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Derek Barry
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 newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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See the moment NASA launches a rocket from the NT
An observer watches the take off on Sunday night.
Derek Barry
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Boodjamulla National Park plan marks great moment for Waanyi People
Derek Barry
Kayakers dwarfed by the scale of Boodjamulla National Park
Lee Kernaghan documentary set for world premiere in the outback
Derek Barry
Directed by Brisbane writer and director Kriv Stenders, "Boy From The Bush" is a performance-based documentary starring Lee Kernaghan.
Rheumatic heart disease case inquest set for Doomadgee hearing
Derek Barry
Doomadgee residents held a protest into the deaths in 2019.
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The life and extraordinary times of Thomas Francis Meagher
Derek Barry
Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867).was an Irish revolutionary, a Tasmanian convict, an Irish-American leader, an American Civil War union general before dying mysteriously while acting governor of Montana.
No furphy - this historic water tank is the real thing
Derek Barry
A restored Furphy tank at the Mount Isa Underground Museum and Hospital.
Trans advocate defends women's sport participation
Derek Barry
Mount Isa's Emily Wells has defended trans participation in women's sport as the issue hits national prominence.
Dinosaur bones unearthed in outback officially identified
Derek Barry
Swinbourne research student Sam Rigby with the fossil remains of Ollie the juvenile sauropod at Winton.
Thursday is next key date in election process
Derek Barry
Now that the electoral roll has closed, Thursday is the next key date for the federal election.
What a croc: Surprise scaly visitors pay pool a visit
Derek Barry
What a croc: Some of the baby crocs found in Mount Isa's swimming pool last week.
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