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Nebo Rd motel fire sparked ember of ring road idea

A plan to divert traffic around Mackay came after a prime mover ploughed into gas cylinders

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05th Sept. 2020 5:09 AM

Flames leap metres above the Country Plaza Motor Inn on Nebo Road after a truck crashed into gas bottles in 2009. Picture: Amanda Balmer

Large crocodile 'was watching the boys fishing'

There have been more sightings of large crocodiles in the Mackay area

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02nd Jan. 2017 7:01 AM

The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living reptiles, as well as the largest terrestrial and riparian predator in the world.

Jepsen jailed for life for the murder of Natasha McCarthy

OVERCOME with emotion, Veronica Deller yelled “yes” as her daughter’s killer was sentenced to life in prison.

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10th Sept. 2013 7:09 AM

Back: Stuart Miller and Sheree Hardimon (Natasha's best friend) Front: Paul Shore (Natasha's father), Barbie Stott (aunty), Rachel McCarthy (grandmother) Natasha McCarthy's family and friends outside Mackay Court house just after her killer is sentenced to life in prison.

Axe-waving man barked at motorists

KIE Riley was wielding an axe and barking like a dog while he was a passenger in a car crossing the Ron Camm Bridge at 3.30...

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29th Nov. 2011 5:11 AM

Kie Riley was wielding an axe and barking like a dog at other road-users on the Ron Camm Bridge.