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Premium Content Subscriber only AN EXCITING, family friendly fishing competition is returning to our shores next year and looking to crown the next Giant Trevally, Threadfin and Barramundi King. Now in its second year, the Shimano King of Kings event will return to the Capricorn Coast in February with a lure of more than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes for competitors. Team SCF s Dean Jackson said he was thrilled to bring the event to life again in 2021 with 21 inshore/offshore target species, 35 categories and three gold crowns to be won. Mr Jackson said the three-day competition would kick off from midnight on February 4, with competitors recording their catches via the SCF Research and Events Smartphone app. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only A HERVEY Bay business has been selected for a pilot initiative aimed at helping women back into the workplace The Federal Government’s Career Revive initiative aims to increase women’s workforce participation by supporting businesses to attract and retain women returning to work after a career break. Federal Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt congratulated Shield Traffic – which has its head office in Pialba and multiple locations including Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton and Mackay – on its selection for the pilot program. “We know that when women do well both professionally and personally, our community, the economy and the nation as a whole prospers,” he said. ....