Harriet Tatham joined ABC News in 2015. After starting out in Brisbane, Harriet moved to Rockhampton to report for ABC Capricornia, to Maroochydore to work for ABC Sunshine Coast, to Townsville to file for both ABC North Qld and ABC North West Qld, and finally to Mackay with ABC Tropical North. Harriet tweets from @HarrietTatham.
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A service that reunites families affected by Australia's forced removal policies is closing its Mount Isa branch, the only office located in western Queensland.
Topics: aboriginal, activism-and-lobbying, stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedQueensland's first female premier Anna Bligh, sports stars Bronte Campbell and Mick Fanning, and television presenter Kay McGrath are among 121 people across the state to be recognised in the Australia Day honours list.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, warwick-4370, southport-4215, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedA north Queensland recycling centre is setting the pace for the training of future tech employment by simply reincarnating short-lived IT device rubbish and a dream to begin production of 3D printers.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-technology, mackay-4740, sarina-4737
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| UpdatedOn December 28, 1916, a "one in 500 year" flood event threatened to destroy the outback Queensland town of Clermont; 100 years later, locals reflect on the destruction.
Topics: emergency-incidents, floods, volunteers, community-and-society, history, local-government, emergency-planning, clermont-4721
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A serious motorbike accident left Mackay's Paul Schembri without the use of his legs, but his inventive tractor modification has ensured he remains in the drivers seat.
Topics: disabilities, farm-labour, community-and-society, rural, accidents, rural-youth, mackay-4740, sarina-4737
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An emotionally intelligent humanoid robot joins library staff in Mackay, in a bid to prove that libraries are about more than just books and newspapers.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, children, mackay-4740
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Ever wondered how Christmas enthusiasts sync their lights with a radio station? Here's how.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-society, consumer-electronics, engineering, radio-broadcasting, mackay-4740
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There's not a pie or toastie in sight at the Mackay Central State School tuckshop. The school celebrates its cultural diversity by offering home made Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian and Italian cuisine to its students. Read more
Topics: education, multiculturalism, rural-youth, food-and-cooking, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedAlmost four years since Shandee Blackburn died after being stabbed 22 times in Mackay, mother Vicki Blackburn finds a purpose for one of her daughters favourite childhood possessions.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, family, women, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedRemote-controlled tractors will bring about a seismic shift in Australian agriculture by making farms "a hell of a lot more productive" and reducing farmer stress, agricultural consultants believe.
Topics: farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, internet-technology, sugar, mackay-4740, qld
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A woman whose mother died after a traffic crash involving a disqualified driver is lobbying the Queensland Government for a new driving charge with tougher penalties.
Topics: accidents---other, traffic-offences, activism-and-lobbying, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedDespite being one of the world's most celebrated holidays, there is great difference in how we all celebrate Christmas — so how do Maltese people celebrate Christmas?
Topics: christmas, christianity, catholic, mackay-4740, malta
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For many of us, the passing of time is marked by photographs, families, and world events, but for 99-year-old Bill Bruce, time is measured in prose.
Topics: poetry, older-people, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, family, regional, nebo-4742, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedIn what is believed to be a first for the sport, a north Queensland rugby league club is forsaking valuable sponsorship dollars in order to promote suicide prevention on the front of its jerseys.
Topics: sports-organisations, mental-health, suicide, rugby-league, sport, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedFor 15 years, Ross Wallace has been a 'grandfather' to Prep students at a north Queensland school, providing friendship, knowledge, and stories from "the good old days".
Topics: primary-schools, volunteers, older-people, human-interest, children, community-and-society, mackay-4740
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A Mackay hip-hop dancer shows you don't need lessons to attract an audience of 33 million people.
Topics: dance, anxiety, music-industry, regional, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedThree years on from their ill-fated trekking expedition along Papua New Guinea's famed Black Cat Track, Australians who witnessed the horror are sharing their story.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, emergency-incidents, arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, human-interest, mackay-4740, papua-new-guinea
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A primary school in north Queensland uses nothing but recycled materials to created an energy-efficient Christmas wonderland.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, volunteers, primary-schools, multiculturalism, mackay-4740
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Despite the stereotype, hostels are not just for Europeans sleeping in bunk beds, but act as boarding facilities for rural students in central Queensland.
Topics: primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, rural-youth, access-to-education, clermont-4721
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A north Queensland arts organisation is helping locals use creativity to exchange ideas on an equal playing field.
Topics: performance-art, art-and-creativity, art-and-design, disabilities, autism-spectrum-disorder, regional, mackay-4740
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A youth radio program based in the remote Queensland mining town of Moranbah is using broadcasting training to tackle disengagement within schools.
Topics: radio, radio-broadcasting, youth, moranbah-4744
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| UpdatedIn a remote Queensland mining town crawling with high-vis and white working utes, local volunteers are being splattered with blood to star in a spooky interactive theatre show.
Topics: opera-and-musical-theatre, theatre, regional, carnivals-and-festivals, performance-art, volunteers, moranbah-4744
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An outback Queensland town with less than 1,000 residents hopes a photography exhibition will help to involve younger generations in future commemorative events.
Topics: veterans, photography, world-war-1, world-war-2, history, community-and-society, nebo-4742
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| UpdatedA disused demountable building in the grounds of Mount Isa's Good Shepherd Parish becomes a symbol of interfaith cooperation.
Topics: catholic, islam, religion-and-beliefs, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedWearable art is the future of fashion according to a north Queensland botanical artist, whose succulent jewellery is attracting international attention.
Topics: fashion, sustainable-living, mackay-4740