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Assignment Boom and Bust in Australia’s Coal Country Boom and Bust in Australia’s Coal Country

James Fletcher investigates how Mackay is dealing with the mining downturn.

  • GRINDING A GRIZZLY
  • BLACK WALL
  • RIDING THE BOOM
  • FOR SALE
  • NO WORK
  • A NEW SIGHT IN MACKAY
  • CATCHING UP
  • CANEFIELDS
  • MILLION DOLLAR VIEW
  • PROTECT THE REEF

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    The story of business in Mackay in Queensland and its good - and not so good - times

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