Tara Miko's Activity | Coffs Coast Advocate

March 2021

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A joint traffic operation yielded disappointing results for police who have hit out at the actions of motorists who break the law and endanger lives.

Dangerous speeds clocked in Bruce Highway operation

5th Mar 2021 4:30 PM

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Elite level junior basketball will be a Mackay mainstay for the next two years in a major agreement, generating $2.7M for region’s COVID-19 recovery

Mackay to host elite level basketball championships

5th Mar 2021 6:30 AM

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A rumoured resident ghost at a Mackay restaurant has made an appearance once again with debate building about whether it is actually haunted.

Rumoured ghost haunts radio host at historic restaurant

3rd Mar 2021 6:30 PM

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The man told police ‘I did not push myself onto her, I did not force her’ over allegations he raped a woman on Hamilton Island in 2020.

Island rape trial: ‘I don’t know why she’s lying’

3rd Mar 2021 6:00 AM

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A new phone tower will give residents a choice when choosing their telco and boost connectivity in Slade Point and beyond.

New phone tower offers alternative to Telstra

3rd Mar 2021 6:00 AM

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Shoal Point resident one of the first to buy into massive $250 million seaside development Dunes Harbour Beach as blocks are released to the market.

Family buys up East Point development housing block

3rd Mar 2021 6:00 AM

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A Moranbah miner sent a teenage girl an intimate photo of her mother in a fit of revenge when the relationship broke down and he spiralled into depression.

‘No justification’ for Moranbah miner’s revenge porn act

2nd Mar 2021 5:00 PM

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The moment a father of three’s dual cab ute and an oncoming truck collided on the Peak Downs Highway in a horror smash on Friday was caught on dashcam.

Young dad identified as Peak Downs Highway crash victim

1st Mar 2021 4:51 PM

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When rental vacancies tighten, the battlers of our region are the ones at risk, Melanie Whiting writes.

Homelessness guaranteed when rents go up $95 a wk in Mackay

1st Mar 2021 6:00 AM

"Hi Steve40, I think this is a case of tarring everyone with the same brush which is unfair. A higher..."

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Tara joined the company in 2010 after graduating with a journalism and politics degree from Griffith University in Brisbane. After first working in newspapers in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland, she joined the team at The Chronicle in 2013. In September that year she took over the reins of the Rural Weekly, and has been on the crime desk in Toowoomba since 2015.