Fellow mourners comforted Win Manning at her husband Rod Manning’s funeral at St Patrick s Catholic Church, Mackay, on Tuesday December 8. Picture: Zizi Averill
Rod Manning Former Daily Mercury editor Rod Manning never left home without a notepad and a pen in his breast pocket. During his 17 years in the role, and many years as a reporter before that, he thought of journalism as a noble pursuit of truth and justice. He was a news man, his son John Manning told the people who had gathered to bid the late journalist, historian, mentor, friend, husband, father and brother farewell on December 8.
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Subscriber only This year will probably go down in the history books as one of the most eventful in modern history. For some, it was a year they would like to forget. But for others, it was an opportunity to start afresh. No matter how much you were affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, there is no doubt that 2020 was quite the rollercoaster ride for the human race. From the fallout of coronavirus to disasters we never saw coming and the moments that made us proud to call the region home, here are the 10 events that shaped Mackay in 2020 in no particular order: