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Marian grandad’s pub meal makes him a millionaire

‘It never dawned on me that I would become a millionaire’: The Aussie battler’s life-changing win over pub meal

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21st Dec. 2020 11:12 AM

A Marian grandad’s pub meal was a stroke of luck after he played the winning numbers in Keno at the Railway Hotel at Marian on Saturday.

Rainforest nudist retreat in the works for Mackay

A seasoned naturalist who first stripped off in the golden days says the haven is his ‘life’s work’.

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14th Dec. 2020 5:12 AM

Bruce Jensen and Julie Jarvie after being given permission for the Brujul Nudist Retreat in Noonamah in Darwin's rural area. Would you get your kit off at a Mackay region nudist retreat?

Marian man jailed for ignoring lifetime driving ban

His criminal record of 17 similar driving offences was labelled ‘atrocious’

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19th Nov. 2020 6:11 AM

Brenton Lee Hesse, 35, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.

Victims fear ‘dire consequences’ if dog attacks again

GRAPHIC: One dog attacks two people and their pets, yet council has returned the dangerous animal home

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24th Aug. 2020 3:08 PM

Marian residents Desley Chopping and Maree Halstead said both their dogs, Misty and Harvey, were attacked by the same dangerous dog in Marian within four weeks of each other. Picture: Zizi Averill

GRAPHIC: ‘Sickening’ attack on native birds in state park

A Marian woman discovered the two tortured birds glued to a signpost in a state forest

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20th July 2020 2:07 PM

Marian woman Kiya Durbridge found two kingfisher birds glued to the sign at Cathu State Forrest.

Entire community mourns as 'little angel' loses cancer fight

An eight-year-old Marian girl has tragically lost her hard fought battle.

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02nd Feb. 2020 3:02 PM

Mackay girl Mia McEldowney, 8, lost her battle to cancer on Saturday, February 1.

WATCH: Brazen bandits smash way into town’s shop

Two men, one holding an axe and another a small hammer, broke into a Pioneer Valley business this morning.

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07th Jan. 2020 1:01 PM

Mackay Police released this CCTV footage of a business break-in at Marian on January 7 2020.

Farmer advocates green approach to agriculture

A Mackay farmer has noticed a blossoming interest in green farming practices.

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02nd Dec. 2019 6:12 AM

Good news in missing family search

Police were searching for the mother and her two children

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12th July 2019 5:07 PM

Missing woman Bonnie Bird and her two children were last seen in Marian on Tuesday.

Criminals on a shopping spree devastate family business

Family business targeted by thieves will be forced to close: 'The stress of it all was going to put me in an early...

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07th July 2019 2:07 AM

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