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She said the night was her gift to the first responder community. Toni Childs played in Mackay as part of a concert hosted by ReNew Mackay and PTSD Frontline in support of the Daily Mercurys Hub for our Heroes campaign. Picture: Heidi Petith “I think it’s a really important thing to say thank you, to let people know that we really do care about what’s happening to you and how your lives and families can be affected by (post-traumatic stress disorder) and other things” Chi...

Premium Content Subscriber only Mackay RSL Sub-branch will soon have a temporary home in the CBD while its members pursue long-term plans for a social and welfare centre in town. The Sub-branch has been without a home since the RSL Club closed its doors in 2008. The Daily Mercurys Hub for our Heroes campaign, which launched on Monday, is asking the Mackay region to get behind two projects dedicated to helping our service men and women as well as our first responders. One project is a socia...

Premium Content Frontline responders are more than twice as likely to be suicidal than other adults. Their exposure to traumatic and graphic scenes in their roles as paramedics, police officers, firefighters, electrical workers, doctors, nurses and more can be debilitating. A BeyondBlue survey of more than 21,000 first responders found more than one in four experienced probable post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition impacting their lives and that of their families. Plans that would make ...

How you can get behind the campaign for new homes for our veterans and first responders in the Mackay region