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Hummingbird House received more than $6500 from Coles shoppers and team members in Mackay. Stores at Northern Beaches, Parkside Plaza and Caneland Central were praised for their efforts and donations, despite the financial challenges from COVID-19. Parkside Plaza Coles store manager Josh Back said the appeal was an opportunity for his team to raise money for Queensland's only children's hospice.     Mackay Regional Council Strategic Planning manager Jaco Ackerman and Mayor Greg Williamson at the Northern Beaches Community Hub site.   A library, pool, and essential government servi...

Premium Content It has been a year of incredible highs and lows for Queensland mining. One of the biggest mine disasters in recent history rocked the industry, paving the way for the first ever Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry. Two weeks after the Grosvenor mine blast, tough new mine safety laws passed in Queensland parliament to establish industrial manslaughter as an offence in mines and quarries. Here are the major mine safety disasters, tragedies and triumphs of 2020:   A mine contractor was just minutes from the end of his Sunday shift when tragedy struck, etching his name ...

Premium Content Forget Christmas in July - this Christmas we're rewinding back to July. And what a month it was, from businesses still experiencing pandemic woes, Whitsundays being earmarked for military bases and space stations and fresh Keswick Island disputes. Here's the top headlines in Mackay in July 2020. Mackay War Memorial Pool Community Action Group committee members (from left): Jane Conlon, Carol Single, Sue Willett and Graham Townsend with VC recipient Keith Payne (centre) at the front of the Memorial Swimming Centre which has just received state heritage listing. Picture: Hei...

Premium Content Subscriber only The Queensland Mines Inspectorate has bungled its handling of high potential incidents in the past because of ineffective information processing and management. This was one of the findings outlined in part one of the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry's report, which focused on the initial tranche of public hearings held in August. These hearings explored various high potential incidents in Central Queensland coal mines, the Mines Inspectorate, the role of the industry and site safety and health representatives and how the management structure and empl...

Premium Content Subscriber only This year will probably go down in the history books as one of the most eventful in modern history. For some, it was a year they would like to forget. But for others, it was an opportunity to start afresh. No matter how much you were affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, there is no doubt that 2020 was quite the rollercoaster ride for the human race. From the fallout of coronavirus to disasters we never saw coming and the moments that made us proud to call the region home, here are the 10 events that shaped Mackay in 2020 in no particular order: