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13 tragedies that rocked our region in 2020


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Friends and family paid tribute to those they lost in tragic circumstances in what was already a difficult year.
From valiant battles with cancer lost to a mining death and shocking traffic crashes, these are some of the people the community mourned whose lives were cut short in 2020.
 
Donald Rabbitt, 33, died while working at Blackwater s Curragh coal mine. He was reportedly working on a float, which transports machinery, when it crushed him.
 
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Mine contractor Donald Rabbitt was reportedly just minutes from the end of his shift at Curragh Coal Mine when he was found trapped under a piece of heavy machinery on January 12. ....

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Mine safety: Disasters, tragedies and triumphs of 2020


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It has been a year of incredible highs and lows for Queensland mining.
One of the biggest mine disasters in recent history rocked the industry, paving the way for the first ever Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry.
Two weeks after the Grosvenor mine blast, tough new mine safety laws passed in Queensland parliament to establish industrial manslaughter as an offence in mines and quarries.
Here are the major mine safety disasters, tragedies and triumphs of 2020:
 
A mine contractor was just minutes from the end of his Sunday shift when tragedy struck, etching his name into the shameful history of mining deaths that have rocked the region. ....

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BEST IN PRINT: Deaths, heroes and COVID-19 questions


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 might go bush, Mr Giles said from the balcony cabin aboard the cruise ship. ....

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JANUARY FLASHBACK: 'Fake' Ubers, 2020 vision and mine deaths


Mr Symons said more people would use comprehensive health insurance as they advanced in age.
More seniors were dropping their health insurance as the price was becoming too high for them to afford.
I am still on private health, but I had a procedure a couple of years ago down at the Wesley Hospital (Brisbane), Mr Symons said.
BMA was accused of failing to identify serious safety risks that led to the death of Allan Houston. Picture: Daily Mercury
January 4-5:
MT OSSA Rural store owner Adrian Zarb said frequent power outages in December 2019 meant losing a five-month-old fridge that cost him $6000. ....

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