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Major works are under way on the 150-year-old Bowen Wharf and North Queensland businesses are leading the charge.
Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said almost $2.7 million worth of works would be carried out on the wharf over coming months.
He said that would include repairing and replacing the structure’s aged timber members repaired or replaced.
“One hundred per cent of the budget will be spent in North Queensland; with over half a million dollars to be injected into the Whitsunday region alone,” Mr Bailey said.
“The Whitsunday region is a huge reason why Queensland is the place to be.
Telstra has revealed the cause of a widespread mobile outage in the Mackay region, which left some customers without service for more than three days. Areas affected last week included Mackay, the Northern Beaches, Habana, parts of Hay Point, parts of the Pioneer Valley, Mount Martin, Mount Jukes, Cape Hillsborough and St Bees Island. Telstra confirmed the outage to the
Daily Mercury on February 24, but services were not restored until 4am on February 28. The cause was a fault in some of the technology used to transmit mobile signals from our base stations, which was rectified, a Telstra spokesman said. We want to again thank our customers and residents for their patience while we deal with unplanned outages that affect their service.
“Local works by local business equals local jobs,” Mrs Gilbert said.
“And here we’ll see another six jobs supported in the Mackay region, adding to those 100 already created as part of the Palaszczuk Government’s recent $17 million investment in the port.
“We’re building a new $8.5 million tug berth facility, delivering major road upgrades including the $120 million Mackay Northern Access upgrade and these works to be carried out by Razor are vital to supporting our industries and more jobs.
“Safety is the priority, and with it being unused for a number of years and a recent inspection identifying it was no longer safe, the port has engaged a local business to carry out these necessary works.”
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Subscriber only New data suggests 15 per cent of Mackay businesses have completely recovered from the effect of COVID-19 restrictions. Almost three in five businesses say they have recovered between 67 and 100 per cent of pre-COVID-19 trade. The majority of recovering businesses say a full recovery is unlikely while public health orders remain in place. Mackay Region Chamber of Commerce s Building Business Confidence lunch. Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland data shows 15 per cent of Mackay s businesses say they have had a complete recovery after COVID-19. Picture: Rae Wilson But the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland received only 44 Mackay responses to its December Pulse survey so the results cannot be deemed statistically significant, rather can be used just as a guide.