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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...

It is easy to define a CWA lady by their well-deserved reputation for whipping up a delicious spread but take a closer look and the real binding thread is friendship.

Premium Content Subscriber only Mackay residents are spoiled for choice this May Day long weekend with a social calendar chock-full of events.   When: 7.30pm, Sunday May 2 Where: Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre, Alfred Street, Mackay What's happening: Renowned Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated artist Toni Childs will perform in Mackay to support the Daily Mercury's Hub for our Heroes campaign. Toni Childs will appear at Tanks Art Centre. Picture: supplied. Inspired by her father and her own mental health struggles, Toni Childs backs PTSD Frontline's mission alongside Sir P...

Bohemian Rhapsody at a tip the unlikely inspiration for Mackay's community piano ThuThursday 11 updated FriFriday 12 FebFebruary 2021 at 12:50am Clancy Morgan's passion for public access music was inspired by a visit to a rubbish tip. ( Share Print text only Cancel Fifteen-year-old Clancy Morgan did not think a trip to her local rubbish tip would prove to be the source of musical inspiration. Her parents had brought her along to find some fence parts for their property in Kuttabul, just outside Mackay, when she spotted an old weathered piano with missing keys. "It looked really old, like it h...

Premium Content Subscriber only It had missing keys and was past its prime time but a thrown away piano somehow avoided becoming crushed on the rubbish heap. It was moved inside the Incredable Tip Shop where Clancy Morgan spotted the old, worn out girl and proved it deserved a second lease on life. “Many customers stopped to listen and really enjoyed the entertainment; some even came to compliment me on how nice it was to hear someone play the piano,” Ms Morgan said. “This got me thinking about how lovely it would be to place a reconditioned piano somewhere in the Mackay community.�...