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One person has died and another injured as a result of a light plane crash at Ball Bay, near Mackay, earlier this morning (December 24). Initial

Passenger, 83, dies after amateur-built aircraft crashes near Mackay on Friday morning while pilot survives with minor injuries

An 83-year-old man has died after a light plane crashed on Christmas Eve on a beach in central Queensland.

Premium Content Subscriber only A new mini-pharmacy will serve more than 1300 Mackay region residents and contribute about $7000 annually to the council's coffers. More than six months after the Mackay Regional Council signed off on the deal, the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning has approved a plan to convert 25sq m of the Seaforth Community Hall into a pharmacy. Calen-based Vivid Horizons, which also owns Calen District Pharmacy, secured the tender for the operation that will pay about $7000 annually to Mackay Regional Council. "Seaforth hall h...

The works, partly funded by the Federal Government's Building Better Regions Funding program, were recently awarded to a contractor and are expected to be completed by the end of June. They are part of the MRC's 'Mackay Regional Recreational Fishing Strategy 2017" aimed at improving facilities to meet "anticipated demand". "Given the local demand for boating facilities, the standard of these facilities is a regular focus of complaints from members of the public," MRC documents stated. Subscriber benefits: