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Update: A barrister for Transport and Main Roads has pushed for medical records dating back at least five years to uncover if the driver involved in a fatal bus crash in the Whitsundays had any pre existing conditions that may have precluded him from holding a commercial licence.
Benjamin McMillan, for TMR, argued the information could be linked to why the Whitsunday Transit bus left the road on February 16, 2016 and crashed into a ditch. Fatal bus crash at Cannon Valley near Airlie Beach.
“There is enough evidence in the medical records provided to suggest he was suffering from a number of serious medical conditions in the immediate period before the accident,” Mr McMillan said during a pre-inquest conference in Mackay Coroners Court.
A seasoned naturalist who first stripped off in the golden days of nudism has made it his life s work to open his own retreat in the Mackay region. Lance, whose last name has been omitted for privacy reasons, said he would like it to feature a couple of cabins and a spot for campers. I spent a few years looking around for a better block of land, the Marian resident said. I realised, there was just nothing better than what I already owned. It s 160 acres, or 64 hectares - three quarters rainforest. I m surrounded on three sides by national park and I ve got an absolutely never-go-dry water supply.