackay Fire Station Incident Control Centre.

How one weekend pumped $121,000 into rural economy

The weekend event generated more than 50 per cent more cash than last year

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29th Aug. 2019 9:08 AM

WETLANDS WEEKEND: Chilli Mud Crab, sourced from St Lawrence local Ben Coyne, was just one dish in the sumptuous four-course Reef Catchment and GWFN Farm to Plate Seafood Lunch, prepared by celebrity chef Matt Golinski and his team.

Finance minister backs multi-million dollar Mackay deal

Mathias Cormann has been briefed on the game changing agreement during a visit to Mackay to meet finance and business...

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22nd Aug. 2019 12:08 PM

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