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Paramedics will have quick access to a patients' important end-of-life-care choices if they face a medical emergency thanks to an Australian-first system

End-of-life choices up front with folders

Health Paramedics will have quick access to a patients' important end-of-life-care choices if they face a medical emergency thanks to an Australian-first system

Maryborough's Chamber of Commerce president has voiced his concern over people moving to the Heritage City to avoid being placed on the cashless welfare card

premium_icon Fears welfare families will swamp Maryborough

Politics Maryborough's Chamber of Commerce president has voiced his concern over people moving to the Heritage City to avoid being placed on the cashless welfare card

How the State Government is tightening the screws on council accountability in the wake of Belcarra

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News How the State Government is tightening the screws on council accountability in the wake of Belcarra

BADDOW resident Wena Gillen is wrought with regret and suffers nightmares after handing over a stray dog to complete strangers.

Missing dog's owner is leaving the gate open

Community BADDOW resident Wena Gillen is wrought with regret and suffers nightmares after handing over a stray dog to complete strangers.

Violent prisoner refused funding

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News 'I don't have a leg to stand on here, your honour'

Singles and women lead charge to abandon sugar

premium_icon Singles and women lead charge to abandon sugar

Health Sugar-laden product sales are dropping.

Local cop wakes truckie in middle of night, tells him to go

Local cop wakes truckie in middle of night, tells him to go

News Plot thickens in bizarre ban on overnight truck stays in Goomeri

Burger queen is an arch entrepreneur

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Business How a Hervey Bay girl became a McDonald's queen

After 73 years Barbara Lynch, 90, still works hard

premium_icon After 73 years Barbara Lynch, 90, still works hard

News She's been volunteering since she was 19-years-old

Veteran reminisces on the Battle of Coral-Balmoral

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News The memories are still clear in his mind

Baby dies after 10 hours in car

Baby dies after 10 hours in car

News One-year-old girl dies after being left in hot car for 10 hours

Mother convicted in toddler’s overdose shares warning

Mother convicted in toddler’s overdose shares warning

Parenting She shared her story from prison

35yo who still gets ‘pocket money’

35yo who still gets ‘pocket money’

Offbeat Millennial whose parents give her ‘pocket money’

NAB outage impacts online banking and EFTPOS Australia wide

NAB outage impacts online banking and EFTPOS Australia wide

Business The bank is still working on restoring online and mobile banking services

Botanic Garden Open Day blooms to life

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News Volunteers will present tips on cultivating orchids

Everard elected Fraser Coast's new deputy mayor

premium_icon Everard elected Fraser Coast's new deputy mayor

Council News Cr Everard was unanimously elected on Wednesday

COUNCIL: Maryborough river boardwalk will be demolished

premium_icon COUNCIL: Maryborough river boardwalk will be demolished

Council News The boardwalk has been closed for the last two year

Fraser Coast art groups share in $24,000 of funding

Fraser Coast art groups share in $24,000 of funding

News Thousands have been given to art groups across the region

TIMEZONE: Exciting arcade set to thrill Hervey Bay

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News Millions have been invested in the store

'Game-changing' hospital upgrade ready to begin

premium_icon 'Game-changing' hospital upgrade ready to begin

News Two wards of the hospital will be upgraded

$800M Bruce highway win

$800M Bruce highway win

News After a decade of campaigning, Bruce upgrade will be funded

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    News After getting a gym membership at age 17, she started to transform her body through solid training and clean eating.

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    Motor Sports A surprise gender reveal at the local burnout competition.

    Teya Rufus takes on best in world

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    Sport Teya will race in the 104-strong Australian team next month

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      ‘I’m going rogue’: Johanna Griggs moments before takedown

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      ‘Dog shot’: Johns fumes over ‘coward hit’

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      Aiken set for Jamaican shooting showdown

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      Netball Last month they were combining to power Jamaica to a bronze medal

      Community

        THE support of the community has kept the Maryborough Community Kindergarten and Pre-Prep going for the last 51 years.

        Kindy providing learning experiences for 51 years

        Community THE support of the community has kept the Maryborough Community Kindergarten and Pre-Prep going for the last 51 years.

