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    Economic Development

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    • Flammable and combustible liquids licence
    • Food licensing and approvals
    • Footpath Trading and Structures
    • Personal appearance services (tattooist, hairdresser etc)
    • Swimming pools for public use
    • Roadside vending
    • Temporary homes
    • Trade waste approvals
    • Renew your council licence

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  • Community

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    Directories

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    Domestic and Family Violence Prevention

    • Council commitments
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    • How can you help?
    • What is domestic and family violence?
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    Grants

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    • Small Equipment Grants

    What's On

    • 2023 Sports Expo and Sign-On
    • Be a legendary neighbour
    • Citizenship ceremonies
    • Mackay Community Diary
    • Mackay Mayor’s Charity Ball
    • The MECC
    • Organising events in the Mackay region
    • The Mackay Isaac Region event calendar
  • Facilities

    Explore

    • Artspace Mackay
    • BB Print Stadium Mackay
    • Bluewater Lagoon
    • Bluewater Quay
    • Fifth Lane street art
    • Historical centres
    • Ken Burgess Orchid House
    • Know Your Burb
    • Lookouts
    • Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre
    • Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
    • Sarina Art Gallery
    • Sarina Field of Dreams
    • Sarina Sugar Shed
    • The Sarina Arts & Crafts Centre

    Leisure & Sports

    • Beaches
    • Bluewater Trail
    • Boat ramps
    • Camping in the Mackay region
    • Caravans and motor homes sullage sites
    • Cheer on Mackay Sporting teams
    • E-scooter trial
    • Mackay ARC
    • Pools
    • Ride Mackay
    • Skate parks
    • Sports and Recreation
    • Sugar Bowl Mackay

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    Parks & Permits

    • Banners, palms and fountain colouring application
    • Dog off-leash areas
    • Hiring a park
    • Park weddings
    • Suburbs and parks
    • Swooping birds
    • Training permits

    Community Spaces

    • Cemeteries
    • Community halls
    • Jubilee Community Centre
    • Jubilee Community Exhibition Space
    • Sarina Neighbourhood Centre
    • Sarina Youth Centre
    • Town Hall

Application Forms & Resources

Application forms

  • Fixed and mobile food business application
  • Temporary food stall (annual application)
  • Temporary food stall (one off event) application
  • Non-profit organisation temporary food event
  • Food Safety Program accreditation application
  • Application for footpath dining approval

Factsheets

  • Application for a Food Business Licence Information Sheet
  • Checklist for food premises managers
  • Cleaning and maintenance
  • Egg safety
  • Food handler health, hygiene and hand washing
  • Food handling
  • Food processing and cross contamination
  • Food storage and display
  • Home-based business
  • Honey Production
  • Pest control
  • Receiving food safely
  • Sanitising
  • Food safety guidelines for the preparation and display of sushi
  • Temperature control and thermometer use

Record templates

  • Cleaning program
  • Cleaning schedule
  • Hot holding temperature recording
  • Pest control
  • Product receipt
  • Product temperature recording
  • Training record
  • Transportation temperature recording
  • Waste cleaning
  • Waste collection

Eat Safe Mackay

  • Resources

Useful websites

  • Australia New Zealand Food Authority
  • Queensland Health Website
  • Queensland Food Safety Agency
  • Food Industry Recall Protocol
  • What foods are potentially hazardous

Learn more about

  • How to Apply for a food licence
  • Fixed food premise requirements
  • Mobile food vending requirements
  • Temporary food stall requirements
  • Footpath Dining requirements
  • Eat Safe Mackay and Star Ratings
  • Economic Development
  • Planning & Development
  • Permits and licences
    • Accommodation
    • Advertising signs
    • Caravan parks
    • Domestic water carriers
    • Entertainment venues/outdoor events/concerts
    • Environmentally Relevant Activities (ERAs)
    • Flammable and combustible liquids licence
    • Food licensing and approvals
    • Footpath Trading and Structures
    • Personal appearance services (tattooist, hairdresser etc)
    • Swimming pools for public use
    • Roadside vending
    • Temporary homes
    • Trade waste approvals
    • Renew your council licence
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