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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 ...

Vandals have hacked, slashed and chainsawed through Mackay’s foreshore in a vain attempt to create ocean views and beach tracks. Mackay Regional Council said it had uncovered three extreme cases of vegetation vandalism at Grasstree Beach, Haliday Bay and Seaforth. A Development Services report revealed these areas were hot spots for vegetation vandals. It said the council has been in a two-year battle with unknown vandals at the Grasstree Beach esplanade and Haliday Bay, with “continuous damage to vegetation” at the two beaches. The most recent saga included the destruction ...