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'My goodness, you'd go through barbed-wire for your kids'


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Margaret Freiberg has a big week ahead starting with Mother s Day and ending with retiring after almost six decades of nursing in Mackay.
The mum-of-four who grew up on a Nebo cattle station credited her late mother s hard work and sacrifice for allowing her to have the career her mum was denied.
Mrs Freiberg said her mum taught her children via correspondence at their property near Hail Creek before they were sent to boarding school for 11 years from age five.
Mum worked very hard; she was a kind, caring person but she used to love nothing more than a night out in Nebo and whenever the races were on, Mrs Freiberg said with a laugh. ....

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Students film shootout with Oscar-winning cinematographer


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With a poncho, cowboy hat, holstered bananas and a steely Clint Eastwood glaze, the Mackay high school students were ready.
Ready for a taste of behind the scenes Hollywood filmmaking with Oscar-winning cinematographer Greg Huglin who was invited to teach Holy Spirit College students studying film, television and new media.
Year 12 student Zane Kirby with bananas in place of guns. Picture: Heidi Petith
Dean of digital technology and business Anton Mayer-Miller said Huglin helped students follow storyboards to produce a comedic take on a shootout scene from Western classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. ....

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'It's going to happen, we'll make it happen'


She said the night was her gift to the first responder community.
Toni Childs played in Mackay as part of a concert hosted by ReNew Mackay and PTSD Frontline in support of the Daily Mercury s Hub for our Heroes campaign. Picture: Heidi Petith
“I think it’s a really important thing to say thank you, to let people know that we really do care about what’s happening to you and how your lives and families can be affected by (post-traumatic stress disorder) and other things” Childs said.
“So many men are feeling like they can’t really vent or share what they’re going through for fear of losing their jobs, or being judged. ....

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