Mackay

Join the ride to Speak Up for Road Safety this Sunday Join the Road Policing Unit on Sunday Did you know: Motorcyclists represent 20 per cent of fatalities on our roads but they are only 5 per cent of the registered vehicles on our road. Join the Ride and stand with us as we Speak […]

Murder mystery at Moranbah East Primary School, swiftly solved by Moranbah Police Moranbah Police received an unusual call to assist Year Five/Six at Moranbah East Primary School in solving a murder mystery from the weekend.  It is alleged that at 100am on Sunday August 20, a body was found in the Moranbah East Primary School Library.  The […]

Mackay Police take part in Road Safety Week 2017 Queensland Road Safety Week kicked off on Sunday August 20 and runs through until Friday August 25. Today our own members got together to promote the message that the Mackay Police District works together and gets directly involved in making our roads safer.   This week we […]

Community day out at the Teddy Bears Picnic, Moranbah On Saturday August 19, Quota International of Moranbah held their annual Teddy Bears Picnic. The event was well attended by the tight knit community of Moranbah, with a large number of children in attendance with mums and dads. Along with Queensland Ambulance Service Officers and Moranbah Fire and Emergency […]

The bad Samaritan, Bowen Whether or not you’re a religious person, you’ve probably heard the story about the Good Samaritan. In essence, it’s a story about an unlikely hero coming to the aid of a person on need, and teaches us that all people, regardless of race, are capable of good things. Unfortunately, a Bowen […]

Why is the letter ‘S’ the most important letter in the alphabet? We tend not to realise how important something is until it is no longer there! For example, what URL type would you pick from the choices below: HTTP or HTTPS? How important is the letter S? A Habana resident recently was performing an […]

I have something that can make your life worse! The title for this post is also the title for an email which has begun to be received by residents in the Mackay district in the last few days. This is the email: The English used in this email is poor, crude and the author is […]

Coffee with Cops at Whitsunday On Wednesday August 16, Whitsunday Police hosted a Coffee with Cops community event on the lawn directly in front of the Whitsunday Police Station. This is the first time this division has hosted a Coffee with Cops event and local officers were extremely happy with over 100 residents and visitors stopping […]