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Mackay Roadshow by Audi Centre Townsville
When: 9.30am to 5pm, Wednesday, May 19 to Saturday, May 22 as well as 9.30am to 1pm on Sunday, May 23
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A Mackay school has topped the list for the rate of growing enrolment numbers across the wider Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region.
Farleigh State School had a 260 per cent increase in student numbers over the five years from 2016 to 2021, data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has shown.
Its total pupils soared from just 20 to 72. Dundula State School students laying a wreath at the Mackay Anzac Day Main Service, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith
The next fastest growing schools were St Lawrence State School which more than doubled its students from five to 12 and Dundula State School which went from 41 pupils to 88.
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Subscriber only A petition to stop a Farleigh truck depot has been dismissed after it was found no development applications had been submitted for the site. About 70 residents had objected to what they suspected was a truck stop being built at 4 Christoe St citing concerns for children s safety with the location near Farleigh State School. But a Mackay Regional Council meeting on Wednesday confirmed there had been zero development applications lodged or approved at the address.
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A small but determined army of opponents to a truck stop opposite a school have appealed for the Mackay council to stop the development. About 70 residents have signed a petition, to be tabled today at the council meeting, in opposition to the truck depot to be built at 4 Christoe St at Farleigh. In her petition, resident Julie Penhallurick said Farleigh community members met in mid-December to discuss the development and their concerns. In an email to the council, Ms Penhallurick questioned whether the development had appropriate approvals and the safety of students at Farleigh State School opposite. Farleigh is a small peaceful community that would be spoiled by an unsightly truck park, Ms Penhallurick said.