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A commercial Wagyu breeding program in the Mackay region has plans to expand by building a caretakers residence for a full-time worker.
ACL Farming has operated along Grasstree Beach Rd for three years but owner, Andrew Ivory, stated he needed extra help to prepare cattle for breeding and birthing. The location of ACL’s Wagyu beef breeding program at Grasstree Beach.
Proposal documents submitted to Mackay Regional Council stated the farm worker would need to be in the paddocks twice a day for the “very labour intensive work”.
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Emergency services have been called to a single-vehicle crash at Grasstree Beach just after 7pm.
The driver is out of the vehicle but Grasstree Road is blocked near the Cabbage Tree Creek bridge.
A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said the female driver had a laceration to her hand but was stable.
He said a crew was still at the scene of the crash.
Two Sarina fire crews are working to make the scene safe.
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Subscriber only Police were forced to OC spray a Sarina region man s face after he refused to let go of an officer. Prosecutor Sergeant Marcus Hahn told Sarina Magistrates Court that police were called to reports of violence at a Grasstree Beach address about 9.30pm on November 16. Sgt Hahn said Ricky Glen Staples was detained as a result and escorted to a police vehicle for a search where they asked him to remove an item from his pocket. When asked for the other pockets, (Staples) started yelling and jumped out of the police pod, grabbing hold of the front of (the constable s) vest, Sgt Hahn said.
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Subscriber only From a Yalboroo woman who was found alive after days of searching to Mackay being named a top destination for Queensland travellers, these were some of the top stories in March 2020. A CHINESE company with lease hold over parts of Keswick Island has been called out for illegally trying to restrict public access to the popular tourism destination. Picture: Daily Mercury The death of a teenage girl in an alleged hit and run incident in Beaconsfield rocked the community as police searched for the driver. Investigations were continuing into the death of the 15-year-old girl who died on Nicklin Dr after the incident about 3.15am Sunday.
Vandals have hacked, slashed and chainsawed through Mackayâs foreshore in a vain attempt to create ocean views and beach tracks.
Mackay Regional Council said it had uncovered three extreme cases of vegetation vandalism at Grasstree Beach, Haliday Bay and Seaforth.
A Development Services report revealed these areas were hot spots for vegetation vandals.
It said the council has been in a two-year battle with unknown vandals at the Grasstree Beach esplanade and Haliday Bay, with âcontinuous damage to vegetationâ at the two beaches.
The most recent saga included the destruction of 10 plants at both sites in September.
The report said Grasstree Beach residents hacked down 10 trees to create an informal track and ocean views.