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Subscriber only Lawyers for a man accused over the fatal crash that killed a Sarina mother are waiting for road and motor vehicle expert reports before determining what direction the case will proceed. Brent Jordan Smith is charged with dangerous driving causing the death of Tamara Boland on October 6, 2020 and low range drink-driving. The mother of two had been driving home from work when she was involved in a head-on collision on Eton Homebush Road about 5.50pm. A fatal crash scene on Eton Homebush Rd near Eton. Two cars collided shortly before 6pm on October 6, 2020 and as a result Sarina mother of two Tamara Boland was killed. Picture: Tara Miko
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UPDATE 11.15AM: A man has been charged over an alleged 20-person brawl at a Slade Point pub on Anzac Day that resulted in a man being taken to hospital.
Several police crews were called to the Seabreeze Hotel following reports of a brawl involving 15 to 20 people.
A police spokeswoman said a 27-year-old man had been charged with one count of assault occasioning bodily harm in a public place.
The spokeswoman said no one else had been charged but the investigation was still ongoing.
Paramedics were called to the scene assessing three people.
A 36-year-old man was admitted to Mackay Base Hospital overnight in a stable condition with a head injury.
Clancy Morgan honoured her great-grandfather with his medals proudly adorning her Whitsunday Anglican School uniform. The Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service in 2021 commemorates the Australian Light Horse troops. Picture: Lillian Watkins
The Year 10 student said she was honoured to wear them at the Kuttabul Dawn Service, a special commemoration that remembers those who served and the Australian Light Horse brigade.
Hundreds of people rose early to gather at the Remembrance Garden in the Hampden State School. Whitsunday Anglican School Year 10 student Clancy Morgan at the Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service 2021. Picture: Lillian Watkins
School children were among the many gathered to lay wreaths for those who had died serving their country.
“And the battle is still raving.”
Sqn Ldr Strange said COVID-19 again showed Australia was the lucky country, spared “from the enormity of the pandemic”, and able to honour those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the fields of war. Mackay Anzac Day 2021 Dawn Service at Jubilee Park cenotaph. Picture: Tara Miko
That sacrifice, from the Boer War through Gallipoli and the Western Front in WWI and on through each conflict since, he said, was to be honoured and respected in each generation.
Those soldiers from each walk of life cemented Australia as a nation, and it was something each new generation must respect.
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Residents have returned to Anzac Day Dawn Services this year, with the dayâs first light showing the huge crowds paying their respects.
The Daily Mercury is covering the day starting with the Jubilee Park Dawn Service.
Photos and stories from across the region will be published here throughout the day.
Kuttabulâs tradition still honouring our Anzacs
Three riders and their horses lead the march that commenced the Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service to the sounds of bagpipes across the chill air.
The Kuttabul Anzac Day Dawn Service was attended by hundreds of Mackay region locals to commemorate those who served and in particular the Australian Light Horse brigade.