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Health Department vaccination clinics end this month   Last updated 4/16/2021 at 12:03pm At Thursday’s county officials meeting Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said due to a lack of attendance the Hill County Health Department will retire its COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the end of this month. Larson said the clinics have only been drawing 50 people for the last few weeks, so the remaining clinics’ hours will be reduced to noon to 5 p.m. at Holi...

Premium Content "F*** this, Im not dying here". These words reverberated in Wayne Sellars mind immediately after he was engulfed in a blue flame for a "split second" during a horrific blast at Anglo Americans Grosvenor mine on May 6 2020. In a statement to the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry, which the Daily Mercury has obtained, Mr Sellars described the moment of impact that changed his life forever when he was caught up in the blast with four other workers. The Airlie Beach reside...

Premium Content Subscriber only A century-old Whitsundays region pub faces an uncertain future after it was struck off the heritage list and listed for sale. Now the abandoned hotel otherwise known as O’Duinns Irish Pub is for sale, with the vendor describing it as a “rare opportunity” to buy a “prime” 1781sq m commercial site with dual access. “The existing building on the property was previously utilised as a full service hotel with restaurant, bar, TAB and gaming room facilitie...

Premium Content Subscriber only A worker injured in last years blast at a Central Queensland mine will be the first to publicly speak about the disaster that left five men with serious burns injuries. He is expected to appear in person during Wednesdays Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry hearing in Brisbane. Mr Sellars is expected to speak about last years incident and answer any questions about it and related issues that board members ask him. It will be the first time one of the inju...

Premium Content Subscriber only A senior mine inspector has told an inquiry that it was considered acceptable to let the Grosvenor mine continue operating after a spate of near-misses because a plan was in place to address them. The comment was made during Wednesdays hearing as part of the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry, which is exploring issues around Grosvenor mine, including the mine blast and other methane exceedances. Resources Safety and Health Queensland regional mines inspe...

Whitsunday Paradise The developers behind Whitsunday Paradise made an alternative proposal similar to the first infrastructure agreement, but this time sewer cost offsets are set at 30 per cent rather than the original 100 per cent. But it is recommended this alternative proposal is declined as well. The developers made 304 submissions to the council and some of them are recommended for support, such as the width of certain roads and the staging of bulk earthworks. The Whitsunday Paradise e...

Anglo metallurgical coal business chief executive Tyler Mitchelson said the mining giant had explored every aspect of risk management in its underground mines, as well as automation and remote operation. “As the largest underground metallurgical coal miner in Australia, we will continue to leverage our scale to find new ways of addressing safety risks, drawing on international best practice and technology development, to ensure our systems and processes extend beyond current industry best-pra...

Premium Content Subscriber only Eight first responders who helped save five men horrifically injured in the Grosvenor Mine disaster are seeking compensation claims for potential post traumatic stress disorder. CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland president Stephen Smyth stated this information during a public hearing for the Inquiry into the Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020. The bill proposes to introduce presumptive workers compensation for fir...

Premium Content Subscriber only The largest cohort of apprentices are taking their first steps in a career in mining as recruitment ramps up for additional trainees. Nine apprentices from the greater Mackay area are part of the cohort of 60 to take up positions on completion of BMAs Work Readiness Program at Emerald TAFE. The 2021 intake has almost 60 per cent female representation, 23 per cent Indigenous representation and more than 85 per cent are from regional Queensland. Summer Aprile i...

Anglo American has applied to re-enter an underground mine near Moranbah where five workers suffered horrific burns in an explosion.