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Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspaper. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

Latest Stories

Fire destroys Bedourie Simpson Desert Oasis roadhouse

Fire destroys Bedourie Simpson Desert Oasis roadhouse

Fire has ripped through the Bedourie Simpson Desert Oasis roadhouse overnight though luckily no one was hurt.

Virgin no longer to Cloncurry

Virgin no longer to Cloncurry

Virgin Australia may be taking back to the skies but their routes will no longer cover Cloncurry.

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Night parrot pops up in Western Australia

Night parrot pops up in Western Australia

The elusive night parrot has been spotted in Western Australia.

BoM raises ENSO status to La Nina alert

BoM raises ENSO status to La Nina alert

The Bureau of Meteorology has raised its El Nino-Southern Oscillation Outlook to La Nina alert status.

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Virtual Mount Isa Rodeo gets big online audience

Virtual Mount Isa Rodeo gets big online audience

Thousands of rodeo fans watched the Mount Isa Mines Rodeo successfully swap its red dirt arena to broadcast a world first virtual rodeo.

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Mount Isa commemorates 75th VP Day and Vietnam Vets Day

Mount Isa commemorates 75th VP Day and Vietnam Vets Day

Seventy-five years to the day since the official end of the Second World War was marked with a service in Mount Isa on Saturday.

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Mount Isa Rodeo an online success

Mount Isa Rodeo an online success

The Mount Isa Mines Rodeo moved online to broadcast Australia's first virtual Rodeo on Saturday night.

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Been to a virtual rodeo? You can on Saturday

Been to a virtual rodeo? You can on Saturday

A trio of country music legends are adding the Rodeo Rock to Australia's first virtual rodeo this weekend.

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Case of COVID-19 shuts down South-East Queensland school

Case of COVID-19 shuts down South-East Queensland school

A private college south of Brisbane has closed after a female employee within the school community tested positive for COVID-19.

See the 'Love Shack' built just for barramundi

See the 'Love Shack' built just for barramundi

The Les Wilson Barramundi Discovery Centre has released video of the building of its latest project which it has dubbed "the Love Shack."