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The final Daily Mercury print newspaper landed on people's doorsteps and its pages turned for the last time. How do you send off a publication that has been around for 154 years with less than a month's notice? Well, we did our best. We had one to two pages in every paper of the Daily Mercury for the final fortnight as well as an eight-page wraparound for the final issue on Saturday June 27, 2020. It was a team effort but special thanks goes to Loris Wall, Lucy Martin, Tony Martin, Heidi Petith and Kate Rasmussen for pitching in to ensure we gave a nod to the paper's history during that ...

Donald Rabbitt, 33, was the victim of an horrific workplace incident at Curragh Coal Mine on Sunday. Heartbroken father Robin Rabbitt says it should never have happened.     A MACKAY couple holed up on the coronavirus-infected cruise ship Diamond Princess hope to today fly to Darwin where they will face another fortnight of quarantine - but on home soil. Retired Andergrove couple Peter and Linda Giles have spent the past 15 days entertaining themselves as best they can aboard the ship docked at Yokohama in Japan - the last port of call, and the longest for the pair. "Next time we mig...

Mackay Animal Management Centre on Strickland Road at Mackay Harbour. Picture: Mackay Regional Council. The second stage will transform the existing site into an enforcement dog and cattery building with the entire project expected to be finished by May 2022. The designs for the $3.3 million upgrade to the Mackay Animal Management Centre. Mackay Regional Council Mayor Greg Williamson said earlier this year that prior to COVID-19, the current centre was reaching capacity two to three times a month. “We (had) to rely very heavily on moving them out through the RSPCA or other animal welf...

Almost half the drivers who died on Mackay roads in five years were under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. That is the stark reality revealed in the University of the Sunshine Coast's Road Safety Research Collaboration study into fatal crashes in Queensland from 2011 to 2015. Professor Jeremy Davey said data suggested drink-driving and drug-driving fatalities were higher for rural and regional areas like Mackay. Last week on Mackay region roads, police stopped 17 alleged drug-drivers and 14 alleged drink-drivers, Acting Senior Sergeant Daniel Goldburg of Mackay Road Policing Uni...

Premium Content Subscriber only What a massive year it has been for the Mackay region with COVID-19 and the local and state elections undoubtedly the guiding forces. With that there has been a renewed vigour on speaking out on the issues that mattered. So without further ado, here are some of the Mackay region personalities who featured in the headlines throughout 2020:   Vicki Blackburn Vicki Blackburn, a mum plagued by "what ifs" since her daughter was brutally killed in Mackay almost seven years ago, has never stopped fighting for justice. She started off 2020 by hosting an awarenes...