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Cait Bester | 20th November 2009 Mackay's "Welcome to Mackay" sign, slightly altered. As the community has become more open minded and accommodating, its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) population has grown....
CSR Plane Creek, a sugar mill just south of Mackay in North Queensland, is the last mill in Australia still crushing sugar. Other mills in the region finished around a month ago, and all 22 mills in the Australian industry have...
The AMAQ says median waiting times in public hospitals are still more than six hours. "I think the government program of being on the front foot rather than the back foot certainly had an impact for us. "Those patients that did...
A VIRUS that causes the common cold may be saving people from swine flu. It is really surprising that there has not been more pandemic flu activity in many European countries In France, flu cases rose in early September, then...
By Don Sapatkin Inquirer Staff Writer I had swine flu. Tests at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suggest that large numbers of people who got sick this fall actually fell victim to a sudden, unusually severe - and continuing...
and national level. Local government also applauded the Federal Government’s decision to support improved planning and management of councils through the establishment of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government...
Rent It Though many atheists are content to allow others to believe whatever they choose, there's a subset of so-called anti-theists who proselytize against theism with the zeal of medieval inquisitors. There's no better known...
By Melissa Maddison and Chrissy Arthur The Australian Local Government Association says finding money for roads is the biggest challenge facing local councils. About 300 delegates from around the country are meeting in Mackay...
Tanya Chilcott and Rodney Chester A CONTROVERSY over hugging has erupted in Queensland schools after Mackay high school students were given detentions for the practice. Experts say schoolchildren today are closer than ever...
Mackay Sugar in north Queensland says a decision to sell its interest in a joint venture refining business will provide greater flexibility into the future. The company has sold its 25 per cent stake in the refining business to...