        Seven boredom busters on the Coast this weekend

        Seven boredom busters on the Coast this weekend

        Whats On There's plenty of options across the Coast

        TS Maryborough petty officer leads by example

        TS Maryborough petty officer leads by example

        Community National navy award for Amy

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        Offbeat Linda Watson is determined to find out her father's name.

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          GOURD LORD: Why 14,000 people are about to hit Goomeri

          News This year there is a packed itinerary of great stuff all weekend

          Music festivals consider ban on single use plastic

          Music festivals consider ban on single use plastic

          Environment Ponchos and water bottles, plus camping equipment, are big culprits

          Wedding dress from 1890s among collection for festival

          Wedding dress from 1890s among collection for festival

          News Take a walk down the aisle in a different era at heritage festival

          Here's 10 strenuous walks to do with the family

          Here's 10 strenuous walks to do with the family

          Lifestyle Challenge yourself to a strenuous walk in a natural setting

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            Across regional Queensland many much-needed major projects remain unfunded, new report reveals

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            Politics Across regional Queensland many much-needed major projects remain unfunded, new report reveals

            We must stop the cycle of boom and bust

            premium_icon We must stop the cycle of boom and bust

            Opinion We are riding a new wave of projects but we risk crashing by 2020.

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            The real losers from $5 pizzas

            Business Like most great wars, the pizza wars started partly by accident.

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                Money GROCERY expenses quickly add up so here’s five ways you can easily drop the amount you spend.

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                Aussie mates make $1m in four months

                Business Two mates make $1 million in four months from unlikely venture

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                Husband calls wife while cheating

                Dating ‘My husband accidentally video called me while he was cheating’

                Miracle after teen’s camp accident

                Miracle after teen’s camp accident

                Education Teenage boy involved in incident at school camp gets all clear

                Stunning 20 acres, 18m pool, tennis court, price reduced

                Stunning 20 acres, 18m pool, tennis court, price reduced

                Property The price has been reduced to $795,000

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                  Entertainment

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                    TV SESAME Street producers are taking the production company behind a new Melissa McCarthy film to court.

                    FORMER deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce and his partner Vikki Campion are set to receive a whopping $150,000 for an exclusive interview with Channel 7.

                    Barnaby Joyce strikes $150,000 interview deal

                    Politics Joyce and Campion to be paid a fortune for an interview

                    Find out why Gordon Ramsay thinks Aussies are a little more f------ boisterous when it comes to cooking and his own great Aussie dream.

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                    TV HAS the hot-headed chef Gordon Ramsay mellowed with age?

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                    Celebrity Nicki Minaj ‘confirms’ who she is dating.

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                        IT COST more than a Las Vegas casino or Taiwanese skyscraper but this new Aussie hospital is such a disaster it may have to be rebuilt.

                        Australia’s most expensive building, puts ‘lives at risk’

                        Business Billion dollar bungles at the Royal Adelaide Hospital

                        THREE-bedroom brick home in tightly-held Coast street set to attract bidders at June 2 auction.

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                        Property Lakeside property has been home to family for 32 years

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                          MOST of what students are learning is irrelevant by the end of their degree. The jobs are changing — and they’re getting weirder.

                          Are these the bizarre jobs of the future?

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                          FIFO workers are bogged down with relationship problems, battling high levels of stress and are concerned by the stigma of mental health, a new study says.

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                          WORKERS may soon be needed for jobs that don’t yet exist, such as creating organs with 3D printers, runing virtual reality work spaces, or designing personalities for robots.

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                            More than 90 per cent of road crashes are caused by human error. It’s no coincidence that safety technology today focuses on crash avoidance.

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                            Motoring Here's the latest safety gear that can save your life.

                            Lewis Hamilton is at the centre of some mind games being played between Red Bull’s boss and his Mercedes counterpart.

                            Hamilton contract talks stall with “grotesque sums of money”

                            Motoring "He’s a four-time world champion and I doubt he’s cheap."

                            In the Ute Ashes, the Poms have smashed the Aussies for six. Honda’s UK engineers have built a Civic Type R Pickup.

                            How awesome! Ute with Honda Type R firepower under the skin

                            Motoring Type R ute will hit 100km/h in under six seconds and go 265km/h.