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There is no requirement for them to self-isolate as they await test results.

They returned to hospital where Mrs Aldave learned she was now eight centimetres dilated. Mr Aldave said they had been told to expect about one centimetre dilation every two hours and thought Ahrabella would be born about "midnight or early in the morning". But Mrs Aldave laughed she had been standing by her hospital bed when she was told the baby was on its way. "(She) just popped out," Mrs Aldave said. "So quick." Ahrabella was born at 2.30pm on Friday, and now new big sister Ahxeia cannot wait to get her home. Ahrabella Aldave arrived at 2.30pm on January 1, 2021 weighing 2980 grams...

Premium Content Forget Christmas in July - this Christmas we're rewinding back to July. And what a month it was, from businesses still experiencing pandemic woes, Whitsundays being earmarked for military bases and space stations and fresh Keswick Island disputes. Here's the top headlines in Mackay in July 2020. Mackay War Memorial Pool Community Action Group committee members (from left): Jane Conlon, Carol Single, Sue Willett and Graham Townsend with VC recipient Keith Payne (centre) at the front of the Memorial Swimming Centre which has just received state heritage listing. Picture: Hei...

Premium Content Subscriber only This year will probably go down in the history books as one of the most eventful in modern history. For some, it was a year they would like to forget. But for others, it was an opportunity to start afresh. No matter how much you were affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, there is no doubt that 2020 was quite the rollercoaster ride for the human race. From the fallout of coronavirus to disasters we never saw coming and the moments that made us proud to call the region home, here are the 10 events that shaped Mackay in 2020 in no particular order:

Premium Content Subscriber only More than 900 people have been treated for bites and stings in Mackay Hospital and Health Service's eight emergency departments so far this year. Dog bites topped the list with 256 presentations with mammal bites exceeding insect, reptile and marine stings. Mackay is consistent with the national data that shows 80-90 per cent of bites are from dogs, with cats 5-10 per cent followed by humans and rodents 2 per cent. Mackay Base Hospital emergency medicine specialist Dr Andrew Brier said an animal bite could range from physical tissue damage needing surgery t...