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Premium Content Subscriber only The mauling death of a Maryborough woman has prompted a Mackay councillor to introduce a new fee scale that would reward owners for doing the right thing. Amanda Campbell, 41, was fatally mauled by three unregistered dogs in a horror attack that stunned the state and sparked debate at Mackay council chambers. Councillor Martin Bella suggested a doggy pension scheme be introduced in Mackay that would reward pet owners who annually renewed registration. Cr Bella said the system would remove fees entirely in the dogs’ later years. He suggested that, after a s...

Film crews are coming to Mackay to recreate a miraculous and heartwarming survival story that promises to be a tear-jerker rivalling Red Dog.

The Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry has handed over its report into the Grosvenor Mine explosion to the minister.

Brett Dallas had a promising career and was a former State of Origin hero. Robert Craddock examines his downfall and the personal battles that have brought him undone.

Coal provides thousands of jobs and billions of dollars to the Central Queensland economy, so the union representing the industry is calling on the State Government to establish a statutory authority to oversee the transformation of the sector. The “Workers Future Authority”, as the CFMEU has dubbed it, would be independent of government departments to manage industry transformation and workers transitioning to alternate employment. With the transition to renewable energy, the CFMEU said the “Workers Future Authority” would identify and attract new industries to impacted r...