Category Archives: Mackay

Tales of the two-speed economy

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Cashed up miners are pushing up rents in Mackay, with some prepared to pay $700+ per week for a house: 450 join already long queue Meanwhile the Fraser Coast economy remains in a slump, due to a drop in international … Continue reading →

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Budget losers

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Despite the federal Government committing $365 million last year for the Gold Coast’s new light rail system, Ken Robinson of the Gold Coast Bulletin is asking the Government “what have you done for us lately?” Gold Coast invisible in Federal … Continue reading →

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Mackay club almost runs out of beer, but there’s plenty further north

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Gene Tunny

In Mackay last week, the biblical Queensland floods almost brought to life Slim Dusty’s dystopian vision of a “pub with no beer”.  The Mackay Daily Mercury reported yesterday (Stocks run low in city): IT could have been “the pub with … Continue reading →

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