The Latest Breaking News from Mackay

Purdue a centre for now, but still eyes future as half

Jaxon Purdue will start the 2026 season in the centres for North Queensland, but he is still eying a long-term future as an NRL half.

AAP · Feb 27

All Battlefield 2042 ranks explained

Show off the S rank to flex your progress in BF2042.

Dot Esports · Aug 26, 2025

'It was my call': Taumalolo hits back at Matthew Johns

North Queensland powerhouse Jason Taumalolo has explained why he played Queensland Cup for Mackay recently after Matthew Johns questioned the move.

AAP · Mar 26, 2025

Cost-of-living guilt: Spending money on yourself when you don't have much

The cost-of-living crisis is turning everyday expenses into guilty luxuries, and that's sent young people's sense of wellbeing to record lows.

ABC News · Jun 3, 2023

New North Queensland rugby league side gives talented women opportunity to play closer to home

The Mackay Cutters will replace the North Queensland Gold Stars in the QRLW Premiership series, with the Cowboys-aligned team to focus its attention on the NRLW.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022

Call for medical complaints process to be overhauled after patients of George Campbell du Toit in WA and Queensland come forward

A prominent Queensland patient advocate is demanding an overhaul of how doctors are regulated Australia-wide amid an escalating controversy in two states over embattled obstetrician gynaecologist George Campbell du Toit.

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022

Scots man battling depression wins £14k from whisky giant Whyte and Mackay after mental health row

Danny Duployen, 39, from Bo'ness, says his bosses refused to work around his struggles with depression and anxiety.

Daily Record · Oct 13, 2022

Mackay Base Hospital midwives furious after senior staff who ignored complaints about patient safety remain employed

Mackay Base Hospital midwives are incensed senior staff members — who ignored for months their complaints about an obstetrician being a serious patient safety risk — are still working at the facility and have not been reprimanded.

ABC News · Oct 10, 2022

Provision of maternity services to be hit across Australia after damning Mackay Base Hospital report findings

A damning report into the Mackay Base Hospital's obstetrics and gynaecology unit is expected to create shock waves for maternity services across Australia.

ABC News · Sep 30, 2022

Mackay Base Hospital's former director of obstetrics and gynaecology George Campbell Du Toit banned from practising surgery

Queensland's Health Ombudsman bans former director of obstetrics and gynaecology at Mackay Base Hospital from practising surgery after complaints from women who claimed to have had complications.

ABC News · Jul 1, 2022