18 May 2013
THE recently launched Mackay Regional Council Draft Planning Scheme allows for multi-storey buildings to reach up to 50 metres tall in the CBD.
16 May 2013
JUST when we thought the fluoride issue had sunk below the surface, it’s managed to stick its ugly head back into the limelight – again.
15 May 2013
Mayor Deirdre Comerford has sent a letter to transport minister, Anthony Albanese, to seek urgent clarification about Mackay’s Ring Road project.
15 May 2013
IT MIGHT be a few weeks before Mackay residents will be drinking fluoridated water again.
15 May 2013
VETS in the Mackay region are becoming frustrated with horse owners who are choosing not to vaccinate their stock against the deadly hendra virus.
10 May 2013
IT’S official – the Peak Downs Highway has a safety rating as bad as roads in developing countries.
9 May 2013
IT SOUNDS simple really; all you have to do is put one foot in front of the other.
9 May 2013
CHRIS Bowser, one of 11 new first-year police officers in Mackay, was in the thick of the London riots when he volunteered for the Metropolitan Police Service.
9 May 2013
ELECTRICITY prices are set to soar, with Mackay region cane farmers feeling the heat as they look down the barrel of a 17.5% rise in electricity bills.
9 May 2013
AGRICULTURAL shows, including the Pioneer Valley Show, are the lifeblood of rural communities.