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REPORT: $31 million wage loss forecast for Hinkler, Wide Bay

Hinkler and Wide Bay workers would stand to lose a combined $31 million if planned cuts to penalty rates are pursued, a...

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14th May 2019 12:05 AM

LOSSES FORECAST: A new report from the McKell Institute claims Wide Bay and Hinkler workers stand to lose millions if proposed cuts to penalty rates are scrapped.

TWO EXTREMES: Long job wait times but best outlook in decade

The highs and lows of the region's job market have been highlighted with unenviable wait times despite the Fraser Coast's...

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15th Oct. 2019 10:10 PM

IN THE WORKS: An artist's impression of what the Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions Factory will look like.

MOVING IN: Premier setting up regional office in M'boro

A regional office for the Department of Premier and Cabinet will be set up in Maryborough

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16th Sept. 2019 12:09 AM

State member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders with state ministers (L) Leeanne Enoch and Grace Grace in Maryborough last week.

Subbies need law review: Bay MP

Hervey Bay's MP has called for a review of building laws after local subbies were left in the lurch when the main...

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09th Dec. 2019 12:12 PM

The Maryborough City Hall reopening earlier this year with a view of the new timber floors.

'We have the power': MP says M'boro can support industry

The man bringing the $60M munitions factory to M'boro has called on the State Govt to hold up its end of the bargain amid...

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24th Aug. 2019 12:08 AM

State member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders talks to media.

First of 67 trains to be repaired arrives at Downer

IT WAS tools down for Downer EDI executives and staff as they checked out the first of the New Generation Rollingstock...

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01st Feb. 2019 1:02 PM

Transport Minister Mark Bailey and Maryborough member Bruce Saunders talk with Downer EDI workers and executives at the Kent St shop.

Proposed labelling laws could prop up Bay seafood industry

A Hervey Bay seafood company is just one of many that would benefit from proposed new food laws

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04th Dec. 2019 12:12 AM

LNP leader Deb Frecklington, Hervey Bay MP Ted Sorensen and owner Stephen Murphy in peeling room at Australian Ocean King Prawn Company

'Get real': Chamber chief's take on state budget

The needs of the Fraser Coast region have been overlooked in the State Budget according to HBCC president

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13th June 2019 12:06 AM

FUNDING FAIL: Hervey Bay Chamber of Commerce president Sandra Holebrook feels regional cities have been overlooked in the State Budget released on Tuesday.

MP wants answers over sacking of regional health CEO

The Health Minister remains tight-lipped as a local member of parliament seeks answers following the surprise sacking of...

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11th Oct. 2019 12:10 PM

The former CEO of Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Adrian Pennington.