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TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved business owner who worked in the town centre for more than 40 years.

He once pedalled vacuums door-to-door and often left with less money than when he arrived. At a Sydney trade show swamped with suits, his “Mackay Suit” – that is, shorts, a popped collar and thongs – caught all the wrong kinds of glances. “Put me in front of the Queen and I wouldn’t care,” was the retort. He’s fought ‘big vacuum’ and lost, often. But only the battles. Tony Sant, affectionately known to the people of Mackay as “My Vacuum...